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Jens Johansson

real name Jens Ola Johansson

Stockholm, Sweden

Jens Johansson is credited on 623 releases across 146 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1983–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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623

Credits

146

Albums

5

Decades active

142

In collections

Biography

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Swedish guitarist, pianist and keyboardist from Stockholm, born November 2nd, 1963.
In 1982 he joined the Swedish metal band Silver Mountain. In 1983 he left for California (USA) to avoid Swedish compulsory military service and joined Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force and played with them till 1989. He played with DIO from 1989 till 1990.
In 1989 he and his brother Anders Johansson started to compose some jazz rock fusion, progressive and other avant-garde recordings with Jonas Hellborg.
Later he started the blues metal project The Johansson Brothers. Since 1994 he's a member of Stratovarius.
He is the son of legendary jazz pianist Jan Johansson, and brother of Anders Johansson.

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Credited work

623 releases · 146 albums · active 1983–2025

  • Performance · 875
  • Other credits · 58
  • Mastering · 10
  • Engineering · 4
  • Production · 2

Studios: The Village Recorder · Cherokee Studios · Record Plant, Los Angeles · Skyline Recording

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