Yngwie is who he is and very comfortable being Yngwie. He’s underrated. He probably would be more successful if he could work well with others. He is great.
He is successful enough for gods sake, read.... YNGWIE MALMSTEEN is a LEGEND! Still thriving last album hit the American Billboard charts at 80, China, Japan, India number 1 in the charts, Jeff Bezos exclusively used YNGWIE MALMSTEEN songs on his Blue Origin spaceship. 3 Museums across the world honor him from Bologna, Italy to Sweden and France. He has been on more magazine covers then most of the players out there in history (yes it's true) Time Magazine names him the best player of ALL TIME and to this day has some of the biggest names who partner with YNGWIE MALMSTEEN to make $$$$$ Dunlop just released a pedal with Yngwie that SOLD OUT in less then 24 hours in Guitar Center and Sweetwater!!! His Fender signature model is still the number one seller of all time. Seymour Duncan Signature model, Marshall Signature model, Lewitt microphones the list goes on YNGWIE MALMSTEEN IS A LEGEND! And will go down in history as one! His shows are selling out world wide Istanbul 5000 seats, Bulgaria 4500 seats, Japan, USA.... YNG THE KING
His technique is so perfect, he's flawless and he always has just blown my mind , love Yngwie and all he does with a guitar. Actually really enjoy his blues playing too "Live In Lenengrad" I spelled that wrong I think, but I think that's where I heard some blues stuff he did, mind blowing. For whatever anyone might think or feel about his personality the man is a God with a guitar.
He’s a great player and sometimes great players get a bit arrogant when they have worked so hard and gave up most other aspects of their lives practice-play &play more and then with all that plus ( luckily) natural talent. And can’t find a group of players that match his ability they seem to be arrogant. Especially when they spent so long practicing alone, they can’t deal with the group mentality. Hell I don’t know what is in his mind all I know is no matter what you think. You got to give credit where credit is due. He Rocks .!!!
Band? Lol What is the band's album called? It's called "YNGWIE MALMSTEEN" Get with it!!! He is a solo artist, always has been, always will be. He has been getting solo record deals, not band deals. All of the mentioned singers etc were hired by him to do his " solo" albums. YNGWIE MALMSTEEN is a LEGEND! Still thriving last album hit the American Billboard charts at 80, China, Japan, India number 1 in the charts, Jeff Bezos exclusively used YNGWIE MALMSTEEN songs on his Blue Origin spaceship. 3 Museums across the world honor him from Bologna, Italy to Sweden and France. He has been on more magazine covers then most of the players out there in history (yes it's true) Time Magazine names him the best player of ALL TIME and to this day has some of the biggest names who partner with YNGWIE MALMSTEEN to make $$$$$ Dunlop just released a pedal with Yngwie that SOLD OUT in less then 24 hours in Guitar Center and Sweetwater!!! His Fender signature model is still the number one seller of all time. Seymour Duncan Signature model, Marshall Signature model, Lewitt microphones the list goes on YNGWIE MALMSTEEN IS A LEGEND! And will go down in history as one! His shows are selling out world wide Istanbul 5000 seats, Bulgaria 4500 seats, Japan, USA.... YNG THE KING!
I had met him one time in person, and it was really difficult. For me he is a wonderful guitar player, and my life changer! Unbelievable how he gets to this!! Best regards from Germany, Kreuzzer!
It's nice to see ppl acknowledge him while he's still with us! I just missed him perform at house of blues sd, i don't know how much longer he'll be performing at this level. I suggest going to see a living legend they don't make em like that these days and once he's done you'll wish you had! For God's sake they don't even have guitar solos in songs anymore! Don't regret it!
Marching out: JSS was touring in support of the album, his voice is on it. Accident: 1987, not 97. Racial slurs? Never heard about them. Can someone link me up?
I remember a well known psychologist say most people who are successful are disagreeable people. That really sums up this man. His disagreeableness is interpreted on the flipside as controlling cos he don't want to compromise( it must be me first). To take that disagreeable away from him it only could happen if you would be different and or better then him. Most successful people usually live in their own world alone and are not necessarily happy I don't think Yngwie is in what he's been thru imo. .
Used to worship him as a teen and even mastered if not all but most of his techniques, later found out about his ego, arrogance and how he mistreated many artists who worked with him . . .and his albums became a repetition after repetition and then later everything became stale . . . There are many guitarists more technical than him but they are very humble, respect their fans and are downright down to earth . .
More technical than him? There really aren't that many above him in terms of technical skills. If you were to talk about current song structure, variation and so on, yes, there are plenty who surpass him.
I agree. It forces them to “play to the song” and not just get lost in masturbatory shred. Don’t get me wrong I love shred, but it needs to be done tastefully. Yngwies slow phrasing is absolutely amazing it’s a shame he doesn’t use it much
I spent most of the 80's playing in rock/metal bands, and guitarist were always hard to deal with. I only played with one guitarist that was not an absolute turd. He and I wrote a lot of music together that turned out really good. He was one of the few guitarists that would actually listen. The best guitarist to work with are guitarists that can sing. The ones that don't sing think they have to be going full speed all the time. They have a real issue letting the music breath. I was able to teach that one guitarist that it was OK to just play slow chords and that I could sing melodies all around them. Guitarist egos are as big as they come, sometimes, even more than a lead singer. For a short time, we had a second guitarist in the band who was only 16 and was a little Yngwie clone. Dude was an ego manic and was miserable to deal with. He was super talented, but nobody could stand him. By and large, guitarist are miserable pricks.
I saw Yngwie play a few months back. I wore hearing protection as usual to his gig, everyone else was standing there uncomfortably plugging their ears with their fingers. The guy sets his sound up waaaay too loud. He does it to be a dick, I'm convinced. Still, pure virtuoso.!
You need to be an Ego maniac to be a mad genius it would seem. He's definitely a classical composer of our age. It worked for him. Just play nice kids.
Saw him during the Fire and Ice tour at Hammersmith Odeon. When he played a few riffs before he actually appeared on stage, it was the greatest guitar I had ever heard.
As an ex pro musician w a music degree I can attest he is a genius....in many ways that don't even get discussed. Trilogy was my fav. I liked his sound and mark boals was incredible on vocals
@@MagyHimself Well, according to my VHS Rising Force Live'85 in Japan: YJM (G), Jeff Scot Soto (Vo), Marcel Jacob (B), Anders Johanssen (Ds) and his brother Jens Johanssen (Key). Truly a great band! Anyway; Anders played drums on the second Rising Force album; MARCHING OUT (1985)
I saw Yngwie (pr. Ing-vee) at a small bar called Barrymoores in Ottawa, ON Canada. It was 19 uhhh 1986? I am not spot on by a year or 2. 😅 I loved his first album. Yngwie is complex, and a genius is quite active on stage. He was quite a showman. Nicest guy to fans. Now, if you pay attention to his pattern, you know he is difficult to work with. He never had a new vocalist for every album but for 2 albums. Only 1 singer played on 2 albums. My favourite is the first. It is what set him apart that I love this. The only thing I hated was his beer. Alcohol can exasperated you. I still love the guy. He is more balanced and never ages. My favourite album was....I think it was Animalise with Joe Lynn Turner, of Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Malmsteen, and numerous others. The songs I remember, but the fugging name escape me. 😂
what he has done and continues to do is a very delicate matter. composition, research, exploration, invention. he is a pioneering genius of the instrument, of lutherie and only those who play the electric guitar can understand him deeply. A character like this, manic, certainly autistic, just needs to be supported and supported in musical projects. Of course, as a young man, with alcohol and megalomania, he must have been an intractable person. But what matters is what he created. And it is a world heritage site. With all due respect to the dissatisfied singers.
He is that very rare case of being totally and fully byound any doubt of his ego honestly he was so good he would ask eddi van Halen to jam all the time just to hang out and eddi wouldn't go any ego this man has is there for reason rarely are there people like yngvia
If you want to see a far better interview and get a far better insite to who Yngwie really is then look up Rick Beatos extended non scricpted interview. This man doesn't come off at all like ego maniacs, or critical of what any othet muscians or bands are doing. He is just a artist that is hyper focusef on HIS music. Also when he noodles around during the interview is major badass. Im not constantly listening or focused on Yngwie, bit i did see him preform in a small converted movie theater once long ago and damn I got more than my moneys worth that night!
Marching out 💯 % And I dont believe any of the aggressive bull that he apparently has done …his a pure genius on guitar and music theory full stop 👌🏻 Especially when he played with the Japanese philharmonic orchestra 🎸👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
And yeah thats why Yngwie had the Yngwie Who ? Catchphrase when he returned to live performing with G3 in the early 00s as before then i honestly had never heard of him but being an impressionable 16 year old once i heard his lightning speed i was into learning guitar so i will thank him for that as before Yngwie the music i listened to was stuff by Metallica or Iron Maiden but their players were not on the level of Yngwie , I actually thought it was a keyboard or synth when i first heard Yngwie his playing was that good.
I wonder just how often the bands Alcatraz or Steeler would have even be mentioned over the last thirty years if it wasn't for Yngwie, my guess is zero to not very many at all. Also, I agree that when he was younger Yngwie had an out of control ego that made him a bit of a douche but many people weren't at their best during their younger years, especially mixed with alcohol, at least Yngwie had the talent to back it up. There have been a lot of stories over the decades about the out of control egos and bad behavior of many music stars who did not have that much talent to back it up. Most of the bad stories about Yngwie come from his twenties, hes been a lot more mellow since then. Yngwie started a whole musical genre with his neoclassical metal. People always dismiss that claiming Blackmore, Uli Jon Roth, and Randy R did it first. Yeah, they all had elements of a classical sound in some solos but non created a genre and started a whole guitar movement the way Yngwie did starting around late 1984. Imo, Hendrix was the biggest guitar revolutionary followed by Edward Van Halen followed by Yngwie. Omg, this thing just said Yngwie has continued to display egotistical behavior and putting down other musicians and then quotes a 1994 interview. Come on, thirty years ago isn't exactly current. It's crazy how many people just can't let shit go when it comes to Yngwie. Back in his youth EVH also had plenty of negative things to say about other guitarists during his interviews. I remember, I started playing in 1981-82 when i was 11 or 12 and read every interview with him i could get my hands on. And im sorry but Jeff Ecott Soto and everyone else claiming that they were treated like sidemen, hired hands, etc., thats because you were!! All of you! They were all Yngwie's solo albums and tours.
Trilogy is his best album. I think a lot of people confuse his confidence for arrogance. When he made the statement in 1994 that he's the best at what he does and there's no one even close, I think that was an accurate statement based on guitarists who were actually making albums and had reputations. Nowadays there are so many guitarists on social media and many of them are very, very good, so there are any number of guitarists who are as talented or maybe even more talented than Yngwie. However, when he hit the guitar scene, he had a huge impact.
Are they though? Yes, there are plenty who can play really well, but at least in my opinion, their own stuff, when not just copying one of the greats, is just not usually that memorable. It is 9nly half the battle to be able to play really well.
He had his moments as one of the better guitarists in the 80s I got to see him when he was opening for DIO on the Sacred Heart tour and although he only had two albums out at the time he was a force to be recon with and only got better with each new release. But in the mid 90s the music scene was changing and for the most part stayed true to his music, that being said he was also proving difficult to work with and started to loose his focus as a result.
Yes. So those lyric's on the Yngwie albums are Yngwie. I always thought Jeff was from that part of the world, and was shocked to hear he was Port Rician, and then I wondered who wrote them because some of them sound like they have been translated into English, Especially "with a normal view" from Caught in the Middle. Kudo' to Yngwie if he did, there are some great Metal Songs with thought provoking content on the first Three Albums.
This video is not utter garbage, but still crappy. It puts wrong context pics during the narrative which is wrong at times. The funniest bit was when after the 1985 Marching Out we suddenly are in 1992 when the grunge era is starting. Then we jump to a 1997 car accident that never happened, the accident happened in 1987. The narrative then talks about the 2000's and shows 3 albums one of which was the 1987 album Trilogy from before the car accident. Things like this, plus "he's a egomaniac, homophobe racist!" narrative. Gimme a break Karen 😂 This 💩 vid is meant for other Karens consumed by their emotions based on negative media and video narratives like this one who don't know any better.
I separate the artist from the music in this case. You have to unless you're a prick who likes other pricks. I've met Yngwie in passing two times in the 90s. I witnessed his notorious ego and it's there but it didn't phase me then nor does it now. Yngwie's playing was like a drug to me. I listened to him everyday while learning guitar. From junior high back in the 80s to the present, I've been on the Yngwie bus. As corny as this sounds, he has enriched my life through his neo-classical wizardry. I will always be a fan but I'm no fool when it comes to the man. He's not worshiped but he's truly appreciated by me.
yup, both.... amazing, amazing, guitarist who could have been much bigger if he'd worked with a lead singer and done something more popular like ozzy did with randy, dave did with Ed, or dio did with vivian... but yngwie wanted none of it and he's had only minor success since. put out 22 albums that barely sold around a million per album.
Followed his career since 1984 when I saw him play with Alcatrazz. His car accident occurred in 1986 after he released Trilogy not in 1997!! Personally I think his playing suffered as a result, phrasing and composition of solos suffered they seem to have no Direction..
Yeah, ‘87 not ‘97. It was between the Trilogy and Odyssey albums. I’ve always wondered if the accident affected him mentally because after that he went further and further into just undisciplined improvisation of his songs. Last time I saw him live was on the Fire and Ice tour, and classics like Far Beyond the Sun and Black Star had devolved to him just playing the main themes and wanking out the rest. It was sad.
@@Wyl7 LOL! SILLY-COMMENT. YNGWIE MALMSTEEN is a LEGEND! Still thriving last album hit the American Billboard charts at 80, China, Japan, India number 1 in the charts, Jeff Bezos exclusively used YNGWIE MALMSTEEN songs on his Blue Origin spaceship. 3 Museums across the world honor him from Bologna, Italy to Sweden and France. He has been on more magazine covers then most of the players out there in history (yes it's true) Time Magazine names him the best player of ALL TIME and to this day has some of the biggest names who partner with YNGWIE MALMSTEEN to make $$$$$ Dunlop just released a pedal with Yngwie that SOLD OUT in less then 24 hours in Guitar Center and Sweetwater!!! His Fender signature model is still the number one seller of all time. Seymour Duncan Signature model, Marshall Signature model, Lewitt microphones the list goes on YNGWIE MALMSTEEN IS A LEGEND! And will go down in history as one! His shows are selling out world wide Istanbul 5000 seats, Bulgaria 4500 seats, Japan, USA.... YNG THE KING!
Can't deny his guitar playing he is good at what he does. If you don't like the guy don't listen to the guy or buy his albums. I used to like listening to him here and there but after feeling like all albums sounded the same I lost interest. Again he can def do those arpeggio's fast for sure.
Malmsteen is a great guitar player, but a total nutjob. I loved Marching Out and Trilogy, but when you lose someone like Joe Lynn Turner as your singer you've got a problem. Odyssey was such an amazing album and was Yngwie's biggest hit, after that he couldn't really top it. He had some good singers after Turner, but, it just wasn't the same. Also the writing and vibe that he generated with turner was unique, it still maintained those fantasy and mythical lyrics but with a lot more class and mystery. Now Yngwie works with the only singer he can get, himself.
Yngwie does Yngwie he hires and fires as he pleases for his OWN solo work. You may think and like Odyssey there are a lot of people that don't like it and love his new stuff like the fact that his album are still hotting the Billboard charts last album #80
And honestly when you are on that level of genius, the ego and narcissism kind of logically makes sense. He is in a league of his own , just a whole other planet really
Great Guitarist but he really dont like anyone covering his songs or even teaching them on youtube ask Elmo Karjalainen as yeah just watch his channel and you will see why Yngwie has fallen out of favour with the public.
@@unoefx4173 Agree completely, you can add Van Halen and every other guitarist who lives longer than 10 years into their career to that list...eventually most end up playing similar stuff..doesn't mean its not badass though!
@unoefx4173 Funny isn't it, I'm not sure there are any more guilty of playing the same licks over and over as blues players but they rarely get called out for it. So hats off to you for mentioning it! There is a decent amount of variety still with Yngwie, for example comparing say Bedroom Eyes to Fire, or Memories to Like an Angel...
Unfortunately his ego is not compatible with his musical talent. If he at least had the same humility of mind as the quality of his guitar playing. Regardless, Yngwie was a game changer in the world of electric guitar like no other (except Allan Holdsworth) in the 80s when he was in his prime (this is important, his prime; just like any other artist), and with the help of amazing vocalists - such as Joe Lynn Turner, and instrumentalists - such as Jens Johnansson. Nowadays he is a shadow of what he was as a song-writer and irreverence. He is one of my favourites guitarist (not personality wise), since I was young, however don't like him as a producer, nor as a singer. Note: neoclassical style, in the rock world, started with Uli Jon Roth, not with Yngwie. Yngwie brought that to a new level of guitar playing, though.
@LightningZtrikez ahahah... His las album hit the Billboard charts at 80 in the USA China, Japan, India #1 so he is a great song writer and his sales without those clowns proves it.
Music quality has nothing to do with numbers! Billboard charts has nothing to do with quality. The material written by Yngwie today has nothing to do with the quality it once had, during the 80s and most of the 90s. Plus, in the past he had a proper singers, proper producers, etc; and his flow of musicality was much more creative and inspirational than nowadays. But this is only my opinion, though, and we can agree to disagree, right?
You are fast and a virtuoso. But all your music came from Bach, Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Paganini and many others . Also record many stuff from Bach and steal to make it yours
The first four albums were good. Trilogy is his best my problem is he couldn't make up his mind if he wanted bto be a composer or a rock star Blackmore had the same problem narcissist he os great but zero growth i can name ten guys off the top of my head who are better composers and guitarist
@laztavus Jorn viggo Lofstad Stephen Forte Simon Capone Mats Hauglan Somonie Mularoni Michael Romeo Michael Palace Andy Laroque Hank Sherman Luca Turrilli Olaf Thorson
@@AdrianJeffreys-fj2fv I like Hank Sherman and Michael Denner, Andy Laroque, and a couple of the others, I tend to listen to 80s metal, but c’mon those guys aren’t better guitarists than Yngwie, or composers for that matter, thanks for the suggestions
@laztavus listen to their technique Yngvie is so predictable he's better with an orchestra but his songs are stale and really outdated the man can't sing either
his later albums suck so bad. Awful production, No one will work with him so he now produces all his own records, problem is he's not that good a producer. His first 6 albums were awesome. After that they are pretty awful to be honest. I wish he would get someone to produce his music again, but he is too arrogant for that to ever happen. Its a shame
Ying Yang Bumsteen is a one trick pony that plays the same arpeggio up and down the neck of his guitar. Sorry but I heard his first stuff in the early 80's. I thought it was great, Fastest picking to date. Then when he released his first LP, I was disappointed to hear all the solos were just regurgitated from his EP. Through the 80's I was constantly disappointed by every release, and would come to realize he had no melodic theory what so ever. Just flash and sparkle is all he brings to the show.
Yngwie is who he is and very comfortable being Yngwie.
He’s underrated. He probably would be more successful if he could work well with others.
He is great.
He is successful enough for gods sake, read.... YNGWIE MALMSTEEN is a LEGEND! Still thriving last album hit the American Billboard charts at 80, China, Japan, India number 1 in the charts, Jeff Bezos exclusively used YNGWIE MALMSTEEN songs on his Blue Origin spaceship. 3 Museums across the world honor him from Bologna, Italy to Sweden and France. He has been on more magazine covers then most of the players out there in history (yes it's true) Time Magazine names him the best player of ALL TIME and to this day has some of the biggest names who partner with YNGWIE MALMSTEEN to make $$$$$ Dunlop just released a pedal with Yngwie that SOLD OUT in less then 24 hours in Guitar Center and Sweetwater!!! His Fender signature model is still the number one seller of all time. Seymour Duncan Signature model, Marshall Signature model, Lewitt microphones the list goes on YNGWIE MALMSTEEN IS A LEGEND! And will go down in history as one! His shows are selling out world wide Istanbul 5000 seats, Bulgaria 4500 seats, Japan, USA.... YNG THE KING
Totally agree!!!
Flawless Technician. No matter what others may think or write.
His technique is so perfect, he's flawless and he always has just blown my mind , love Yngwie and all he does with a guitar. Actually really enjoy his blues playing too "Live In Lenengrad" I spelled that wrong I think, but I think that's where I heard some blues stuff he did, mind blowing. For whatever anyone might think or feel about his personality the man is a God with a guitar.
Sent from Heaven. True Son Of Odin. Loved and in awe since the 80s and forever, Thank you for your presence amongst us mere mortals.
He’s a great player and sometimes great players get a bit arrogant when they have worked so hard and gave up most other aspects of their lives practice-play &play more and then with all that plus ( luckily) natural talent. And can’t find a group of players that match his ability they seem to be arrogant. Especially when they spent so long practicing alone, they can’t deal with the group mentality. Hell I don’t know what is in his mind all I know is no matter what you think. You got to give credit where credit is due. He Rocks .!!!
Yngwie is a Maestro at what he does,and yes,A musical Genius 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻I’ve said it from the 80’s,He is THE GOAT!
Band? Lol What is the band's album called? It's called "YNGWIE MALMSTEEN" Get with it!!! He is a solo artist, always has been, always will be. He has been getting solo record deals, not band deals. All of the mentioned singers etc were hired by him to do his " solo" albums. YNGWIE MALMSTEEN is a LEGEND! Still thriving last album hit the American Billboard charts at 80, China, Japan, India number 1 in the charts, Jeff Bezos exclusively used YNGWIE MALMSTEEN songs on his Blue Origin spaceship. 3 Museums across the world honor him from Bologna, Italy to Sweden and France. He has been on more magazine covers then most of the players out there in history (yes it's true) Time Magazine names him the best player of ALL TIME and to this day has some of the biggest names who partner with YNGWIE MALMSTEEN to make $$$$$ Dunlop just released a pedal with Yngwie that SOLD OUT in less then 24 hours in Guitar Center and Sweetwater!!! His Fender signature model is still the number one seller of all time. Seymour Duncan Signature model, Marshall Signature model, Lewitt microphones the list goes on YNGWIE MALMSTEEN IS A LEGEND! And will go down in history as one! His shows are selling out world wide Istanbul 5000 seats, Bulgaria 4500 seats, Japan, USA.... YNG THE KING!
People dont understand he is the boss, his project, his songs.
Excellent summary of some, SOME, of his accomplishments.
Thank you 👍❤️
Spot on!!!!! Yngwie is the best
I had met him one time in person, and it was really difficult.
For me he is a wonderful guitar player, and my life changer!
Unbelievable how he gets to this!!
Best regards from Germany,
Kreuzzer!
Yeah he does have the ego problem but a great player
Donald Tramp of music!!!!
Yes they are both bad asses!!
It's nice to see ppl acknowledge him while he's still with us! I just missed him perform at house of blues sd, i don't know how much longer he'll be performing at this level. I suggest going to see a living legend they don't make em like that these days and once he's done you'll wish you had! For God's sake they don't even have guitar solos in songs anymore! Don't regret it!
Perfect guitarrist. My hero exellent song's .Beutful 👏👏👏👏
Marching out: JSS was touring in support of the album, his voice is on it. Accident: 1987, not 97. Racial slurs? Never heard about them. Can someone link me up?
Yngwie malmsteen is a God who calls Mount Olympus home 🏠
Or comparable to Thor (Norse Mythology) - he is a Viking after all.
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Take it easy
@korranis1 that's the eagles, I'm talking yngwie 🖖😎
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I remember a well known psychologist say most people who are successful are disagreeable people. That really sums up this man. His disagreeableness is interpreted on the flipside as controlling cos he don't want to compromise( it must be me first). To take that disagreeable away from him it only could happen if you would be different and or better then him. Most successful people usually live in their own world alone and are not necessarily happy I don't think Yngwie is in what he's been thru imo. .
Used to worship him as a teen and even mastered if not all but most of his techniques, later found out about his ego, arrogance and how he mistreated many artists who worked with him . . .and his albums became a repetition after repetition and then later everything became stale . . . There are many guitarists more technical than him but they are very humble, respect their fans and are downright down to earth . .
More technical than him? There really aren't that many above him in terms of technical skills. If you were to talk about current song structure, variation and so on, yes, there are plenty who surpass him.
@@stu73ke Doesn't matter but his egos are bigger than his balls. .
@@johanrynjah8241 Fair enough, whatever that means
Much prefer guys like Yngwie and Vai when they are in rock bands like Steeler, Alcatraz, David Lee, etc. rather than solo.
I agree Yngwie was better in a band situation he could have continued making solo records. His last 20 years have been a waste of his talent
I agree. It forces them to “play to the song” and not just get lost in masturbatory shred. Don’t get me wrong I love shred, but it needs to be done tastefully. Yngwies slow phrasing is absolutely amazing it’s a shame he doesn’t use it much
I spent most of the 80's playing in rock/metal bands, and guitarist were always hard to deal with. I only played with one guitarist that was not an absolute turd. He and I wrote a lot of music together that turned out really good. He was one of the few guitarists that would actually listen. The best guitarist to work with are guitarists that can sing. The ones that don't sing think they have to be going full speed all the time. They have a real issue letting the music breath. I was able to teach that one guitarist that it was OK to just play slow chords and that I could sing melodies all around them.
Guitarist egos are as big as they come, sometimes, even more than a lead singer. For a short time, we had a second guitarist in the band who was only 16 and was a little Yngwie clone. Dude was an ego manic and was miserable to deal with. He was super talented, but nobody could stand him. By and large, guitarist are miserable pricks.
Both. And donut connoisseur.
@@danyeo and Elvis the burger king but hey untouchable Legends Elite
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Anders Johansson-Drum
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I saw Yngwie play a few months back. I wore hearing protection as usual to his gig, everyone else was standing there uncomfortably plugging their ears with their fingers. The guy sets his sound up waaaay too loud. He does it to be a dick, I'm convinced. Still, pure virtuoso.!
I've never heard any racist comments in anything with Malmsteen. He is the best at what he does period.
Trilogy is my favorite 🤘
Going to see him next week. He’s such a badass
@@BluemanDrummer saw him about 2months ago… great guitarist but absolutely 💩 show. Disappointing
You need to be an Ego maniac to be a mad genius it would seem. He's definitely a classical composer of our age. It worked for him. Just play nice kids.
Or Both! More is more.
I always liked "you don't remember !!"
Fire and Ice is my favorite Malmsteen album
Saw him during the Fire and Ice tour at Hammersmith Odeon. When he played a few riffs before he actually appeared on stage, it was the greatest guitar I had ever heard.
As an ex pro musician w a music degree I can attest he is a genius....in many ways that don't even get discussed.
Trilogy was my fav. I liked his sound and mark boals was incredible on vocals
yes
You realise all guitarist have a ego but not everyone can do what he dies so ge earned it
Excellent job Gus!!!
The drummer on the first albums was Jens Johanssons brother Anders.
That's right!
Anders did not play on Rising Force
@@MagyHimself Well, according to my VHS Rising Force Live'85 in Japan: YJM (G), Jeff Scot Soto (Vo), Marcel Jacob (B), Anders Johanssen (Ds) and his brother Jens Johanssen (Key). Truly a great band! Anyway; Anders played drums on the second Rising Force album; MARCHING OUT (1985)
You're right! Hej joined the band in 1984 just after the first album was recorded.
He played drums on albums from Marching out to Live in Leningrad.
@Galoppgura Of course, I forgot Trilogy (1986) and Trial by Fire so that's three albums....(Had to check my CD- collection here👍)
I saw Yngwie (pr. Ing-vee) at a small bar called Barrymoores in Ottawa, ON Canada. It was 19 uhhh 1986? I am not spot on by a year or 2. 😅 I loved his first album. Yngwie is complex, and a genius is quite active on stage. He was quite a showman. Nicest guy to fans. Now, if you pay attention to his pattern, you know he is difficult to work with. He never had a new vocalist for every album but for 2 albums. Only 1 singer played on 2 albums. My favourite is the first. It is what set him apart that I love this. The only thing I hated was his beer. Alcohol can exasperated you. I still love the guy. He is more balanced and never ages. My favourite album was....I think it was Animalise with Joe Lynn Turner, of Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Malmsteen, and numerous others. The songs I remember, but the fugging name escape me. 😂
How could they make a story about Yngwie but yet misspell his name all through the video?
Yngwie is a genius who doesn't mind acting like one. I love that.
The older I get , the more I appreciate ingwie
what he has done and continues to do is a very delicate matter. composition, research, exploration, invention. he is a pioneering genius of the instrument, of lutherie and only those who play the electric guitar can understand him deeply. A character like this, manic, certainly autistic, just needs to be supported and supported in musical projects. Of course, as a young man, with alcohol and megalomania, he must have been an intractable person. But what matters is what he created. And it is a world heritage site. With all due respect to the dissatisfied singers.
😂😂😂😂he plays eletric guitars it's a solid block of wood😂😂
He is that very rare case of being totally and fully byound any doubt of his ego honestly he was so good he would ask eddi van Halen to jam all the time just to hang out and eddi wouldn't go any ego this man has is there for reason rarely are there people like yngvia
Yngwie Malmsteen is a legendary genius, still love Yngwie in 2025
Ego trip maniac. Blackmore clone on guitar and personality. But no doubt one of the greatest guitarist ever. Love his early work absolutely.
Bahahaha ..he is 10000xs better than blackmore could dream to be ...
@mobiusone3370 TROLL
That's easy... Genius, one of the GOATS.
If you want to see a far better interview and get a far better insite to who Yngwie really is then look up Rick Beatos extended non scricpted interview. This man doesn't come off at all like ego maniacs, or critical of what any othet muscians or bands are doing. He is just a artist that is hyper focusef on HIS music. Also when he noodles around during the interview is major badass. Im not constantly listening or focused on Yngwie, bit i did see him preform in a small converted movie theater once long ago and damn I got more than my moneys worth that night!
Live in Leningrad is my favorite album
Marching out 💯 %
And I dont believe any of the aggressive bull that he apparently has done …his a pure genius on guitar and music theory full stop 👌🏻
Especially when he played with the Japanese philharmonic orchestra 🎸👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
@@SIWagstaff after 30 years plus I gpt it first time, Marching Out for me is still one of the Best metal albums I ever heard
Saw him doing a sound check in 1985 in Milwaukee, asked him to play some Steeler and he said NO! 🤣
Trilogy is my personal favorite. His playing was at its peak when you consider it was 1986 and he was 23 years old at the time.
He's still peaking today.
His time has passed. Today any RUclips kid, can play his songs.
of course not,only very serious ones but he probably could play like 500 songs which almost nobody can
From what I've heard, he's cool to his fans. Past band members however...
His personality sounds like a narcissist but his technical and compositional skills are real. Rising Force and Marching Out are masterpieces.
And yeah thats why Yngwie had the Yngwie Who ? Catchphrase when he returned to live performing with G3 in the early 00s as before then i honestly had never heard of him but being an impressionable 16 year old once i heard his lightning speed i was into learning guitar so i will thank him for that as before Yngwie the music i listened to was stuff by Metallica or Iron Maiden but their players were not on the level of Yngwie , I actually thought it was a keyboard or synth when i first heard Yngwie his playing was that good.
Verdict: Yngwie is a mad genius!!!
la primera clase neo-classica es escuchar al maestro malmsteen!.
I wonder just how often the bands Alcatraz or Steeler would have even be mentioned over the last thirty years if it wasn't for Yngwie, my guess is zero to not very many at all.
Also, I agree that when he was younger Yngwie had an out of control ego that made him a bit of a douche but many people weren't at their best during their younger years, especially mixed with alcohol, at least Yngwie had the talent to back it up. There have been a lot of stories over the decades about the out of control egos and bad behavior of many music stars who did not have that much talent to back it up. Most of the bad stories about Yngwie come from his twenties, hes been a lot more mellow since then.
Yngwie started a whole musical genre with his neoclassical metal. People always dismiss that claiming Blackmore, Uli Jon Roth, and Randy R did it first. Yeah, they all had elements of a classical sound in some solos but non created a genre and started a whole guitar movement the way Yngwie did starting around late 1984. Imo, Hendrix was the biggest guitar revolutionary followed by Edward Van Halen followed by Yngwie.
Omg, this thing just said Yngwie has continued to display egotistical behavior and putting down other musicians and then quotes a 1994 interview. Come on, thirty years ago isn't exactly current. It's crazy how many people just can't let shit go when it comes to Yngwie.
Back in his youth EVH also had plenty of negative things to say about other guitarists during his interviews.
I remember, I started playing in 1981-82 when i was 11 or 12 and read every interview with him i could get my hands on.
And im sorry but Jeff Ecott Soto and everyone else claiming that they were treated like sidemen, hired hands, etc., thats because you were!! All of you! They were all Yngwie's solo albums and tours.
Both Definitely Both. But maybe at some point his Ego will be a little less. But he a Freaking Beast on Gutiar
both?
I'm not sure he has to be one or the other, maybe both.
Trilogy is his best album. I think a lot of people confuse his confidence for arrogance. When he made the statement in 1994 that he's the best at what he does and there's no one even close, I think that was an accurate statement based on guitarists who were actually making albums and had reputations. Nowadays there are so many guitarists on social media and many of them are very, very good, so there are any number of guitarists who are as talented or maybe even more talented than Yngwie. However, when he hit the guitar scene, he had a huge impact.
Are they though? Yes, there are plenty who can play really well, but at least in my opinion, their own stuff, when not just copying one of the greats, is just not usually that memorable. It is 9nly half the battle to be able to play really well.
He had his moments as one of the better guitarists in the 80s I got to see him when he was opening for DIO on the Sacred Heart tour and although he only had two albums out at the time he was a force to be recon with and only got better with each new release. But in the mid 90s the music scene was changing and for the most part stayed true to his music, that being said he was also proving difficult to work with and started to loose his focus as a result.
As,músicas , de yngwie, mal, são, espetaculares, muito bem feitas .👏👏👏👏
For me it's Eclipse. But if i stays within your choices, i go with Trilogy.
Yes.
So those lyric's on the Yngwie albums are Yngwie. I always thought Jeff was from that part of the world, and was shocked to hear he was Port Rician, and then I wondered who wrote them because some of them sound like they have been translated into English, Especially "with a normal view" from Caught in the Middle.
Kudo' to Yngwie if he did, there are some great Metal Songs with thought provoking content on the first Three Albums.
0:44 - 'narcissist', 'genius' and 'yngwie"
He is really a god with simple ego problems of a normal person.
But maybe this caused his success!
Kreuzzer!!
This video is not utter garbage, but still crappy. It puts wrong context pics during the narrative which is wrong at times. The funniest bit was when after the 1985 Marching Out we suddenly are in 1992 when the grunge era is starting. Then we jump to a 1997 car accident that never happened, the accident happened in 1987. The narrative then talks about the 2000's and shows 3 albums one of which was the 1987 album Trilogy from before the car accident.
Things like this, plus "he's a egomaniac, homophobe racist!" narrative. Gimme a break Karen 😂
This 💩 vid is meant for other Karens consumed by their emotions based on negative media and video narratives like this one who don't know any better.
I agree factually its a pretty sketchy
@T2TTech To say the least =D
But it's purpose is not to inform but rather to strengthen "the Yngwie trope". A pop story, as to say.
How on earth is it possible to re-record vocals parts without a vocalist?
Yngwie is a killer guitar player.
He just suffers from
“I can’t write a good song” syndrome
Plenty of great songs in his repertoire.
Malmsteen is outstanding. I do wish he'd stop playing up to being the fastest gun. He's got NOTHING to prove other than that he's magnificent....
I separate the artist from the music in this case. You have to unless you're a prick who likes other pricks. I've met Yngwie in passing two times in the 90s. I witnessed his notorious ego and it's there but it didn't phase me then nor does it now. Yngwie's playing was like a drug to me. I listened to him everyday while learning guitar. From junior high back in the 80s to the present, I've been on the Yngwie bus. As corny as this sounds, he has enriched my life through his neo-classical wizardry. I will always be a fan but I'm no fool when it comes to the man. He's not worshiped but he's truly appreciated by me.
Both!
yup, both.... amazing, amazing, guitarist who could have been much bigger if he'd worked with a lead singer and done something more popular like ozzy did with randy, dave did with Ed, or dio did with vivian... but yngwie wanted none of it and he's had only minor success since. put out 22 albums that barely sold around a million per album.
Answer C: Both.
Guitar virtuoso is one thing but beeing nice at the same time! Is another ball game! So to speak!
Followed his career since 1984 when I saw him play with Alcatrazz. His car accident occurred in 1986 after he released Trilogy not in 1997!! Personally I think his playing suffered as a result, phrasing and composition of solos suffered they seem to have no Direction..
He is a legend - As above so below (book by Anders Tengner) flows better than most action movies
He is the best.
The car accident was actually in the 80’s not 90,s
Yeah, ‘87 not ‘97. It was between the Trilogy and Odyssey albums. I’ve always wondered if the accident affected him mentally because after that he went further and further into just undisciplined improvisation of his songs. Last time I saw him live was on the Fire and Ice tour, and classics like Far Beyond the Sun and Black Star had devolved to him just playing the main themes and wanking out the rest. It was sad.
@@Wyl7 LOL! SILLY-COMMENT. YNGWIE MALMSTEEN is a LEGEND! Still thriving last album hit the American Billboard charts at 80, China, Japan, India number 1 in the charts, Jeff Bezos exclusively used YNGWIE MALMSTEEN songs on his Blue Origin spaceship. 3 Museums across the world honor him from Bologna, Italy to Sweden and France. He has been on more magazine covers then most of the players out there in history (yes it's true) Time Magazine names him the best player of ALL TIME and to this day has some of the biggest names who partner with YNGWIE MALMSTEEN to make $$$$$ Dunlop just released a pedal with Yngwie that SOLD OUT in less then 24 hours in Guitar Center and Sweetwater!!! His Fender signature model is still the number one seller of all time. Seymour Duncan Signature model, Marshall Signature model, Lewitt microphones the list goes on YNGWIE MALMSTEEN IS A LEGEND! And will go down in history as one! His shows are selling out world wide Istanbul 5000 seats, Bulgaria 4500 seats, Japan, USA.... YNG THE KING!
Can't deny his guitar playing he is good at what he does. If you don't like the guy don't listen to the guy or buy his albums. I used to like listening to him here and there but after feeling like all albums sounded the same I lost interest. Again he can def do those arpeggio's fast for sure.
Malmsteen is a great guitar player, but a total nutjob. I loved Marching Out and Trilogy, but when you lose someone like Joe Lynn Turner as your singer you've got a problem. Odyssey was such an amazing album and was Yngwie's biggest hit, after that he couldn't really top it. He had some good singers after Turner, but, it just wasn't the same. Also the writing and vibe that he generated with turner was unique, it still maintained those fantasy and mythical lyrics but with a lot more class and mystery. Now Yngwie works with the only singer he can get, himself.
Yngwie does Yngwie he hires and fires as he pleases for his OWN solo work. You may think and like Odyssey there are a lot of people that don't like it and love his new stuff like the fact that his album are still hotting the Billboard charts last album #80
both
Both
Ego maniac
I know one thing he CAN NOT DO
He "only"has a solo career😂😂😂😂
Egomaniac narcissist OR genius? I don’t think it is either or….Yngwie is both of those things in spades haha
And honestly when you are on that level of genius, the ego and narcissism kind of logically makes sense. He is in a league of his own , just a whole other planet really
Yngwie definitely is influenced by Ritchie Blackmore
When did yengwie ever rerecord JLT s vocals? Bullshit! Who wrote this...Malmsteen? Abril?
Well you got car accident wrong it was 1987 not 1997 I like all three records
Great Guitarist but he really dont like anyone covering his songs or even teaching them on youtube ask Elmo Karjalainen as yeah just watch his channel and you will see why Yngwie has fallen out of favour with the public.
I like him for about 5 minutes….then it’s just the same stuff recycled. Gets old very quickly. Fast does not mean better.
Exactly
I feel that way about Clapton or SRV. Same sht over and over. Same old blues licks
@@unoefx4173 Agree completely, you can add Van Halen and every other guitarist who lives longer than 10 years into their career to that list...eventually most end up playing similar stuff..doesn't mean its not badass though!
@unoefx4173 Funny isn't it, I'm not sure there are any more guilty of playing the same licks over and over as blues players but they rarely get called out for it. So hats off to you for mentioning it!
There is a decent amount of variety still with Yngwie, for example comparing say Bedroom Eyes to Fire, or Memories to Like an Angel...
Unfortunately his ego is not compatible with his musical talent. If he at least had the same humility of mind as the quality of his guitar playing. Regardless, Yngwie was a game changer in the world of electric guitar like no other (except Allan Holdsworth) in the 80s when he was in his prime (this is important, his prime; just like any other artist), and with the help of amazing vocalists - such as Joe Lynn Turner, and instrumentalists - such as Jens Johnansson. Nowadays he is a shadow of what he was as a song-writer and irreverence. He is one of my favourites guitarist (not personality wise), since I was young, however don't like him as a producer, nor as a singer.
Note: neoclassical style, in the rock world, started with Uli Jon Roth, not with Yngwie. Yngwie brought that to a new level of guitar playing, though.
@LightningZtrikez ahahah... His las album hit the Billboard charts at 80 in the USA China, Japan, India #1 so he is a great song writer and his sales without those clowns proves it.
Music quality has nothing to do with numbers! Billboard charts has nothing to do with quality.
The material written by Yngwie today has nothing to do with the quality it once had, during the 80s and most of the 90s.
Plus, in the past he had a proper singers, proper producers, etc; and his flow of musicality was much more creative and inspirational than nowadays. But this is only my opinion, though, and we can agree to disagree, right?
only rising force.
HE PLAYS ONE SONG OVER & OVER & OVER AGAIN
Yngwie ryhmes with gay😂😂😂
You are fast and a virtuoso.
But all your music came from Bach, Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Paganini and many others .
Also record many stuff from Bach and steal to make it yours
The first four albums were good. Trilogy is his best my problem is he couldn't make up his mind if he wanted bto be a composer or a rock star Blackmore had the same problem narcissist he os great but zero growth i can name ten guys off the top of my head who are better composers and guitarist
wow id like to hear who the 10 are off the top of your head
@laztavus Jorn viggo Lofstad Stephen Forte Simon Capone Mats Hauglan Somonie Mularoni Michael Romeo Michael Palace Andy Laroque Hank Sherman Luca Turrilli Olaf Thorson
Have you had a chance to check out these incredible musicians you'll be impressed with all of them. Have good one
@@AdrianJeffreys-fj2fv I like Hank Sherman and Michael Denner, Andy Laroque, and a couple of the others, I tend to listen to 80s metal, but c’mon those guys aren’t better guitarists than Yngwie, or composers for that matter, thanks for the suggestions
@laztavus listen to their technique Yngvie is so predictable he's better with an orchestra but his songs are stale and really outdated the man can't sing either
Yes, you work for Yngwie, his projetc, his music, so he is the boss like Dave Mustaine.
Technically brilliant and a game hanger. Musically meh.
his later albums suck so bad. Awful production, No one will work with him so he now produces all his own records, problem is he's not that good a producer. His first 6 albums were awesome. After that they are pretty awful to be honest. I wish he would get someone to produce his music again, but he is too arrogant for that to ever happen. Its a shame
Ying Yang Bumsteen is a one trick pony that plays the same arpeggio up and down the neck of his guitar. Sorry but I heard his first stuff in the early 80's. I thought it was great, Fastest picking to date. Then when he released his first LP, I was disappointed to hear all the solos were just regurgitated from his EP. Through the 80's I was constantly disappointed by every release, and would come to realize he had no melodic theory what so ever. Just flash and sparkle is all he brings to the show.
After all these years he's never wrote anything approaching a good song.
Tell us you never listened to any of his albums without saying it out loud.. 🫵🫵🤡🤡
So you don't like his music, it's not your style. Because he has plenty of very good songs in his repertoire.
Obviously a matter of opinion, just like whether Taylor Swift songs are good. To some, yes, to others no.
Ya'll can't even spell narcissist, ffs.
😂😂😂😂once again a jew, who thinks hes God's chosen guitarist.😂😂😂😂😂