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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
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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Yngwie Malmsteen - Live In Leningrad
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Rising Force
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Odyssey
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Trilogy
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Heaven Tonight
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You Don't Remember, I'll Never Forget
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Now Your Ships Are Burned
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I'll See The Light Tonight
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Shoutbox
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ProgClow wrote:
just kidding,he sucks
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ProgClow wrote:
AMAZING
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tyiori wrote:
@nicolasbj: if you have to name the album, then he surely isn't ;)
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s0l1dsnak3123 wrote:
Trilogy is a masterpiece :)
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nicolasbj wrote:
one hit album wonder (Rising Force)
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Polytoximaniac wrote:
His style isn't my favorite, but he's pretty damn talented. x2
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Cousin_Eddy wrote:
Brilliant!
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Congelamento wrote:
Great artist..
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lechu1777 wrote:
@Irocks What are you trying to do? Compare Satriani with Yngwie? They have got completly different styles. Have u ever played the guitar?
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gabrielcavaresi wrote:
lrocks: http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/8991/tripgj9.swf
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Ozzman_Cameth wrote:
Yngwie is kind of weird (in my opinion) and his style isn't my favorite, but he's pretty damn talented.
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Irocks wrote:
Yngwie malmsteen >> Joe Satriani
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Irocks wrote:
genious
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EyesOfCrystal wrote:
Kouichi Ogawa's Kingdom Saga is a recommended band for a person liking Yngwie Malmsteen!!! And the leader of Kouichi Ogawa's Kingdom Saga is Yngwie Malmsteen fan, too. http://www.lastfm.jp/music/Kouichi+Ogawa%27s+Kingdom+Saga http://www.myspace.com/mightelayer
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Zzaaf wrote:
Cool)
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gabrielcavaresi wrote:
genious and epic FIGJAM.
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Reincarnation14 wrote:
Yngwie is genious.
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DerSeitz wrote:
Trilogy is a fucking Masterpiece. unfortunately I've only the LP.
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Jul_der_Germane wrote:
Trilogy is really good!
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attack_banana wrote:
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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