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The Flower Kings
12+ albums
Progressive rocksymphonic progswedishProgressiverock
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The Flower Kings are a Swedish progressive rock band formed in 1994 by guitarist and singer-songwriter Roine Stolt. The group originated as Stolt's touring band to support his third solo album "The Flower King" and continued performing afterward. Over their career, they have released sixteen studio albums, totaling more than twenty hours of music. Their style is influenced by early symphonic progressive rock bands such as Yes, featuring dynamic changes, polyrhythms, prominent bass lines, vocal harmonies, abstract lyrics, and extended song structures. Formation In early 1993, guitarist and singer Roine Stolt had written material for his third solo album The Flower King and sought for musicians to perform it. He had wanted to release a progressive rock-style album for a while and felt the time was right to pursue the project. The album features Stolt on vocals, guitar, bass and keyboards, Jaime Salazar on drums, and Hasse Fröberg on vocals, and was recorded in Sweden between May 1993 and January 1994. In preparation for Stolt's concert tour to support the album's release, Stolt, Salazar, and Fröberg were joined by Stolt's brother Michael on bass and Tomas Bodin on keyboards. The five performed their first gig on 20 August 1994 at an outdoor festival in Uppsala, Stolt's hometown and the city where The Flower King was recorded. After they decided to become a full time band, they officially adopted the name The Flower Kings, named after Stolt's album. Stolt had produced a list o
