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Name: Erik Norlander
Birthplace: Hollywood, California

Main instrument: keyboards
Secondary instruments: bass, guitar, saxophone, clarinet, percussion

Notable album credits:
Mark Boals "Edge of the World" (2002)
Lana Lane "Project Shangri-La" (2002)
Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One "Space Metal" (2002)
Lana Lane and Erik Norlander "European Tour 2001 Souvenir CD" (2001)
Lana Lane "Ballad Collection Special Edition" (2000)
Lana Lane "Ballad Collection Volume Two" (2000)
Ayreon "Ayreonauts Only" (2000)
Erik Norlander "Into the Sunset" (2000)
Ayreon "The Universal Migrator Part I: The Dream Sequencer" (2000)
Ayreon "The Universal Migrator Part II: Flight of the Migrator" (2000)
Lana Lane "Secrets of Astrology" (2000)

The Best of Lana Lane 1995-1999 (1999)
Rocket Scientists "Oblivion Days" (1999)
Lana Lane "Echoes from the Ocean" (1999)
Magna Carta "Tribute to the Titans" (1999)
Encores, Legends and Paradox - A Tribute to the Music of ELP (1999)
Lana Lane: "Acoustic Live in Tokyo" (1999 - promotional release only)
Lana Lane: "Queen of the Ocean" (1999)
Lana Lane: "Ballad Collection" (1998)
Neil Citron: "Guitar Dreams" (1998)
Empire Music: "Art Rock Collection Volume Two" (1998)
Lana Lane "Love Is An Illusion 1998 Version" (1998)
Rocket Scientists: "Earth Below and Sky Above" (1998)
Lana Lane: "Live in Japan" (1998)
Lana Lane: "Echoes from the Garden" (1998)
Lana Lane: "Garden of the Moon" (1998)
Erik Norlander "Threshold" (1997)
Empire Music: "Art Rock Collection Volume One" (1996)
Lana Lane "Curious Goods" (1996)
Rocket Scientists "Brutal Architecture" (1995)
Lana Lane "Love Is An Illusion" (1995)
Paul Sabu "Paul Sabu" (1994)
Rocket Scientists "Earthbound" (1993)
Joshua "Surrender" (1988)

Ten Favorite albums:
1. Electric Light Orchestra "Time"
2. Rush "Moving Pictures"
3. The Alan Parsons Project "I Robot"
4. Pink Floyd "Wish You Were Here"
5. Blue Oyster Cult "Secret Treaties"
6. UK "Danger Money"
7. Yes "Drama" / "Close To The Edge" / "Tales From Topographic Oceans" (tie!)
8. Emerson, Lake & Palmer "Brain Salad Surgery"
9. Supertramp "Crime of the Century"
10. Deep Purple "Machine Head", or maybe the greatest hits album "Deepest Purple"


Five Favorite Musicians:
1. Keith Emerson
2. Rick Wakeman
3. Jeff Lynne
4. Mike Pinder
5. John Wetton


Influences:
ELP, ELO, Yes, UK, Moody Blues, Procol Harum, The Alan Parsons Project, Rush, Blue Oyster Cult, Deep Purple, Ayreon, King Crimson, Supertramp, Jethro Tull, writers Asimov, Heinlein, Moorcock, Herbert, Zelazny, Bester, Stephenson, Tolkien, Lewis, Faulkner, Shelley and Shakespeare.

Favorite film: "Brazil"
Favorite television shows: Star Trek and spinoff shows, the old Twilight Zone, the old and new Outer Limits, The Powerpuff Girls, Pinky and The Brain, Bugs Bunny cartoons.
Favorite book: "Dune" by Frank Herbert
Favorite food: Indian
Favorite pain reliever: peace and quiet
Favorite quote w/author: "Never trust machinery more complicated than a knife and fork" from "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert Heinlein