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Dutch rock singer
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Rodney Blaze
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Background information
Born (1973-06-14) 14 June 1973 (age 51)
GenresRock
Progressive rock
Pop rock
Alternative rock
OccupationVocalist
InstrumentVocals
Websitehttp://www.rodneyblaze.com
Musical artist

Rodney Blaze (Rotterdam, 14 June 1973) is a Dutch rock singer, who, in addition to his solo-albums, is especially known for his contributions to Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Ayreon and Star One projects. He has been active in various bands since 1991.

Music career

Rodney Blaze comes from a family of entertainers, his mother emigrated to the United Arabic Emirates where she became a professional dancer, Rodney's father Beau Frazier has been a singer for several decades. After years of preparation, Blaze applied as a singer in a local band. Later he was approached by Block Busters-guitarist Hans van den Heuvel, for a project called Fatal Attraction. That is where the album Wonderland originates from. In 1995, Blaze became the front man of The Block Busters, with whom he played in The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. They shared the stage with, among others, Sweet, Mud and Slade, and were an integral part of the '70's Roadshow', featuring Top Pop-host Ad Visser. In 2005, multi-instrumentalist Arjen Anthony Lucassen asked Blaze to work on an updated version of his debut album, The Final Experiment. Blaze and Lucassen also co-operated on Ayreon's later album, Timeline, and the second Star One album, Victims of the Modern Age. In 2005, Blaze became a member of the band Xenobia, with whom he released the EP "Burn It Away". Xenobia performed as a support-act for bands such as After Forever,Stream of Passion and Kingfisher Sky.

Career

  • Judgement – (1991/1992)
  • SJIAWN – (1992/1995)
  • Wheels of Fire – (1993/1994)
  • Unknown Fact – (1994/1995)
  • Block Busters – (1995/2015)
  • Deep Treased – (1999/2000)
  • The Red Cars – (2001/2002)
  • Delores – (2002/2003)
  • Xenobia – (2005/2009)
  • Monsters of Pop – (2010/2012)
  • Blaze of Darkness – (2011/2012)
  • Magoria - (2018/still active)
  • Magic O Mertal - (2019/still active)

Discography

Rodney Blaze

  • Back to the Future (1997)
  • Pink Bagger (1998)
  • Behind Doors (2002)

Ayreon

Block Busters

  • Powder to the People (1999)

Xenobia

  • Burn it Away (EP, 2008)

Fatal Attraction

  • Wonderland (1995)

Star One

Magoria

  • JTR1888 (2019)
  • Hollingsworth Mansion (2024)

Magic-O-Metal

  • Enter the Metal Realm (2020)

Other

Powerwolf

  • Call of the Wild (2021) (Backing vocal collaboration)

Shared stage with

Rodney Blaze shared stage with:

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