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JOHANSSON LYRICS



The Last Viking


Album: ''The Last Viking'' (1999)
1. The Last Viking
2. Burning Eyes
3. Valhall Scuffle (Instrumental)
4. Fading Away
5. Forest Song
6. In the Mirror
7. Samurai (Bonus Track)
8. Close to You
9. Carry Me
10. Winter Battle (Instrumental)
11. Alone



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JOHANSSON BIOGRAPHY

Jens Johansson (born November 2, 1963 in Stockholm) is a world-renowned Swedish keyboardist and pianist in the power metal-genre. He is noted as one of the first and most influential "shred" keyboardists, for his high-speed neoclassical and fusion style.

Johansson is son of the well-known Swedish jazz pianist Jan Johansson and brother of the heavy metal drummer Anders Johansson. In 1982, the classically trained Johansson left the jazz fusion band Slem and joined the Swedish metal band Silver Mountain, which also included Anders. In 1983 he left Sweden for California and joined guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen as a member of his band, Rising Force. Numerous records and world tours ensued and he stayed with Yngwie until 1989. Johansson also played with the band Dio between 1989 and 1990. Like Anders, he began an ongoing collaboration with Jonas Hellborg in 1989 which has resulted in several well-received progressive and avant-garde recordings, including Dissident, Silent Run (an acoustic piano trio record with Ginger Baker on drums) and the hard core progressive fusion record, E.

In 1993, Johansson co-founded a progressive blues metal project, The Johansson Brothers, and recorded a self-titled record. In 1996, with a different line-up, they recorded another album, Sonic Winter, this time under the name "Johansson", with Yngwie Malmsteen guesting on guitar. The last Johansson record, The Last Viking, a more "European metal" oriented album, was released in 1999 with special guests Michael Romeo and Göran Edman.

Johansson has released several instrumental solo records such as Fjäderlösa Tvåfotingar, Ten Seasons (a piano solo album improvised in the Mark Kostabi gallery, New York), Heavy Machinery (with Anders and Allan Holdsworth) and Fission (with Anders, Shawn Lane and Mike Stern) and many collaborations with other artists, metal compilations and Berends Brothers' band Mastermind.

He co-founded Heptagon Records to distribute his own recordings and that of other musicians, such as guitarist Benny Jansson and bassist Magnus Rosén.

Johansson auditioned for Dream Theater after Kevin Moore left the band in 1994. Despite his technical prowess, Johansson was not accepted into the band. Some sources state[citation needed] that if he had joined he would not have been allowed to participate in the songwriting process until the band was certain Johansson was suitable. Apparently, Johansson lost his interest in the keyboardist spot after this.[citation needed]

He joined the power metal band Stratovarius in 1995 and has remained since, still releasing solo albums and appearing as a guest or session musician in other projects.

JOHANSSON GENRES
Neoclassical/Blues/Fusion (early) - Power Metal (now)

JOHANSSON LYRICAL THEMES
Vikings, Scandinavian Heritage, Instrumental

JOHANSSON ORIGIN
Sweden (Stockholm), formed in 1996

JOHANSSON CURRENT RECORD LABEL
Heptagon

JOHANSSON STATUS
Split-up

JOHANSSON CURRENT LINE-UP
Jens Johansson - Keyboards (Stratovarius, ex-Dio, ex-Yngwie J. Malmsteen)
Anders Johansson - Drums, Percussion (Hammerfall, ex-Silver Mountain, ex-Yngwie J. Malmsteen, ex-Empire (Ger), ex-Winterlong, Jens Johansson, The Johansson Brothers, ex-Keegan , Planet Alliance)
Göran Edman - Vocals (Yngwie J. Malmsteen)
Michael Romeo - Guitars and Bass (Symphony X, kotipelto and guest in Redemption)

JOHANSSON PREVIOUS LINE-UP
On "Sonic Winter":
Benny Jansson - Guitar (Tears of Anger)
John Leven - Bass (Europe)
Leif Sundin - Vocals

On "Heavy Machinery":
Allan Holdsworth - Guitars

 


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