Luciferian Light Orchestra
| Christofer Johnsson | |
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Johnsson live with Therion in 2008.
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| Background information | |
| Born |
10 August 1972 Upplands Väsby, Sweden |
| Genres | Symphonic metal, progressive metal, death metal, progressive death metal, thrash metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician Singer-songwriter Producer |
| Instruments | Guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals, mandolin, percussion, piano, drums |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Associated acts |
Therion Carbonized Liers in Wait Messiah Demonoid Luciferian Light Orchestra |
Christofer Johnsson (born 10 August 1972 in Upplands Väsby, ) is a Swedish composer. He is a founding member and the guitar player for Therion and used to be in Carbonized, Liers in Wait, Messiah and Demonoid. He is a member of the order Dragon Rouge. On 21 March 2006, he announced he will no longer sing for Therion, though he will continue playing guitar for the group.
In his childhood Christofer enjoyed listening to classical music, and gradually became more interested in his father's 50's and 60's rock music. Popular music played on the radio in this era generally had a lot of strings in it, and even though much of it didn't fall in his taste, it still managed to influence him. As a 7-year-old he heard his first progressive rock as a theme in a Norwegian children TV-program. As 9-year old, he started to listen to The Beatles, who also used brass and strings in songs like "Penny Lane". At an age of 11, his taste for music took a turn as he started to listen to hard rock and heavy metal bands like Accept, Judas Priest, W.A.S.P., Iron Maiden, Saxon, Motörhead, Venom, Manowar, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, and Uriah Heep. Many of these bands had orchestral elements in some of their songs. When he was 14, he started to listen to more raw heavy metal bands like Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and especially, Celtic Frost. One of his friends played the B-side of a Scorpions album for him, and Christofer instantly fell in love with Scorpion's older albums. Uli Roth, who played guitar on these albums, had broken up with Scorpions and formed the band Electric Sun. Christofer managed to find a copy of one of their albums after a long search, and was disappointed at first. After a period of time, he gave it more of a chance, and ended up becoming insanely obsessed with the music. He mentions Uli Roth as one of his greatest influences in the symphonic Therion albums.
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