Johansson is son of Swedish jazz pianist Jan Johansson and brother of HammerFall drummer Anders Johansson. He is highly influenced by classic Rock keyboardists like Don Airey, Eddie Jobson and Jon Lord. 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 progressive and avant-garde recordings, including Dissident, Unseen Rain (an acoustic piano trio record with Ginger Baker on drums) and the hard core progressive fusion record, E.
"The Sign" is a pop song by the Swedish band Ace of Base, which was released on 29 October 1993 in Europe. The song was an international hit, reaching number two in the United Kingdom and spending six non-consecutive weeks as number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States. It appeared on the band's album Happy Nation (titled The Sign in North America).
The song was the No. 1 song of 1994 according to Billboard magazine's year-end charts. The song was ranked at number 60 on The Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs for the first 50 years of the Hot 100 chart and received a nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance By a Group or Duo at the 1995 Grammy Awards.
The song has been covered by The Mountain Goats, and was also heavily featured in the fifth season finale of American Dad!, "Great Space Roaster". The song has also been covered in the TV series Full House, in which fictional band "Girl Talk", led by character Stephanie Tanner, mess up the song during the performance. The song is also played in the South Park episode "Prehistoric Ice Man," the 2012 comedy Pitch Perfect and in the pilot of Hindsight. Also it has been covered in Spanish by artist Sandalo. In 2016, it appeared in a commercial for Uncle Ben's Rice.
The Sign is a 1993 album by Swedish pop group Ace of Base, released as the band's debut album in North America, Japan, and some Latin American countries by Arista Records. The Sign contains songs from Ace of Base's debut album, Happy Nation (1992) and the new songs "Don't Turn Around", "The Sign", and "Living in Danger" as well as revised versions of "Voulez-Vous Danser" and "Waiting for Magic". To coincide with the release of The Sign, Happy Nation was re-released in Europe, Mexico, and Australia as Happy Nation (U.S. Version) on September 25, 1993. These releases featured the new tracks and revised versions included on The Sign, as well the new track "Hear Me Calling" and a remix of "Happy Nation".
Jens Johansson (Rainbow, Stratovarius) plays an amazing synthesizer solo on the new Star One album!
Jens plays a solo in the track 'The Year of ‘41' of the new Star One album ‘Revel in Time’. Check out this video to see him play the solo and see his message at the end. I’m so glad Jens is part of the Star One crew once again with his amazing skills, thanks again my friend!
You can pre-order the album, signed by me, here: https://www.merchandise.nu/en/collections/star-one
published: 30 Dec 2021
Jens Johansson vs Yngwie Malmsteen vs Richard Andersson
duels of hell
published: 01 Jul 2012
Stratovarius - Black Diamond (Timo Kotipelto y Jens Johansson en MariskalRock)
Jens Johansson y Timo Kotipelto tocan, a piano y voz, "Black Diamond", todo un clásico de Stratovarius.
Vídeo para MariskalRock: Aitor Nova
published: 22 Jul 2015
Ritchie Blackmore watching Jens Johansson Solo - Birmingham 2017
published: 05 Apr 2022
Stratovarius - Keyboard Solo (Jens Johansson) - Durbuy Rock Belgium 2014
Live at Durbuy Rock Festival - Belgium - 11/04/2014
Keyboard solo w/ Black Diamond introduction
published: 17 Apr 2014
Slem (Jens, Erik Borelius, Per Stadin, Anders)
1981 Basement band of Jens Johansson (keys), Erik Borelius (guitar), Per Stadin (bass) and Anders Johansson (drums). The song "Bananskal" (Banana peel)
published: 29 May 2006
Stratovarius - Jens Johansson about the upcoming Best Of - OUT NOW!
http://www.stratovarius.com
published: 04 Apr 2016
Stratovarius 2011.Keyboard Solo (Jens Johansson)
(Pakkahuone Hall Theater) Saturday 19 November 2011
Tampere, Finland, Northern Europe
published: 11 Jan 2013
Fiddling about over Jens Johansson's "Don't Mention the War"
Upon tonight's rediscovering of Jens Johansson's solo discography I discovered a part of the track "Don't Mention the War" from his 1997 album "Fission" that left plenty of room for a solo... The album features guitar solos from both Mike Stern and Shawn Lane, I wonder what this particular part would've sounded like had one of them blasted a solo over it! Anyway, I rolled the track a couple of times and improvised away, and then through some slicin', splicin' and spicin' I ended up with this little video right here. Enjoy, and don't mention the war!
published: 06 Jan 2021
Jens Johansson....is pretty insane
A funny little clip from Infinite Visions
Love you Jens!
Jens plays a solo in the track 'The Year of ‘41' of the new Star One album ‘Revel in Time’. Check out this video to see him play the solo and see his message at...
Jens plays a solo in the track 'The Year of ‘41' of the new Star One album ‘Revel in Time’. Check out this video to see him play the solo and see his message at the end. I’m so glad Jens is part of the Star One crew once again with his amazing skills, thanks again my friend!
You can pre-order the album, signed by me, here: https://www.merchandise.nu/en/collections/star-one
Jens plays a solo in the track 'The Year of ‘41' of the new Star One album ‘Revel in Time’. Check out this video to see him play the solo and see his message at the end. I’m so glad Jens is part of the Star One crew once again with his amazing skills, thanks again my friend!
You can pre-order the album, signed by me, here: https://www.merchandise.nu/en/collections/star-one
1981 Basement band of Jens Johansson (keys), Erik Borelius (guitar), Per Stadin (bass) and Anders Johansson (drums). The song "Bananskal" (Banana peel)
1981 Basement band of Jens Johansson (keys), Erik Borelius (guitar), Per Stadin (bass) and Anders Johansson (drums). The song "Bananskal" (Banana peel)
1981 Basement band of Jens Johansson (keys), Erik Borelius (guitar), Per Stadin (bass) and Anders Johansson (drums). The song "Bananskal" (Banana peel)
Upon tonight's rediscovering of Jens Johansson's solo discography I discovered a part of the track "Don't Mention the War" from his 1997 album "Fission" that le...
Upon tonight's rediscovering of Jens Johansson's solo discography I discovered a part of the track "Don't Mention the War" from his 1997 album "Fission" that left plenty of room for a solo... The album features guitar solos from both Mike Stern and Shawn Lane, I wonder what this particular part would've sounded like had one of them blasted a solo over it! Anyway, I rolled the track a couple of times and improvised away, and then through some slicin', splicin' and spicin' I ended up with this little video right here. Enjoy, and don't mention the war!
Upon tonight's rediscovering of Jens Johansson's solo discography I discovered a part of the track "Don't Mention the War" from his 1997 album "Fission" that left plenty of room for a solo... The album features guitar solos from both Mike Stern and Shawn Lane, I wonder what this particular part would've sounded like had one of them blasted a solo over it! Anyway, I rolled the track a couple of times and improvised away, and then through some slicin', splicin' and spicin' I ended up with this little video right here. Enjoy, and don't mention the war!
Jens plays a solo in the track 'The Year of ‘41' of the new Star One album ‘Revel in Time’. Check out this video to see him play the solo and see his message at the end. I’m so glad Jens is part of the Star One crew once again with his amazing skills, thanks again my friend!
You can pre-order the album, signed by me, here: https://www.merchandise.nu/en/collections/star-one
1981 Basement band of Jens Johansson (keys), Erik Borelius (guitar), Per Stadin (bass) and Anders Johansson (drums). The song "Bananskal" (Banana peel)
Upon tonight's rediscovering of Jens Johansson's solo discography I discovered a part of the track "Don't Mention the War" from his 1997 album "Fission" that left plenty of room for a solo... The album features guitar solos from both Mike Stern and Shawn Lane, I wonder what this particular part would've sounded like had one of them blasted a solo over it! Anyway, I rolled the track a couple of times and improvised away, and then through some slicin', splicin' and spicin' I ended up with this little video right here. Enjoy, and don't mention the war!
Johansson is son of Swedish jazz pianist Jan Johansson and brother of HammerFall drummer Anders Johansson. He is highly influenced by classic Rock keyboardists like Don Airey, Eddie Jobson and Jon Lord. 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 progressive and avant-garde recordings, including Dissident, Unseen Rain (an acoustic piano trio record with Ginger Baker on drums) and the hard core progressive fusion record, E.
they say that love will never last, i really thought so in the past, it didn't last I always ways the last to know, but now I'm going with the flow, i have to know close to you, close to you, I don't want to think it thru close to you, close to you, all my dreams are coming true close to you, close to you, all my dreams are coming true, they're coming true I never used to have a doubt, nothing was waiting to come out, but now I doubt they say that love is never blind, but now i think I lost my mind, I'm going