The Flower Kings

The Flower Kings
The Flower Kings performing in 2014
The Flower Kings performing in 2014
Background information
OriginSweden
Genres
Years active1994 (1994)–2008, 2011–2015, 2018–present
Labels
MembersRoine Stolt
Hasse Fröberg
Michael Stolt
Lalle Larsson
Mirko De Maio
Past membersJaime Salazar
Zoltan Csörsz
Daniel Gildenlöw
Marcus Liliequist
Ola Heden
Erik Hammarström
Tomas Bodin
Felix Lehrmann
Jonas Reingold
Zach Kamins
Websitewww.flowerkings.se

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.