So I'm sitting here listening to "Circus Brimstone", as performed by Circus Brimstone on their one-and-only album Circus Brimstone LIVE - Brim Stoned In Europe, and it got me wondering what every TFK drummer has done within and around the TFK family, so out of curiosity, here's a list of what each of the major TFK drummers/percussionists have done and released with TFK and TFK members:
Hasse Bruniusson:
TFK - Back In The World Of Adventures, Retropolis, Stardust We Are, Flower Power, Space Revolver, Fan Club CD 2000, The Rainmaker, Unfold The Future, Meet The Flower Kings, Adam & Eve, Paradox Hotel, The Sum Of No Evil
Roine Stolt - The Flower King
Karmakanic - Wheel Of Life (guest on 1 track)
Tomas Bodin - An Ordinary Night In My Ordinary Life, Sonic Boulevard
Hasse Bruniusson - Flying Food Circus
Jaime Salazar:
TFK - Back In The World Of Adventures, Retropolis, Stardust We Are, Edition Limitee Quebec 1998, Flower Power, Space Revolver, Fan Club CD 2000, Alive On Planet Earth, The Rainmaker
Roine Stolt - The Flower King, Hydrophonia
Karmakanic - Entering The Spectra
Tomas Bodin - An Ordinary Night In My Ordinary Life
The Tangent - A Place In The Queue, Going Off On One, Not As Good As The Book
Opus Atlantic - Opus Atlantic
Zoltan Csorsz:
TFK - Unfold The Future, Live In New York - Official Bootleg, Meet The Flower Kings, BetchaWannaDanceStoopid!!, Adam & Eve, The Sum Of No Evil
Karmakanic - Entering The Spectra, Wheel Of Life, Who's The Boss In The Factory
Tomas Bodin - Pinup Guru, Sonic Boulevard
The Tangent - The Music That Died Alone, The World That We Drive Through, Pyramids And Stars
3rd World Electric - Kilimanjaro Secret Brew
Agents Of Mercy - The Fading Ghosts Of Twilight
Marcus Liliequist:
TFK - Fanclub CD 2005 - Harvest, Paradox Hotel, Carpe Diem, Instant Delivery
Roine Stolt - Wall Street Voodoo
Karmakanic - In A Perfect World
Tomas Bodin - I AM, You Are (under the band name Eggs & Dogs)
Felix Lehrmann:
TFK - Banks Of Eden, Desolation Rose
Anderson / Stolt - Invention Of Knowledge
Mirko DeMaio:
TFK - Waiting For Miracles, Islands, By Royal Decree (forthcoming)
There have been other drummers who have shared kit duties with various TFK family members but these are the six that have appeared on actual TFK albums. Looking back, I forgot just how much Jaime played with his fellow band members outside of TFK, same with Zoltan. I do remember that Marcus was being utilized before and after his one studio album, Paradox Hotel, as Roine's WSV album and Tomas' I AM both came out before Paradox Hotel. I had also forgotten that Felix drummed on the Anderson / Stolt album (which I haven't really spun in quite some time).
I also decided to throw in Bruniusson because, while he mostly does non-drumkit percussion, he has played actual drumkit for some songs in the TFK catalog, and his percussive sounds definitely add a lot to the over-all sound of the band, especially in their earlier days. You can really feel his absence in their live recordings when he isn't there, and when he is, like on Meet The Flower Kings, he adds so much to the layers of percussion in their music.
Which of these percussionists/drummers are your favorite? Who has your favorite performance OUTSIDE of The Flower Kings? For me, Marcus on Wall Street Voodoo is absolutely fantastic, but Zoltan's work on the early Tangent albums is nothing short of expert-level, and probably better than his stuff in TFK.
-Marc.