The Flower Kings
The Flower Kings is a Swedish progressive rock band.
Band History
In 1994, the guitarist Roine Stolt released a solo album entitled The Flower King. Stolt, who was active in the band Kaipa already in the 1970s, tied with The Flower King of the classic progressive rock on. For the recording of the album Stolt gathered a small group of musicians around.
As The Flower King got good reviews, decided Stolt and his fellow musicians to form a band. This was named in accordance with Stolts solo album The Flower Kings. In subsequent years, the Flower Kings evolved into one of the world most popular bands of the genre.
After five years of hiatus - the musical leader of the band, Roine Stolt, worked in the meantime in the projects Transatlantic and Agents of Mercy with - the band announced the release of a new album for June 18, 2012.
Style
The Flower Kings socialize as a retro - prog band on the classic progressive rock of the 1970s. Your special alignment is symphonic rock with jazz influences. A characteristic feature of the band's sound, high bass lines, progtypische keyboard sounds like Mellotron and Hammond organ as well as the frequent use of meditative passages in the compositions.
The piece Stardust We Are from the same album is seen by many fans as a culmination of the art of the Flower Kings and is also considered as a live classics of the band. A prominent role in the repertoire of the band also performs the Suite Garden of Dreams one of the album Flowerpower, which exceeds with its playing time of one hour, the average long track format clear. In fandom was very well received and provided with the clear Yes bonds and jazz influences double album Unfold the Future.
Band Members
Roine Stolt regarded as the head of the band and is responsible for most of the lyrics and compositions. Permanent guest is the percussionist Hasse Bruniusson that shows up with shrill stage appearance and unusual percussion sounds significantly influenced by King Crimson eccentric Jamie Muir. In the past, operated Daniel Gildenlöw, frontman of the Swedish progressive metal band Pain of Salvation, as a singer and guitarist of The Flower Kings. On the position of drummer there was in the past often reshuffles.
Others
The Flower Kings are considered taping - friendly band that allows the recording of their concerts and the nichtkomerziellen trade in those records under dedicated conditions and promotes within a facility established for this purpose e- mail group.
Discography
- Back in the World of Adventures (1995 )
- Retropolis (1996 )
- Stardust We Are (Double Album, 1997)
- Flower Power ( double album, 1999)
- Space Revolver (2000)
- Alive on Planet Earth ( live double album, 2000)
- The Rainmaker (2001)
- Live in New York - Official Bootleg ( live album, 2002)
- Unfold the Future ( double album, 2002)
- Meet the Flower Kings ( double live album and live DVD, 2003)
- Adam & Eve (2004)
- BetchaWannaDanceStoopid (Live album with improvisations, 2004)
- Paradox Hotel ( double album, 2006)
- Instant Delivery ( double live album and live DVD, 2006)
- Road Back Home ( compilation of various short pieces of tape, double album, 2007)
- The Sum of No Evil (2007)
- Tour Kaputt ( double live album, 2011)
- Banks of Eden (2012 )
- Desolation Rose ( 2013)