Yngwie Malmsteen thread

[Rick Graham]

What do you guys think of him?

I'll post my opinions after I've managed to gather them together

[Robert Mussatti]

Great guitar player, despite his shortcomings in the diversity department

And I'm gonna get it out now... he does seem like a bit of a dick at time, but so does Steve Vai.

He was the guy who really got me into the "shredding" type of guitar playing. I remember buying the Live in Leningrad CD when I first started playing and listening to the live guitar solo and being blown away. I thought to myself "Man, I've got a long way to go before I'm better than this guy"

[Sean Conklin]

The most humble musician on earth.

Hehe well maybe not. I think the guy definitely has attitude issues. One funny instance I think of is how that one guy did a bunch of Petrucci parodies on youtube, and Petrucci loved it and thought it was hilarious. But then the same guy makes a parody of Malmsteen, and Malmsteen freaks out and makes youtube remove the video. Anyway, I think the guy needs to relax.

That said, I absolutely love his playing. Other than his lack of diversity, he does what he does extremely well. And no one can deny he pushed the boundries for guitar playing. Amazing guitarist.

[Mike Edwin]

I respect his technical acheivements. Thats about it though. His music never appealed to me at all.

[Trev]

Big fan of his music and playing. Love his tone and vibrato.

Don't think he'll win any awards for modesty but I think that's part of his image really and I'm sure he plays up to it.

Would love to see him play live!

[Bill]

Big fan of his music and playing. Love his tone and vibrato.

Don't think he'll win any awards for modesty but I think that's part of his image really and I'm sure he plays up to it.

Would love to see him play live!

I got to agree with you there Trev and yep would be great to see him live too

[Busted Salmon]

I used to give Far Beyond The Sun the occasional listen, but every other song I've ever heard by Yngwie just seemed like a bad ripoff of it.

[Stevie·Ray·Vaughn]

I listen to him all the time, and respect his playing greatly But he is a prick haha Everyones ego gets away from them sometimes though .. his just more than other

[Lit1219]

The most humble musician on earth.

Hehe well maybe not. I think the guy definitely has attitude issues. One funny instance I think of is how that one guy did a bunch of Petrucci parodies on youtube, and Petrucci loved it and thought it was hilarious. But then the same guy makes a parody of Malmsteen, and Malmsteen freaks out and makes youtube remove the video. Anyway, I think the guy needs to relax.

That said, I absolutely love his playing. Other than his lack of diversity, he does what he does extremely well. And no one can deny he pushed the boundries for guitar playing. Amazing guitarist.

Agreed. He is a huge influence on me.

[Sean Conklin]

Would love to see him play live!

I caught him live many years back when he did G3 with Satch and Vai. It was totally cool seeing him. He stole the show in my opinion. He broke out his classical guitar too.

Although I do have to admit, when they did their last set when all 3 of them jam together, Malmsteen was a TOTAL solo hog. He would always start playing a couple bars before his turn. I felt bad for Joe and Steve, but it was also kinda funny haha. Good times.