THE FLOWER KINGS TOUR 2008
For more than a decade Sweden's now legendary progressive rock giants,The Flower Kings have dominated the new worldwide prog-revival releasing 11 studio albums in 12 years. Originally drawing from obvious influences such as The Beatles,Yes,Pink Floyd,Frank Zappa & Genesis, the Flower Kings have evolved into a seasoned and mature band who's sound is now as recognizable as that of their mentors. A sound that has come to be adored by fans and press alike.
Flowerkings will play a short USA tour in Aug 2008 in support of their latest critical acclaimed CD .
The band will play most of the new album and most certainly some older fan favourites plus the odd jam that is now an integral part of The Flowerkings live experience.
Part one of the tour, supporting this latest album "The Sum Of No Evil", saw the band tour most of Europe last november with guest Pat Mastelotto behind the drumkit.
Pat an American that once had big USA and worldwide hits with Mr Mister and later on played on many pop albums including XTC,The Rembrants etc. but since the early 90's is most know for his pioneering work with heavy beats and drum electronica,most significant in King Crimson.
All members of TFK having a long history in different bands and recordings, most significant are perhaps Roine Stolt's contributions in "Transatlantic" alongside Dream Theaters Mike Portnoy and Marillions Pete Trewavas, a progrock "sideproject" that took flight in early 2000 and quickly gained "supergroup" status among progressive rock fans and press .
The new incarnation of Flower Kings include :
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tomas bodin; keyboards
roine stolt: guitars & vocals
jonas reingold: bass & vocals
erik hammarström: drums
ola heden: vocal & keyboard,guitar
hasse fröberg: vocals,guitar
Any lover of melodic rock,experimental rock,progressive or symphonic will enjoy this band that seems to have found the secret formula of bringing every aspect of soulful and uplifting entertainment alive onstage and on record.
Once you've become friends with the music of The Flower Kings there is no turning back.
ABOUT SPECIAL GUEST MINDWALK BLVD
Rising from the suburbs of Boston a young rock band called MINDWALK BLVD begins to make a mark in the music world. With combined YouTube and Break.com views of over 2 million, they continue to gain fans worldwide. Although all three members are young, each member started their musical careers in grade school or earlier allowing them to already have impressive musical accomplishments before entering high school. Jordan, Mike and Tyler met up about 3 years ago because of a similar love for progressive rock and began writing and recording their own material along with covers from influences such as Rush, Dream Theater, Kansas, Kings X, Queen, UK etc.
The press has referred to them as a "modern day Kansas", "the next generation s Rush" or "Hanson on steriods" to name a few, but basically they say they are just three kids who love to just play and sing. All I can say is you need to see these kids in a live performance....you will not be disappointed. (MINDWALK BLVD recently won the hearts of the Berklee Judges at the WBCN/Berklee College Battle of the Bands finals on Saturday April 12th, 2008. Judges had four different bands listed for 1st place with MWB taking Berklee's vote for 1st place.) For more on MINDWALK BLVD, click here:
http://www.mindwalkband.com/index.cfm
