Coste Apetrea

Swedish Progressive Rock Guitarist

Swedish guitarist and composer. Born May 3, 1952 in Falkenberg. Apetrea who, among other things, played with Samla Mammas Manna, Mikael Rickfors, Jukka Tolonen and Ramlösa kvällar. He has also had projects under his own name, in which, among others, Jojje Wadenius participated. He collaborated from 1977 to 2003 with the Finnish guitarist Jukka Tolonen. Together they made 6 albums with bands and two acoustic duo / guitar albums. He toured Europe with around 150-200 concerts / year and performed at Montreaux Jazz Festival, Roskilde, etc. He also wrote the vignette for Björne's magasin. In recent years, Apetrea has released solo albums with the Finnish progressive metal record company Lion Music as Rites of Passage (2006) and Surprisingly Heavy (2008). As a producer and composer, he has written music for the photographer Lennart Nilsson's film "The Miracle of Love" and Marianne Ahrnes & Rigmor Robert's film "Flickor kvinnor och en och annan drake" collaborated with Ola Håkansson and Mikael Rickfors, most recently with "Akiiki" (Soul R&B) and a large number of other artists. He toured with his original group Samla Mammas Manna in Japan, USA, Europe, Canada and Russia until 2007 when one of the members, Lars Holmer passed away.