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Anders Johansson (born May 25, 1962 in Gothenburg ) is a Swedish drummer. He gained fame as a member of Yngwie Malmsteen's band and through Hammerfall . He has been the drummer for Hulkoff since 2017 and Manowar since 2019 .

Life

Johansson comes from a family of musicians. His brother Jens is the keyboard player of Stratovarius . His father Jan was one of the most famous jazz pianists in Scandinavia.

Johansson grew up mainly in Stockholm . Later in Malmö too . At the age of thirteen he began to learn to play the drums by himself. He had previously taken piano lessons with his brother Jens for five years.

Johansson found his military service extremely boring, but his lieutenant let him practice the drums for a few hours.

From 1984 to 1989 Johansson played with his brother for Yngwie Malmsteen. From 1999 to 2014 he played with the power metal band Hammerfall. David Wallin succeeded him for the post of drummer at Hammerfall .

In 2004 Johansson played live drums in his brother's band, Stratovarius .

In 2017 he and his sons Niklas and Karl joined Pär Hulkoff and thus completed his “Hulkoff” project. He also plays with his sons in the band Strokkur .

Johansson owns his own record company. His nickname is "Swedish Tank".

In March 2019 it was announced that Anders Johansson is active in the American metal band Manowar .

Discography

As a solo artist

  • Shu-tka
  • 1997: Red Shift

With Yngwie Malmsteen

  • 1985: Marching Out
  • 1986: Trilogy
  • 1988: Odyssey
  • 1996: Inspiration (also sound engineering)

With hammerfall

With Jens Johansson

  • 1991: Fjäderlösa Tvåfotingar (as Jens Johansson)
  • 1994: The Johansson Brothers (as The Johansson Brothers)
  • 1996: Heavy Machinery (as Anders Johansson, Jens Johansson and Allan Holdsworth; also mixing, mastering and production)
  • 1998: Fission (as Jens Johansson)
  • 1998: Sonic Winter (as Johansson; also mixing, mastering and production)
  • 1999: The Last Viking (as Johansson; also production)

With Hulkoff

  • 2017: Kven

With other artists

  • 1990: Cry for Love with Blue Murder
  • 1993: Agony in Despair with Keegan
  • 1993: Something Wicked Comes with Billionaires Boys Club
  • 2001: Hypnotica with Empire (drums on third and twelfth songs)
  • 2003: Trading Souls with Empire (drums on the third and seventh song)
  • 2003: The Second Coming with Winterlong
  • 2003: The Great Fall with Narnia (drums on the seventh song)
  • 2017: Vantablack with Strokkur

Web links

Commons : Anders Johansson (musician)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Portrait on drummersdigest.com , accessed on October 22, 2018.
  2. ↑ a b c d FAQ of the official website, accessed on October 22, 2018.
  3. ↑ a b Rock Hard : Hammerfall: Anders Johansson leaves the band, Fredrik Larsson takes baby break , rockhard.de on October 9, 2014 , accessed on October 22, 2018.
  4. ↑ Anders Ekdahl: Strokkur , in: battlehelm.com of October 26, 2017 , accessed on October 22, 2018.
  5. ↑ metal.de : Manowar Anders Johansson (Ex-HAMMERFALL) drums for the Lederkrieger , metal.de from March 27, 2018 , accessed on March 27, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Johansson, Anders
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish drummer
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Gothenburg