The Flower Kings | |
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 The Flower Kings performing in 2014 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Sweden |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1994–2008, 2011–2015, 2018–present |
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| Members | Roine Stolt Hasse Fröberg Michael Stolt Lalle Larsson Mirko De Maio |
| Past members | Jaime Salazar Zoltan Csörsz Daniel Gildenlöw Marcus Liliequist Ola Heden Erik Hammarström Tomas Bodin Felix Lehrmann Jonas Reingold Zach Kamins |
| Website | www |
The Flower Kings are a Swedish progressive rock band formed in 1994 by guitarist and singer-songwriter Roine Stolt. The group began as Stolt's touring band to support his third solo album The Flower King. They continued performing after the tour and have gone on to become one of the most prolific studio recording units in progressive rock, having released over twenty hours of music spread across sixteen studio albums. Their music is similar to early symphonic progressive rock groups such as Yes, marked by sharp dynamic changes, polyrhythms, heavy bass, vocal harmonies, abstract and occasionally nonsensical lyrics, and extended song lengths.