Johan De Farfalla (born 3 June 1971 in

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) is a

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bass player. He is the former bassist of seminal Swedish

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band

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. He originally joined Opeth in 1991 when its lineup was

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on vocals,

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, Op ...

and Kim Pettersson on guitar, and

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on drums. He replaced Nick Döring on bass for one show and quit immediately afterwards. Opeth recruited Peter Lindgren to replace him for their next show, and then Stefan Guteklint after Lindgren moved to guitar. In 1994, Opeth was approached for signing by

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, and fired Guteklint. De Farfalla rejoined Opeth initially as a session bassist for their first album ''

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'' (1995), but subsequently became an official member again. After touring in support of their second album ''

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'' (1996), De Farfalla was fired by Åkerfeldt who cited that he was not a good fit. De Farfalla used to work as a teacher at Storviks Folkhögskola until 27 January 2012. Afterwards he became a principal at Tollare Folkhögskola until June 2015. He now works for the

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of Sweden, and lives in Stockholm with his three children.

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