Arnoldas Lukošius
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Arnoldas Lukošius is a Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

n keyboardist, who has performed in a LT United
LT United
LT United is a six-piece alternative-pop musical group created in 2006 for the sole purpose of representing Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006...

 band at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Eurovision Song Contest 2006
The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece on 18 May and 20 May 2006 . The hosting national broadcaster of the contest was Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi . The Finnish band Lordi won the contest with the song "Hard Rock...

. He is named by his colleagues as a "Lithuania's first rock accordion
Accordion
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....

 player". Lukošius has been a member of the legendary Foje
Foje
FOJE was one of the most successful and best known Lithuanian rock bands. It was formed in the present-day Antakalnis Secondary School in Vilnius by Andrius Mamontovas, Arnoldas Lukošius and Darius Tarasevičius in 1983 under the name of "Sunki Muzika", few months later Algis Kriščiūnas joined the...

 band. Today he is the editor of a popular girls' magazine and also plays in the band of Andrius Mamontovas
Andrius Mamontovas
Andrius Mamontovas is a Lithuanian rock musician, songwriter, actor, performer and record producer. He was one of the co-founders of the Lithuanian rock band Foje . He is also one of the masterminds of the LT United project.-Personal life:His father was Russian and mother Lithuanian...

.

His dance in the Eurovision Song Contest, delivered after standing completely still and looking serious in the first half of the song, became famous because of its manical delivery, which, in combination with his physical appearance, was found amusing by many viewers.

Arnoldas is most famous for his likeness to comedy genius Harry Hill
Harry Hill
Harry Hill , is a Perrier Award–winning English comedian, author and television presenter. A former medical doctor , Hill began his career in comedy with the popular radio show Harry Hill's Fruit Corner.-Personal life:Hill was born in Woking,...

. As a result Arnoldas has gained huge cult-followings around the world, including Dom Fleming and Dave Rosewarne.

Lifestyle

Lukošius rarely eats at home and says that the refrigerator takes care of his wife. He eats lunch at work, and dinner is usually arranged for his wife.

Music

Arnold has rehearsed in the rock band Soul's rehearsal studio, with another group of musicians for the album "Black Opium Earth" program. He said that the "Black Opium Earth" is from the same era as when he was an active musician back in the 1993's. Despite the difficult living conditions at the time, it was one of the most productive periods in Lithuania, because the music was looking for new solutions. Arnold also exclaimed that "The Group" Movie and the gothic sound close to him.

Related Online Videos

# Video Uniform Resource Locator (URL) Published Date
1 "Lietuvių šokiai" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anmjobVNnag March 29, 2010
2 "Foje - Tušti delnai" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx3WvXyWxcM October 4, 2010
3 "Foje - Ir aš dar gyvensiu (Tikras Garsas)" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0dx0-PPR-g December 25, 2010
4 "LT United - We Are The Winners" http://uzlietuva.lt/video/XGUMM8W9A2AY/LT-United--We-Are-The-Winners January 14, 2011
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