Anders Johansson (born 25 May 1962) is a Swedish musician, best known as the former drummer of

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and Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force. He currently plays in the

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band

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. He is the son of jazz pianist Jan Johansson, and brother of

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and

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keyboardist

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Biography

Anders Johansson was born in

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. He and his mum and younger brother later moved to

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after his father died in a car accident. The first instrument he played was the piano, but at the age of 14, after a bicycle accident, he switched to drums. From 1979 through 1982 he attended an electronics engineering school. In 1984 he moved to the United States to join his brother Jens in

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's band. He recorded five albums and made five world tours with Malmsteen. After that, he worked with a huge number of artists, including bassist

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, Benny Jansson, and with his brother Jens (as "The Johansson Brothers"). He initially joined

on the "Legacy" tour in 1999, at first only as a session drummer but later as a full-time member. He is co-founder of Heptagon Records with his brother, created to promote their discs, their father's and some other Swedish musicians' work. Johansson was a guest drummer on

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's album ''The Great Fall''. Johansson is best known for his time in Malmsteen's band, besides his former role as HammerFall's drummer. He has been praised for his technical talent, in metal as well as other genres. Johansson also plays the upright bass (double bass) in a jazz duo together with his brother Jens Johansson. Johansson brothers 1

He released his memoirs "Trumslagarpojken" 2016. Today Anders lives with his family outside Malmö in south Sweden. He is interested in cars and martial arts. Now Johansson plays with

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, his first concert was on 25 March 2019 in Brno, Czech Republic. In 2016, Anders founded

band

together with his son Nick and Karl Johansson.

Discography

With Silver Mountain

* Skånsk Rock (1982) * Shakin' Brains (1983) * Breakin' Chains (2001)

With Yngwie Malmsteen

* Marching out (1985) * Trilogy (1986) * Odyssey (1988) * Trial by Fire/Live in Leningrad (1989) * Inspiration (1996)

Solo, side projects and session work

* Blue Murder: Cry for love (1990) * Jens Johansson: Fjäderlösa Tvåfotingar (1991) * Jonas Hellborg Group: E feat. Anders and Jens Johansson (1991), Day Eight Music * Raf: Ode to a tractor (with Peter Brötzmann 1992) * Shining path: No other world (wity Mudbone Cooper 1993) * Sökarna: Sound track (tracks with Chilly White and Power United) * Billionaires Boys Club: Something Wicked Comes (1993) * Johanssons/Allan Holdsworth: ''

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'' (1996) * Svullo: Radio KRM (1996) * Martin Svensson: Pojkdrömmar (1997) * Anders Johansson: Red Shift (1997 * Jens Johansson: '' Fission'' (1998) * Mansson: Arch of Decadence (1997) * Aces High: Pull no punches (1998) * Johansson: Sonic Winter/Johansson Bros (1998) * Johansson: The Last Viking (1999) * Benny Jansson: Flume Ride (1999) * A. Johansson & J. Hydén : Elvis Pelvis (2000) * Aces High: Forgive and forget (2001) * Empire: Hypnotica (2001) * Jason Becker trib: Warmth in the wilderness (2001) * Yonna: Heartbeat (2002) * Winterlong: The second coming (2003) * Blackmore's castle: Space Truckin' (2003) * Snake Charmer: Backyard Boogaloo (2003) * Magnus Rosén: Imagine a place (2003) * Mistheria: Messenger of the god (2004) * Owe Thörnqvist: Recovered (2005) * Nocturnal rites: Grand illusion (Japanese bonus track) (2005) * Empire: Trading Souls (2003) * Narnia: The great fall (2003) * Planet Alliance: Planet Alliance (2006) * Time Requiem: Optical Illusion (2006) * Janne Stark: Mountain of Power (2007) * Jonas Hellborg, V. Selvaganesh, IA Eklundh, Jens Johansson: Art Metal (2008) * Geff: Land of the free (2009) * Full Force: One (2011) * Full Force: Next level (2012) * Joacim Cans: Nu kan mörkret falla (2013) * Jens and Anders Johansson: Live in Sweden (2014) * Bröderna Johansson: Stilla jul (2017) * Storis Limpan Band: Patina (2017) * Hulkoff: Kven (2017) * Strokkur: Vantablack (2017) * Björn Olsson: Måsrock (2018) * Anders och Jens Johansson: Nordic blue (2018) * Björn Olsson feat. Gustaf Norén: All things together (single) (2019) * Björn Olsson: Lättillgänglig fusion (single) (2019) * Gustaf & Viktor Norén: Hymns to the rising sun (2020) * Måsrock: 2 (2020) * Hulkoff: Pansarfolk (2020) * Hurula: Ingen är kär i år och andra sånger (2022) * CJ Grimmark: Christmas + Hymns & Instrumentals (2022)

With HammerFall

* ''

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'' (2000) * ''

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'' (2002) * ''

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'' (2003, live album) * '' Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken'' (2005) * '' Threshold'' (2006) * '' Steel Meets Steel: Ten Years of Glory'' ("Best Of") (2007) * ''

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'' (2008) * ''

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'' (2009) * '' Infected'' (2011) * ''

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'' (2014)

Manowar

* ''The Final Battle I'' (EP, 2019)

With Tungsten

* ''We Will Rise'' (2019) * ''Tundra'' (2020) * ''Bliss'' (2022)

References

External links

* * of HammerFall * of Jens Johansson (English) * of Jens Johansson (Swedish) * of Anders Johansson (English) {{DEFAULTSORT:Johansson, Anders Living people Swedish heavy metal drummers 1962 births Musicians from Gothenburg Swedish drummers Male drummers People from Gothenburg HammerFall members Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force members Art Metal (band) members pt:Anders Johansson