Arena (band)

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Arena
Arena at "Baltic Progressive Festival" in Lithuania.
Background information
Origin	United Kingdom
Genre(s)	Neo-progressive rock
Years active	1995–present
Website	www.verglas.com/arenaworld
Members
Clive Nolan Mick Pointer John Mitchell Ian Salmon Rob Sowden
Former members
John Carson Keith More Cliff Orsi Paul Wrightson John Jowitt

Arena is a British neo-progressive rock band founded in 1995 by Clive Nolan and Mick Pointer. All of the band's lyrics are written by Nolan these days, though Mick Pointer contributed lyrics to Sirens and other tracks on the first two albums.

Musically the band's style ranges from symphonic to hard rock. Some of the band's recent albums have a similar sound to Nolan's earlier band, Shadowland.

Contents 1 Personnel 2 Discography 2.1 Albums 2.2 Video 3 External links

[edit] Personnel

• John Carson - Vocals (1)
• John Jowitt - Bass, Backing Vocals (2,3,4,5)
• John Mitchell, Guitars (3 onward)
• Keith More - Guitars, Backing Vocals (1,2)
• Clive Nolan - Keyboards, Backing Vocals (all)
• Cliff Orsi - Bass (1)
• Mick Pointer - Drums, Backing Vocals (all)
• Ian Salmon - Bass (6 onward)
• Rob Sowden - Vocals (6 onward)
• Paul Wrightson - Vocals (2,3,4,5)

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

1. Songs from the Lions Cage (1995)
2. Pride (1996)
3. The Cry (1997) (includes reworked material from first 2 albums)
4. Welcome to the Stage (1997) (live)
5. The Visitor (1998)
6. Immortal? (2000)
7. Breakfast in Biarritz (2001) (live)
8. Contagion (2003)
9. Contagious (EP, 2003)
10. Contagium (EP, 2003)
11. Radiance (2003 Acoustic version of Contagion material)
12. Live & Life (2004) (Double Live CD + DVD)
13. Pepper's Ghost (2005)
14. Ten Years On (2006)

[edit] Video

1. Caught In The Act (2003)
2. Smoke & Mirrors (2006)

[edit] External links

• Official site
• The Shattered Room Official Arena Forum
• The Cage Official Arena Fanclub