The Band

Row Alex – Vocal

Roland Alexandersson was born in 1967 in the southern part of Stockholm. When he was 12 years old, his brother put an ugly red bass in his hand and told him to play!  After a few weeks, he joined his brother’s band  – Warreins. When Warreins ended, he started the pop band Dead End. The longing for tougher music made Neptune to be formed in the early ’80s with his brother Ray Alex, Tommy, and Johnny. After Neptune officially quit in 1987, he played bass and made songs with some other musicians. After a year, the bass was laid on the shelf and he became a singer in the band Back Draft. Back Draft ended in the early 90’s. Then, until the resurrection of Neptune in 2017, it was only time for sparing songwriting. So in 2017, Neptune was brought to life and then the burning interest in metal music and the wonderful wooden thing with 4 strings came back into his hands once again.

Anders Olsson – Guitar

Anders Olsson was born in the mid ’60s in the southern part of Sweden. He bought his first guitar right after he got his hands on the first Van Halen’s album and did everything to copy the song Eruption, note by note. Anders played in a couple of obscure local bands during the latter part of the ’70s and started up the band Excetra, which was the band that later played as a support act for Neptune. The rest is history. After Neptune ended in 1987, Anders started the band Unicorn (1987-88) where Tosh Ason played drums. Other bands that Anders participated in are In Time (1989-90) and JAR (1990-2005). He put the guitar on the shelf after Jar and has shown a great interest in photography, which is used from time to time in Neptune as well.

Jonas Wikström – Drums

Jonas Wikström was born in southern Sweden in the ’60s. The music and drums came early, and the first drum set in the form of pots was taken in 1970.

The first band (Elektron) that Jonas played on “real” drums was back in 1974. Since then, Jonas has played in many bands over the years.

Except for Neptune in the middle of the ’80s is the most well-known of them BALANCE (US) with Bob Kulick, Doug Katsaros, and Peppy Castro where he was part of their reunion. Then he became their drummer during the” Balance Sweden Reunion Tours 2014” Jonas loves the sea and Aston Martin.

Tosh Ason – Bass

Jan Tosh Ason was born in 1969 (Virgo) in Älvsjö, southern Stockholm, as Jan Andersson. He studied drums already at the age of nine until the teacher was out of notes, and put together his first rock band (1978 -1986), later known as Line Out. Tosh also played in other Swedish hard rock bands as Unicorn (1987-88), In Time (1989-90), JAR (1990-2005) among others. Tosh was also a founder and member of the pop band Jam Planet (1997-2002) who ended up on the radio lists in Japan. He also makes his own releases, as well as for others. During his work as a songwriter and producer, he was asked to join Neptune when he started to produce their upcoming single. In his spare time, he often walks alone in the Nordic forests and prefers to sleep under the open sky, even in the winter.

Johan Rosth – Keyboards

John Rosth was born in 1966 and grew up in Tumba, located in southern Stockholm. He began studying piano at an early age and met Tosh in the early ’80s when they started playing together in the same band, Line Out. Since then, they have consistently collaborated on writing music.

Rosth also played as a keyboardist in the band It’s Alive (1985-1995) alongside Max Martin, during which their band toured with both Gotthard and Kingdom Come. Initially, Rosth was brought in as a studio musician for Neptune’s singles and EPs, which naturally led to him becoming a member of Neptune.

Ray Alex – RIP