Lars Hesla

Norwegian keyboard player. Lars Hesla (born 19 June 1948) is a Norwegian musician, guitarist, pianist, keyboardist and songwriter. He is best known as the keyboardist in the rock band Flax from 1971 to 1982 and again from 1985 until its disbandment in 1986. He was also keyboardist in the rock band Junipher Greene from 1975 to its disbandment in 1983. In recent years he has played in bands such as Pub Floyd ( tribute band to Pink Floyd) and hammer/mellotron in the Lars Hesla Band together with Espen Saga (guitar), Knut Grue (drums/vocals) and Lars Kristian Evensen (bass). He was the brother of John Hesla (1947–2014) who played guitar in Flax.