Coste Apetrea

Swedish guitarist and composer based in Uppsala, born on May 3, 1952 in Falkenberg, Halland.
As a band member or sideman, Apetrea 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 (opens in a new tab) 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 the, the, etc. He also wrote the vignette for Björnes magasin (opens in a new tab).
In recent years, Apetrea has released solo albums with the Finnish progressive metal record company as Rites Of Passage (Finland 2006) (opens in a new tab) (2006) and Surprisingly Heavy (Finland 2008) (opens in a new tab) (2008).
As a producer and composer, Coste Apetrea has written music for the photographer 's film "The Miracle of Love" and 's & Rigmor Robert's film "Flickor kvinnor och en och annan drake," collaborated with Ola Håkansson and Mikael Rickfors, and most recently with Akiiki (opens in a new tab) (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 2008 when one of the members, Lars Hollmer, passed away. In 2025 Coste Apetrea is again touring as leader of his new band: Samla Revisited.