Jocke JJ Marsh guitars.
He has been playing with Glenn Hughes for the last 10 years (and still do) This guy really rocks! Riffmaster!!! Also a very good composer. Released his first solo CD in 2006 "Music from Planet Marsh"
Thomas Broman Drums.
Used to play in "Electric Boys" a Swedish hardrockband that made major success in the 80-90ies. Roine and I played the opening act for one gig in Uppsala. I remember they played loud on the Turbo Sound System. Really loud!!!! Thomas has also played in Glenn Hughes band. Heavy!!
Influences
I´m influenced by a lot of music. Of course rock has always been a part of my life. Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple,Pink Floyd, Muse ( they are so good!), Foghat, Steppenwolf, Budgie, The Band, Grand Funk Railroad, Nazareth, Uriah Heep, Queen.....
Then we have the pop/poprock like Beatles, David Bowie, Crosby, Still, Nash & Young, Talking Heads, Fleetwood Mac, JJ Cale, Lou Reed, XTC, Stranglers, U2, Red Noise...
The Flower Kings
Also some of the fusion/jazzfusion like George Duke, Billy Cobham, Herbie Hancock, Jan Garbarek, Pat Metheny
Now we are pretty close to jazz... I´m not a jazz player but I enjoy some musicians like Putte Wickman, Roger Kellaway, Toots Thielmans
At the age of 14 I started to collect classical LPs. First I went thru Beethoven, Motzart, Bach and the more usual stuff. But after a while I fell more and more in love with composers like Schostachovic, Prokofiev, Stravinskji.
Hasse Fröberg
And talking about some pure synth music...Jean-Michel Jarre (then I talk about Oxygen), Wendy Carlos, Vangelis and here I would to mention Philip Glass (even if it´s not synth music!)
Among the modern progbands I would say that Porcupine Tree is one of the best! I also like Kino very much!
Hasse again...
Thinking about keyboardists I would say Patric Moraz, Mr Jobson, Keith Emerson, Joe Zawinul, Rick Wakeman and Tony Banks. Also one name I would like to mention is Tom Brislin. He´s a very, very skilled player and also such a nice guy!.
This is a lot of talk about music... There is a lot of things apart from music that inspires me. Books, food (I´m a decent chef:), my family of course, travells, running...I´ll try to keep the pace this year!
Sounds Like
Flower Kings (ofc the influences are obvious)
Pink FLoyd
Deep Purple
John Lennon
David Bowie
Jesus Christ Superstar,
Genesis.
Yes
This Flower Kings videoclip is from Nyköping Teater. I was a great gig and I would like to say thanks to Peter Ledenvik
I´m perhaps best known as the keybord player in the progressive /symphonic rock band "The Flower Kings". But since 1996 I have also released 5 solo albums.
First out was "AN ORDINARY NIGHT IN MY ORDINARY LIFE". I was really suprised by the good respons.. The album was produced by Roine Stolt and also released on his own label "Foxtrot Music". The lineup was...
Jaime Salazar Drums
Michael Stolt Bass
Ove Eriksson Bass
Roine Stolt Guitars
Hasse Bruniusson Perc, Drums & Bicycle wheel!
Anyway, from there there I spent time working with several Flower Kings albums. Also I did work a lot at different theathers such as The Royal National Theather of Drama (Dramaten), Riksteatern, Upsala Stadsteater. I also took part in a couple of movies...(no Hollywood for me I can tell u that)
Then at 2002 I decided to make my 2nd album "PINUP GURU"... I guess I wanted it to sound a little bit like ELP so I kept in within a trio format. Keyz, Drms and Bass. The lineup...
Jonas Reingoldt Bass
Zoltan Csörsz Drum
One year later SONIC BOULEVARD saw the daylight. At first, Roine Stolt and I decided to record a sort of ambient project. I came up with the name Sonic Boulevard. However for different reasons we didn´t finish this idea. Instead I made this semi-ambient/progressive album on my own. It´s a lot of afro-influences and one theme working as an idé fix
Jocke JJ Marsh Guitar (a lot of Jeff Beck influences!)
Jonas Reingoldt Bass
Zoltan Csörsz Drums
Anders Jansson Voices
Lars Bjurhäll Scat
Roine Stolt Guitar
Hasse Bruisusson perc
Ulf Wallander Saxophone
Jonas Knutsson Soprano Saxophone
Next project was something really odd! I invented a fake band and I called it THE SWEDISH FAMILY. Then I released the album Vintage Prog-The best of Swedish Family. Hmmm this was quite fun..some people actully believed in the story. A journalist also claimed he saw that band back in the 70.ies. Great fun!! The music was very much in the tradtion of Swedish folkrock...line up;
Roine Stolt Guitars & Basses
Ulf Wallander soprano saxophone
Hasse Bruinusson Drums & Perc
But 2 years later I decided to release a "real" record. This time I wanted to make a bigger production with vocals, lyrics, concept...yeah why not make a rockopera!!!??? The concept came to include 3 albums when the idea about I AM, YOU ARE, HE SHE IT was born. I AM was me looking at myself in a sort of biographical way. YOU ARE is going to be me looking at You...(go ahead read the lyrics at the blogs)HE SHE IT will be a story about love from different angels. Jealousy, Homosexuality, Wife beaters and more..... Anyway, the lineup for I AM was;
Marcus Liliequist Drums
Jonas Reingoldt Bass
Jocke JJ Marsh Guitars
Anders Jansson Vocals
Helene Schönning Vocals
Pernilla Bodin Vocals
Then ofc there is always different side-projects. I have been working as a producer for different groups/artists. The latest one was Moonsafari and the album "Doorway to Summer". They are a great band with such a nice energy!
I also played a lot of the keys and some solos on that album
This videoclip is from The Flower Kings latest DVD. It´s was recorded live at 013 in Tilburg Holland. The song "Pioneers of Aviation" is from the album Paradox Hotel
Hello tomas,what’s up? i just come to take news and wish you all the best. I put a new punk trash songs with solos now. So i hope you come and tell me what you think about it even if you hate.Bye bro,take care. Keep in touch.
thanks for being part of your network and for showing interest and sympathy; enhenced enjoying your virtuosity as a strengthening member of the FloKis (and not only there).
hello thomas I like your music ,particulary"the indian summer" which is expressive, powerfull in emotions. I invite you to listen to the first song created by Strangegarden and Lisa’s Antenna and her beautiful and magic voice called “the children of the strange” Please leave a comment, If you feel it. Friendly The keeper of strangegarden
Hey! Just wanted to tell you that some of the songs from our new EP, and our musicvideo is uploaded on our myspace now. If you haven’t already done it, go check it out! Write back to us and tell us what you think! Love, Dan – wrestling with angels
