About Roine Stolt
Roine Stolt is a Swedish guitarist, vocalist and composer. A major figure in Sweden's rock history, Stolt led two of his country's most successful progressive rock bands: Kaipa in the 1970s and The Flower Kings in the 1990s onward. In the same vein as frequent collaborator Steven Wilson, Stolt has regularly collaborated with other progressive rock musicians; he has made a guest appearance on several modern progressive rock albums, and multiple progressive rock supergroups include him as a member. Stolt started his career in the late 1960s playing bass guitar in local rock bands. The group split up in 1983, and Stolt started working as a solo and session musician, arranger and producer.
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