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Arena are an English neo-progressive rock band founded in 1995. Their style ranges from symphonic to hard rock.

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Arena
Arena in 2020
Background information
Origin	Virginia Water, Surrey, England
Genres	Neo-progressive rock
Years active	1995–present
Labels	Verglas, Griffin, SPV
Members	Clive Nolan Mick Pointer John Mitchell Kylan Amos Damian Wilson
Past members	Keith More John Carson Cliff Orsi John Jowitt Paul Wrightson Ian Salmon Rob Sowden Paul Manzi
Website	arenaband.co.uk

History

Arena was founded in 1995 by Clive Nolan keyboardist of Pendragon and Shadowland, and Mick Pointer, the original drummer of Marillion, his tenure lasting from 1979 until 1983. The other founding members of the band were guitarist Keith More, vocalist John Carson, and bassist Cliff Orsi. Orsi was replaced by John Jowitt (of IQ) in the band's inaugural year, whilst Carson and More left the band in 1996 and 1997, and were replaced by Paul Wrightson and John Mitchell (of Frost*) respectively.

Both Jowitt and Wrightson left the band in 1998, to be replaced by Ian Salmon and Rob Sowden, creating the band's most stable lineup to date (from 1998 until 2010). This lineup came to an end with Paul Manzi replacing Sowden in 2010. In 2011, Jowitt rejoined the band to replace the departing Salmon, leaving again in 2014 and being replaced by Kylan Amos. In July 2020, Manzi was replaced by Damian Wilson.[1]

Most of the band's lyrics are written by Nolan, though Pointer contributed lyrics to Sirens and other tracks on the first two albums.

Musically the band's style ranges from symphonic to hard rock. While in the beginning the Band sound like the "old" Marillion from the Fish era, some of the band's recent albums have a similar sound to Nolan's earlier band, Shadowland.

AllMusic called them one of the dominant neo-prog groups of the 1990s.[2]

Personnel

Members

Lineups

1995	1995–1996	1996–1997	1997–1998	1998–2010
John Carson – lead vocals Keith More – guitars, backing vocals Clive Nolan – keyboards, backing vocals Mick Pointer – drums Cliff Orsi – bass	John Carson – lead vocals Keith More – guitars, backing vocals Clive Nolan – keyboards, backing vocals Mick Pointer – drums John Jowitt – bass, backing vocals	Keith More – guitars, backing vocals Clive Nolan – keyboards, backing vocals Mick Pointer – drums John Jowitt – bass, backing vocals Paul Wrightson – lead vocals	Clive Nolan – keyboards, backing vocals Mick Pointer – drums John Jowitt – bass, backing vocals Paul Wrightson – lead vocals John Mitchell – guitars, backing vocals	Clive Nolan – keyboards, backing vocals Mick Pointer – drums John Mitchell – guitars, backing vocals Ian Salmon – bass Rob Sowden – lead vocals
2010–2011	2011–2014	2014–2020	2020-
Clive Nolan – keyboards, backing vocals Mick Pointer – drums John Mitchell – guitars, backing vocals Ian Salmon – bass Paul Manzi – lead vocals	Clive Nolan – keyboards, backing vocals Mick Pointer – drums John Mitchell – guitars, backing vocals Paul Manzi – lead vocals John Jowitt – bass, backing vocals	Clive Nolan – keyboards, backing vocals Mick Pointer – drums John Mitchell – guitars, backing vocals Paul Manzi – lead vocals Kylan Amos – bass	Clive Nolan – keyboards, backing vocals Mick Pointer – drums John Mitchell – guitars, backing vocals Damian Wilson – lead vocals Kylan Amos – bass

Timeline

Discography

Studio

• Songs from the Lion's Cage (1995)
• Pride (1996)
• The Visitor (1998)
• Immortal? (2000)
• Contagion (2003)
• Pepper's Ghost (2005)
• The Seventh Degree of Separation (2011)
• The Unquiet Sky (2015)
• Double Vision (2018)
• The Theory of Molecular Inheritance (2022)

Live

• Welcome to the Stage (1997)
• Breakfast in Biarritz (2001)
• Live & Life (2004)
• Arena: Live (2013)
• Arena: XX (2016)

EP

• Edits (1996)
• The Cry (1997)
• Contagious (2003)
• Contagium (2003)

Compilations

• Ten Years On (2006)

Videos/DVDs

• Caught in the Act (2003) (live)
• Smoke & Mirrors (2006) (live)
• Rapture (2011) (live)
• Arena: XX (2016) (live)
• Re-Visited (2018) (live)

Fanclub releases

• Welcome Back! To the Stage (1997)
• The Visitor Revisited (1999)
• Unlocking the Cage (2000)
• Radiance (2003)

References

External links

• Official site
• The Shattered Room Official Arena Forum
• Interview with Clive Nolan for "TSDoS"

На других языках

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[de] Arena (Band)

Arena ist eine englische Progressive-Rock-Band, die 1995 von Mick Pointer (ex-Marillion) und Clive Nolan (u. a. bei Pendragon und Shadowland) gegründet wurde.

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- [en] Arena (band)

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[es] Arena (banda)

Arena es una banda de rock-Metal progresivo y de Rock neoprogresivo británica formada en 1995 por Clive Nolan y Mick Pointer. Todas las letras de la banda son escritas por Clive.

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[ru] Arena (группа)

Arena — британская музыкальная группа, основанная в 1995 году и исполняющая прогрессивный рок.

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