Швеция сыграла свою роль в возрождении прог-рока в 90-х годах, породив ряд команд типа "Anekdoten" и "Anglagard". Однако наибольшей популярности добились "Flower kings", корни которых лежат в музыке "Yes". Именно у них образовались наибольшая армия фанов, большее признание за рубежом и солидные тиражи пластинок. "Flower kings" официально появились на свет в августе 1994 года, но так уж получилось, что первый альбом группы появился на свет до момента ее образования. А дело в том, что сначала гитарист, вокалист и автор песен Ройне Столт (известный по участию в другом шведском прог-роковом проекте 70-х "Kaipa") решил с помощью барабанщика Йайме Салазара и перкуссиониста Хассе Бруниуссона записать сольный альбом под названием "The flower king".
Музыка Столта с аурой Джона Андерсона объединила сложные структуры и броские душевные мелодии, и "прогрессивная" публика встретила пластинку с распростертыми объятиями. Пришлось Ройне организовывать концерты, для чего он привлек своего брата Майкла (бас, вокал) и старинного друга Томаса Бодина (клавишные). Получившуюся конфигурацию обозвали "The flower kings", а альбом стали считать первым в ее дискографии.
В ноябре 1995-го на своем лейбле "Foxtrot music" группа выпустила второй студийник под названием "Back in the World of Adventures". Диск содержал композицию "Big puzzle", ставшую концертным фаворитом. После релиза команда отправилась на свои первые европейские гастроли. В мае 1996-го в свет вышла третья работа, "Retropolis", навеянная музыкой 70-х годов и содержавшая две классных вещицы - "The Judas Kiss" и "There Is More to This World". Благодаря этим композициям популярность "Flower kings" достигла Южной Америки, Японии и Северной Америки (в особенности канадской провинции Квебек). На следующий год группа издала монументальный двойник "Stardust We Are" с одноименным 25-минутным эпическим заглавным треком и блестящими композициями "In the Eyes of the World" и "Church of Your Heart".
Таким образом, менее чем за четыре года на руках у музыкантов было четыре альбома (причем один двойной). Многие музыкальные критики не переставали удивляться, как это Столту удается выдавать на-гора материал с такой скоростью. Сами же музыканты продолжали радоваться росту армии поклонников и соответственному увеличению продаж дисков.
В 1998-м вышла компиляция "Scanning the Greenhouse", содержавшая фантастическую обработку "The Cinema Show" от "Genesis". Вслед за этим группа впервые посетила Америку, а в Квебеке тем временем вышло лимитированное издание, содержавшее концертные импровизации и некоторые ранее нереализованные треки. Энергия Столта била фонтаном и в том же году он записал свой сольный альбом "Hydrophonia", также с восторгом принятый критиками. А в начале 1999-го вышел еще один двойник группы, "Flower power". Этот наиболее амбициозный релиз содержал 60-минутную сюиту "Garden of Dreams" и композицию "Psychedelic Postcard", на которой Столт отдал должное одному из музыкантов, оказавших на него влияние, Фрэнку Заппе.
"Flower power" стал первым релизом группы, вышедшим в Штатах. Вместе с ним компания "Inside Out Music" приобрела права на издание в Америке и всего каталога "Flower kings". 2000-й год вновь был полон событий для команды – выход первого концертника "Alive on Planet Earth", участие Ройне в турне с супергруппой "Transatlantic", замена Майкла Столта другим басистом Йонасом Рейнголдом и запись студийника "Space revolver". Зато в последующие два года команда выпустила "всего лишь" по одному альбому – "Rainmaker" и "Unfold the future".
Состав
Roine Stolt - гитара, вокал
Zoltan Csorsz - ударные
Hasse Bruniusson - перкуссия
Tomas Bodin - клавишные
Jonas Reingold - бас
Дискография
The Flower King - 1994
Back In The World Of Adventures - 1995
Retropolis - 1996
Stardust We Are - 1997
Edition Limitee Quebec - 1998
Flower Power - 1999
Alive On Planet Earth - 2000
Space Revolver - 2000
Rainmaker - 2001
Unfold The Future - 2002
Meet The Flower Kings - 2003
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