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Yngwie Johann Malmsteen (born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck, June 30, 1963) is a virtuoso guitarist / neo-classical metal artist from Sweden who achieved widespread acclaim in the 1980s for his technical proficiency and fusion of classical music elements with heavy rock guitar.

Born into a musical family in Stockholm, Yngwie was the youngest child in the family. At an early age, he showed little interest in music. It wasn’t until September 18, 1970 when at age seven he saw a TV special on the death of Jimi Hendrix that Malmsteen became obsessed with the guitar. To quote his official website, “The day Jimi Hendrix died, the guitar-playing Yngwie was born”.

Malmsteen was in his teens when he first encountered the music of the 19th-century violin virtuoso Niccolo Paganini, whom he cites as his biggest classical influence. It has been rumoured that Yngwie believes himself to be the reincarnation of the temperamental, often criticized, and widely misunderstood violinist from Genoa. Through his emulation of Paganini concerto pieces on guitar, Malmsteen developed a prodigious technical fluency. Malmsteen also cites Jimi Hendrix, Genesis, Uli Jon Roth, and Deep Purple as influences.

Malmsteen’s contributions to the evolution of modern rock guitar, particularly his embracing of modal progressions and classically-influenced techniques not widely used in rock music, broke new ground and Malmsteen is often credited with the creation of the neoclassical metal genre

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gabrielcavaresi wrote:
yesterday evening

genious and epic FIGJAM.

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Reincarnation14 wrote:
Tuesday evening

Yngwie is genious.

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DerSeitz wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

Trilogy is a fucking Masterpiece. unfortunately I've only the LP.

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Jul_der_Germane wrote:
Saturday evening

Trilogy is really good!

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attack_banana wrote:
last week

absolute technical master. don't listen to too much of his music in one day he makes everything else sound plain and oh so boring! His tuition videos are classic, "I'll slow that down for you a bit". Awesome guitarist. Not a huge fan of his music but he kicks ass!

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EyesOfCrystal wrote:
last week

Kouichi Ogawa's Kingdom Saga is a recommended band for a person liking Yngwie Malmsteen!!! http://www.lastfm.jp/music/Kouichi+Ogawa%27s+Kingdom+Saga

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Palasht wrote:
last week

hi in trial by fire concert yjm plays a music that i think i've heard that in god father movie but whats the name ?!?! \m/\m/\m/

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NisseEriksson wrote:
last week

Bleah is an idiot. Yngwie is god. He is pretty much unoriginal today, his live material from today is not very good either, BUT. In the 80s he ruled the universe at guitar, he wrote such melodic pieces with incredible rhythm, speed, technique and sound, his clean playing is well known. Just listen to his first 3 albums, pure masterpieces. Also check out Live in Leningrad for a great live performance, hell he even sings great backing vocals there.

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SilverBarron wrote:
last month

He is a bit of a cock head but oh well what can you do? Doesn't particularly matter to me because bl I won't see him ever

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Bleah666 wrote:
last month

Guitar Wanker...

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BotoxFace wrote:
last month

This guy is a supreme asshole but, there's no denying how much ass he kicks!

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Edelce wrote:
last month

gruuupies

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Thb306 wrote:
last month

W00T!!!!! I don't listen to a lot of metal, but Malmsteen's Rising Force is my favorite by far!

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Jesakah_Punkah wrote:
last month

MALMSTEEN ONE OF THE GODS.

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Xyresic wrote:
last month

Yngwie where the fuck is the guitar pick Malmsteen.

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artnaz wrote:
last month

Hahaha, great! If he'll continue eating tons of hamburgers there's a chance though... :P

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henli_02 wrote:
last month

=| LOL, if if he had died, you would see headliners on magazines, en online e-zines all over the place. xD And everybody would start strange "RIP MALMSTEEN" groups, en this shoutbox would be full of rip-shouts. And the malmsteen's scrobbels would allmost double like michael jackson's.

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Lionheartattack wrote:
last month

Damn... I actually had to search the net whether he's gone or not. Thank you a lot! >:E

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Warlock2019 wrote:
last month

"IF YNGWIE WERE ALIVE, HE'D KICK BEETHOVEN IN THE DICK [2]" Really, I was unaware that Yngwie had died

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gabrielcavaresi wrote:
October 2009

rmvsser: Yeah, great comparison! A XX-XXI century neo-classical metal guitar player does exactly the same thing that a XVIII - XIX classical-romantic pianist-composer. Yes, I love hyphens.

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