A bit like a laid-back album from Styx or Journey. In addition to her own illustrious output, Lana has also contributed vocals to albums by other artists including Ayreon, Ambeon, Gary Hughes, and Roswell Six. Lana Lane has recorded cover versions of songs originally performed by Pink Floyd, The Moody Blues, Led Zeppelin, Queen, Rainbow, Uriah Heep, Kansas, Marillion, and many more. At the time of writing, nine original, full-length studio albums have been released, plus several special albums containing only ballads or only covers, plus several live albums, EP's, and compilations. They began touring Japan in 1998 and Europe in 2001 to support Secrets Of Astrology. This album, as well as the next one, 1996's Curious Goods, made a significant impact in Japan, but it was not until with their third album, 1998's Garden Of The Moon, that they also found a potent European audience.
The first release under the Lana Lane name came in 1995 with Love Is An Illusion. All Lana Lane albums are released by Think Tank Media, a production company owned by Norlander and Lane themselves.
In Lana Lane, Norlander is not only the keyboard player, but also the producer, as well as writing much of the band?s material. But before this, Norlander had Lana contributing backing vocals to his own Symphonic Prog band, ROCKET SCIENTISTS. This eventually gave rise to Lana Lane - the band.
The story of Lana Lane goes back to the late 1980's when Lana moved to Los Angeles where she met her husband Erik NORLANDER. Lana's powerful yet gorgeous voice often drives the music, but the instrumental aspects are equally important elements of the band's sound. Lana Lane has rightly been dubbed The Queen of Symphonic Rock, but her music indicates a wider range of influences including progressive Metal, (Neo-) Progressive Rock, melodic Hard Rock, and even Pop Rock, sometimes with a light touch of Folk, Jazz, or Electronica.
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