page_title: Anders Johansson (drummer)
section_title: Biography
hierarchical_section_title: Anders Johansson (drummer) / Biography
caption_attribution_description: Svenska: The Johansson brothers playing jazz at Liseberg's fairground.
context_page_description: Anders Johansson is a Swedish drummer, best known as the former drummer of HammerFall and Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force. He is the son of jazz pianist Jan Johansson, and brother of Stratovarius and Rainbow keyboardist Jens Johansson.
context_section_description: Anders Johansson was born in Stockholm. He and his mum and younger brother later moved to Malmö 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 Yngwie Malmsteen'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 Jonas Hellborg, Benny Jansson, and with his brother Jens (as "The Johansson Brothers"). He initially joined HammerFall 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 Narnia'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.
  He released his memoirs "Trumslagarpojken" 2016.
  Today Anders lives with his family outside Malmö in south Sweden. He is interestred of cars and martial arts.
  Now Johansson plays with Manowar, his first concert was in 25.3.2019 in BRNO, Czech Republic.
caption: Anders and Jens Johansson performing on double bass
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