I met him in 1988 at a in-store signing. He was there with Joe Lynn Turner. I had a copy of Alcatrazz's "No Parole from Rock and Roll" that I had him sign and he must have talked to me for 5 minutes about that album (much to the chagrin of the people in line behind me!). He was a totally cool guy.
Neill Alchin Yes! I still remember when Yngwie’s first LP came out - all those jaws dropped on the floor. That was one something totally new, unheard of.
@@x430c5 Hello @Janne's, yea he had quite the impact and he's remained consistent ever since huh. Glad you remember and appreciate those days when he wiped the floor with most other guitarists. Lots of respect, Neill. "Play Loud".
One of the coolest dudes I've ever met in my 35 years in the music business. He and his wife are very pleasant. Let you on the tour bus sign-talk etc. "NO PICS ON THE BUS THOUGH" . He is a phenomenal guitar player and is truly one of the best guitar players ever of his era. HIS STYLE IS HIS STYLE....NO ONE ELSES.... A true originator.....AMAZING TALENT
Yngwie did the same thing Hendrix and VanHalen did. He changed the way we play. The difference with Yngwie however is that most guys never put in the work it takes to get even close. His style is not easy and that is why so many guys cut him down. They simply can't do it.
I've always thought Yngwie was such a unique musician- I was introduced to him when I was maybe 15-16. Got to see him perform once because my dad was a fan too. His virtuoso captivated and had a huge impact on me, and made me much more interested in classical music. I also became a lot more discerning and critical with my musical taste and actually payed attention to what I heard and let myself hear after listening to him. Thanks for your contribution to music Mr. Malmsteen. People only knock him because their egos feel threatened.
Love the quick fire style of this interview - thumbs up! YJM will always be remembered as one who changed the scene of music. Glad to see he’s happy :)
Three Concerts Long Ialand 30 plus Years ago ..Small Club PHENOMINAL Then Miami about 4 years ago AWESOME!!Small Bar Last Was @ Marquee Theater in AZ .. HOLY GRAIL OF PERFORMANCE.. Small Club .. LOVE THE PATRIOTIC PERFORMANCE!! Go The YNGWIE!!
Blackmore had classical influences and so did Randy Rhoads (RIP) but Yngwie brought it home, do people realise how hard it is to be heard on the radio at a place anywhere in the world and be recognised instantly due to your guitar playing style, honestly it is rare and hard?
I really don't understand this interview. Can't we Google/UA-cam Yngwie's answers to these EXACT SAME QUESTIONS he's been asked for 35 years? Ask him something NEW. It's ridiculous. We can all look up his influences & when he started playing guitar. Lazy. I repeat, Lazy interviewing skills. Or lack thereof.
I want stories. The part about meeting Dio was cool, but I want more of that. I remember Bobby Blotzer's book had stories about his interactions with Don Dokken and Blackie Lawless. Those were some of the best parts.
It can be very beneficial for a child have a environment to grow where there is no constant interruptions of easy entertainment of computers, TV etc. So he can channel his energy for more challenging endeavours like learning music.
Why is it that interviewers always ask the same questions? For the last 20 years , all of his interviews have been the same answers. We all know about his past, about his guitars, his early heroes.... how about questions that have never been asked like “ what was your first car” or “ do you or April take the rubbish out”.... make it more left field and exiting!!!!!
Jeez! I had a bigger crowd than Yngwie when I played The Country Club. I did not realize this until now. I do remember those times though. When Yngwie hit the seen you couldn't walk into a guitar store and not hear someone talking about "Wingwee." He breezed into town and proceeded to sweep all of us up and coming guitar slingers off the table like bread crumbs. All I can say on behalf of all of us is fuck you Yngwie. You bastard!!!
Wow I have seen him so many times and never knew he had one eye a different color then the other. I wonder if that is why he wears sun glasses all the time.
I saw him at some very small venues in the mid 90's when he was almost totally off the map. You would come out of the place deaf for an hour or two. He definitely had more than one or two amps on full blast.
You don't hear much about it, but I wonder if his family - since they were musical - did they teach him things like scales, arpeggios...simple things like playing in key....or did he develop everything on his own: totally by ear and instincts?
@@TheGattonmaster im not sure if i believe that ..i watched his pupils and they both move quick the same.....but im not 100%...i do know he was in a car crash that sliced his hand nerve and he almost couldnt play ever again
Maybe his wife or makeup artist should have put on his penciled eyebrows. It looks like he did them himself using a piece of charcoal. Those bad boys are over the top.
Old age, he's close to 60 years old now, how do you think you will look at that age ? Do you REALLY think that he would have crows feet, droopy eyelids, saggy cheeks if he had work done to his face ? He has hairextenstions and he colors his hair/eyebrows.
Yngwie gets such a bad rap from people. I’ve come to the conclusion that those who rag on him are simply jealous. Plain and simple. I have had the chance to meet him on a few occasions and he has ALWAYS been cool as hell. Always willing to talk to the fans. Sure, he can be an asshole to you if you’re an asshole to him first. But that’s the way it should be. Nope. He’s always been very cool and very cordial whenever I have met him.
It's such a cliche for someone to like something and then consider the reason for any critique, lack of similar fascination or even distaste the product of jealousy.
I reckon he comes off as an ahole, cause hes not a super wordsmith, just like, hmm I dunno, 90% of us men/people in general. Unlike superstars who can afford it, he doesn't have some legal dude, nor mentor whispering in his ear every 20 seconds to dictate what to say,.. not sure if it's a good thing that he doesn't, but he's not worldwide universal famous, so it doesn't (need to) apply: that isn't the norm for niche rock musicians, as he is.. imo he is just a regular dude living a life of extravagance, due to his loyal following, thus cameras are on him more than the the average folk.. the cameras just capture him being real.
@@dr.know-it-all5148 Who? Not me. Not my freinds. Not anyone I know. Media was not super into that kind of music at the time. But the swedes had nothing against him. Many really loved hes music.
@@MattiasHolger Ok. But listen to any interview when he talks about his life in Sweden when he was young. Very critical and negative. Just check them. You will see.
@@knowmusicman157 Still the media. Not the swedish people. In the 80s there was a big debate about violence in the movies and the hard rock and heavy metall music and what impact it had on the swedish young people. Yngve did not have a chance to grow big in sweden in that time. Today nobody talks about this anymore.
@@asoshkin ...also even 'just' a double cab and head really needs the wheels removing to stop them wobbling, footprint of a head even less than a cab, woud need scafflding just to keep them upright.
Ahhh... a big fat shame for this lazy interviewer from Rock Scene, the same old copy/paste questions as in all his other interviews the last 35 years. His musical family, his roots, the paganini story we’ve heard it a thousand times. You had the opportunity to interview Yngwie Malmsteen and came up with this same old shit, unbelievable!! Come up with some new questions to this guitar player :-\ Do your homework and do some research!!
Powers of ten was a great album but I wouldn't even try to compare them. Sometimes being too unpredictable is just as bad as playing endless runs in the phrygian mode.
@@FuelAirSparkTime True true. It's just that when I listen to YJM, I can anticipate the direction he's going in. I could never play as beautifully clean and fast as he can. But I kinda know where he's going. Now when I hear Shawn play, I get the shakes of surprise, joy, and envy because he really was in touch with the angels, and he probably never even knew it himself. Or maybe he did and is now eating rice with the angels 😇.
I met him in 1988 at a in-store signing. He was there with Joe Lynn Turner. I had a copy of Alcatrazz's "No Parole from Rock and Roll" that I had him sign and he must have talked to me for 5 minutes about that album (much to the chagrin of the people in line behind me!). He was a totally cool guy.
YJM Rules !!!! My FAV guitarist since 1985.
Yngwie himself set very new and high standards in the world of guitar playing,super advanced and highly professional. Long live Yngwie J Malmsteen.
Neill Alchin Yes! I still remember when Yngwie’s first LP came out - all those jaws dropped on the floor. That was one something totally new, unheard of.
@@x430c5 Hello @Janne's, yea he had quite the impact and he's remained consistent ever since huh. Glad you remember and appreciate those days when he wiped the floor with most other guitarists. Lots of respect, Neill. "Play Loud".
One of the coolest dudes I've ever met in my 35 years in the music business. He and his wife are very pleasant. Let you on the tour bus sign-talk etc. "NO PICS ON THE BUS THOUGH" . He is a phenomenal guitar player and is truly one of the best guitar players ever of his era. HIS STYLE IS HIS STYLE....NO ONE ELSES.... A true originator.....AMAZING TALENT
Mick Donnell but...ı dont know y he cant play as 80s.....;(((
@@ugurtansavas2334 - Yngwie has nothing left to prove, he is a legend of legends.
Great and unmatchable talent, but he's kind of an asshole.
Mick Donnell oh yeah. I talked with his wife over an hour once. Met Yngwie at this meet and greet thing and she Remembered me. Great experience.
Yngwie did the same thing Hendrix and VanHalen did. He changed the way we play. The difference with Yngwie however is that most guys never put in the work it takes to get even close. His style is not easy and that is why so many guys cut him down. They simply can't do it.
I met him a few years ago. He was super nice! Took pics and everything.
Did he ask for donuts?
@@sparklydiamondz5464 He don't like donuts!!!
I've always thought Yngwie was such a unique musician- I was introduced to him when I was maybe 15-16. Got to see him perform once because my dad was a fan too. His virtuoso captivated and had a huge impact on me, and made me much more interested in classical music. I also became a lot more discerning and critical with my musical taste and actually payed attention to what I heard and let myself hear after listening to him. Thanks for your contribution to music Mr. Malmsteen. People only knock him because their egos feel threatened.
Love the quick fire style of this interview - thumbs up! YJM will always be remembered as one who changed the scene of music. Glad to see he’s happy :)
The greatest rock guitar player of all time😜🤘💯🙌🙌
Cool interview Thanks for the upload
Three Concerts Long Ialand 30 plus Years ago ..Small Club PHENOMINAL
Then
Miami about 4 years
ago AWESOME!!Small Bar
Last Was @ Marquee Theater in AZ ..
HOLY GRAIL OF PERFORMANCE..
Small Club ..
LOVE THE PATRIOTIC PERFORMANCE!!
Go The YNGWIE!!
a master of his craft love his approach
Blackmore had classical influences and so did Randy Rhoads (RIP) but Yngwie brought it home, do people realise how hard it is to be heard on the radio at a place anywhere in the world and be recognised instantly due to your guitar playing style, honestly it is rare and hard?
Very interesting that he mentions Genesis. Steve Harris is also a Genesis fan. They did influence a lot of musicians in the last decades.
Yngwie is one the greatest guitarists of all time and one of the most influential for sure.
I was there at that exact same NJ concert in 2014 where this backstage interview was filmed Eddie Trunk introduced him that evening
He's one of a kind, and unfortunately misunderstood. I'd love to hear him do a blues set.
✨😎✨
Such an influence, he seems like a great man.
Looking good Lord Malmsteen.
I really don't understand this interview. Can't we Google/UA-cam Yngwie's answers to these EXACT SAME QUESTIONS he's been asked for 35 years? Ask him something NEW. It's ridiculous. We can all look up his influences & when he started playing guitar. Lazy. I repeat, Lazy interviewing skills. Or lack thereof.
Spot on dude. Minimum effort from the interviewer there’s heaps of footage of him answering these same boring questions.
Yes, how about how his pick-gato technique developed or if there were any actual teachers he would like to share with us at this stage of his career.
has 4008 guitars that all look the same.
I want stories. The part about meeting Dio was cool, but I want more of that.
I remember Bobby Blotzer's book had stories about his interactions with Don Dokken and Blackie Lawless. Those were some of the best parts.
Fuck off, this is for general audience.
Bella itervista 👏👏👏👍👌😝
Yngwie changed my life
Mine as well😎
Dig around in shawnlane.com . . . . . .
@@robertsmith5744 Shawn has skills for sure but for the life of me I can't feel him or Alan Holdsworth😥
I love his little arrogant little add ons he does lol hes the king
Yngwei the best artist ever you have your stile . Unique
GOD Bless You 🎸🎸🎸
Once he had great bands. These days he seems kinda lost. But he's one of the pioniers.
Wow, for a quick interview , he disclosed a lot of info. - some I wasn't aware of.
Always a great artist , IMO.
It can be very beneficial for a child have a environment to grow where there is no constant interruptions of easy entertainment of computers, TV etc. So he can channel his energy for more challenging endeavours like learning music.
And this one's even got my name on it 😜💥💥💥👍
Legend
Pura leggenda 💪👌👍👏👏👏😎😜
His eyebrows are on point
After being a fan for almost 30 years I just now noticed Yngwie has different colored eyes (stop video at 2:10)
There is a reason for that.
He ages well !
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Why is it that interviewers always ask the same questions? For the last 20 years , all of his interviews have been the same answers.
We all know about his past, about his guitars, his early heroes.... how about questions that have never been asked like “ what was your first car” or “ do you or April take the rubbish out”.... make it more left field and exiting!!!!!
Jeez! I had a bigger crowd than Yngwie when I played The Country Club. I did not realize this until now.
I do remember those times though. When Yngwie hit the seen you couldn't walk into a guitar store and not hear someone talking about "Wingwee." He breezed into town and proceeded to sweep all of us up and coming guitar slingers off the table like bread crumbs.
All I can say on behalf of all of us is fuck you Yngwie. You bastard!!!
If Richie Blackmore and Paganini had a child it would be Malmsteen.
We (us boys) became aware of Yngwie back in the 1970s. To a kid/boy/angst type teens? He was/is the MAN!
Love you yngwie long time fan here
いつ見ても若いね。💗
Living that American dream.
This is an old interview from 2014??
I wanna see news updates from Yngwie Malmsteen please!!!
He looks good man
Hendrix and Blackmore. Bach And Paganini. Fender and Marshall. Hey now we have something to work with.
Along with the Great Wall Of China One Can See YNGWIEs WALL OF MARSHALL. STACKS !!💪😛😀
Wow I have seen him so many times and never knew he had one eye a different color then the other. I wonder if that is why he wears sun glasses all the time.
Are his eyes different color?
LOL Yeah 39 Marshalls with one mic on one speaker in the lower corner.
I saw him at some very small venues in the mid 90's when he was almost totally off the map. You would come out of the place deaf for an hour or two. He definitely had more than one or two amps on full blast.
🤘🤘🎶
How many guitars do you have?
Yngwie: Yes.
Love those sideburns
You don't hear much about it, but I wonder if his family - since they were musical - did they teach him things like scales, arpeggios...simple things like playing in key....or did he develop everything on his own: totally by ear and instincts?
good question, also do any of his family still play, either as pro or amatuers?
Its YNGWIE ""J"" MALMSTEEN...
So You Dont Confuse him with ALL the Other Yngwie Malmsteens 😜😜😜
GET IT STRAIGHT,
No, it's Yngwie FUCKING Malmsteen, that's who! Well, that's what my t-shirt says, anyway :)
what's that mean?
@@alessandro9740 it's. A Quote from a Movie...lol
@@williamchiusano3185 what movie?
@@alessandro9740 - Spinal Tap guy said it in that video about Dio's massive guitar whank-off record.
There are THREE WAYS ..
The WRONG WAY
The Right Way
And THE YNGWIE 💪💪💪
Isn't that the wrong way too? 😏
Go to sleep
@@whynottalklikeapirat cash or card?
@@yellowlightingbolt Yes please
@@whynottalklikeapirat Go to sleep
A man who has influenced literally tens, nay twenties of today's artists! His legacy will live on for ...a couple years.
Yngwie has one blue eye and one brown
He has a glass eye from auto accident.
@@TheGattonmaster im not sure if i believe that ..i watched his pupils and they both move quick the same.....but im not 100%...i do know he was in a car crash that sliced his hand nerve and he almost couldnt play ever again
And drawn-in eyebrows.
Pretty sure he has one blue eye and two brown eyes
@@perkelechannel9031 Absolutely correct. One of those two brown eyes is the dominator of his universe.
"this one has even got my name on it!"
He always says that ...
@@whynottalklikeapirat i would too
@@jamesha175 Well ... maybe you can start a club or some such ...
@@whynottalklikeapirat a club with everybody that has a guitar with yngwie's name on it?
@@jamesha175 Nope - those who would say it all the time if they had their name on one. You could name Yngwie God-Emperor for Life in Absentia.
I strongly believe that he can play Paganini in a movie.
Ok, let me answer that question correctly for you, Yngwie. Why Fender? Beacause of Hendrix, Blackmore and Uli Roth
and Clapton, SRV, Eric Johnson etc... Fenders are great guitars.
Why, you dont belive him?
All are Marshall players as well 👍
There's a lot of great guitar players but they won't cite him as influence
YNGWIE FUKN GODSTEEN
Maybe his wife or makeup artist should have put on his penciled eyebrows. It looks like he did them himself using a piece of charcoal. Those bad boys are over the top.
100 % - L-E-G-E-N-D
Eyebrows!
This comment section if Fucken tasty.
Wonder why he avoided saying he was from Sweden.? In the past it never bothered him
How do you pronounce his name?
ING - VAY ... MAWLM - STEEN
Tania Sanchez HIZ NAYM
What the hell has he done to his face??? Has he started scalloping that too now!
I couldn't stop laughing all night long!! Now He fucked up, like his playing . Don't recognized his eyebrows.
Windwar attack - Post my photo? Isn’t looking at doughnut boy’s scalloped face enough wanking material for you?
@Windwar attack i think he means to do that to your eyebrows, you have to be pretty superficial and pretentious.
I saw the thumbnail of this video, and I immediately thought plastic surgery.
Old age, he's close to 60 years old now, how do you think you will look at that age ? Do you REALLY think that he would have crows feet, droopy eyelids, saggy cheeks if he had work done to his face ? He has hairextenstions and he colors his hair/eyebrows.
N. 1
YJM one eye brown and the other one gray-greenish?
How come he didnt mention Uli Jon Roth and Jimi Hendrix
He mentioned Hendrix
Yngwie gets such a bad rap from people. I’ve come to the conclusion that those who rag on him are simply jealous. Plain and simple. I have had the chance to meet him on a few occasions and he has ALWAYS been cool as hell. Always willing to talk to the fans. Sure, he can be an asshole to you if you’re an asshole to him first. But that’s the way it should be. Nope. He’s always been very cool and very cordial whenever I have met him.
It's such a cliche for someone to like something and then consider the reason for any critique, lack of similar fascination or even distaste the product of jealousy.
I reckon he comes off as an ahole, cause hes not a super wordsmith, just like, hmm I dunno, 90% of us men/people in general. Unlike superstars who can afford it, he doesn't have some legal dude, nor mentor whispering in his ear every 20 seconds to dictate what to say,.. not sure if it's a good thing that he doesn't, but he's not worldwide universal famous, so it doesn't (need to) apply: that isn't the norm for niche rock musicians, as he is..
imo he is just a regular dude living a life of extravagance, due to his loyal following, thus cameras are on him more than the the average folk.. the cameras just capture him being real.
Is there a reason why he won't say "Sweden"?
They were very conservative and unsupportive of his talent and genius.
@@dr.know-it-all5148 Who? Not me. Not my freinds. Not anyone I know. Media was not super into that kind of music at the time. But the swedes had nothing against him. Many really loved hes music.
@@MattiasHolger Ok. But listen to any interview when he talks about his life in Sweden when he was young. Very critical and negative. Just check them. You will see.
@@knowmusicman157 Still the media. Not the swedish people. In the 80s there was a big debate about violence in the movies and the hard rock and heavy metall music and what impact it had on the swedish young people. Yngve did not have a chance to grow big in sweden in that time. Today nobody talks about this anymore.
Jake E. Lee called Malmsteen 'a dick' on Eddie Trunk's radio show.
and "fat"
だんだん若くなっているね！年ごとに。
Hmm, does he have drawn on eyebrows? Great guitarist regardless.
Correct headline : Yngwie Botox talks about his Rock Scene !!!!!
Same old questions …….
He doesn't like donuts.
声だけは昔と変わらないですね！
holy shit, he is starting to look like kenny rogers. who cares, he still shreds!!!
The 1st album came out in '84 and we all wanted to immediately quit playing.
What is that strange, alien-looking, black line that is connecting his ears under his chin?
Donut 🍩 anyone??
His eyebrows must be preserved for posterity
What's wrong with his eyebrows?
why 39 marshalls?
because he couldn't get 40
Most of them were empty
@@asoshkin ...also even 'just' a double cab and head really needs the wheels removing to stop them wobbling, footprint of a head even less than a cab, woud need scafflding just to keep them upright.
Ahhh... a big fat shame for this lazy interviewer from Rock Scene, the same old copy/paste questions as in all his other interviews the last 35 years. His musical family, his roots, the paganini story we’ve heard it a thousand times. You had the opportunity to interview Yngwie Malmsteen and came up with this same old shit, unbelievable!! Come up with some new questions to this guitar player :-\
Do your homework and do some research!!
the only new info in this interview is his freshly plucked eyebrows..
For once..no shades..
Looks so creepy when older guys dye their eyebrows.
True.
Heh
😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂
it depends. for yngwie, it looks good on him
I think Shawn Lane could have played circles around YJM. Not just in speed, but also in musical unpredictability.
Powers of ten was a great album but I wouldn't even try to compare them. Sometimes being too unpredictable is just as bad as playing endless runs in the phrygian mode.
@@FuelAirSparkTime True true. It's just that when I listen to YJM, I can anticipate the direction he's going in. I could never play as beautifully clean and fast as he can. But I kinda know where he's going. Now when I hear Shawn play, I get the shakes of surprise, joy, and envy because he really was in touch with the angels, and he probably never even knew it himself. Or maybe he did and is now eating rice with the angels 😇.
Blackmore > Ingrid
Definitely has a small one.
I never before realized Yngwie has heterochromia....
He hasn't
@@mahplays4999 Maybe not, but in this clip his right eye looks brown and his left looks grey/blue....
swed9ish man lol
He has that stretched and shiny appearance like those people who have had plastic surgery look.
Is that Botox, bad plastic surgery or is he just bloated? Or all of the above?
He's had plastic surgery. I saw it as soon as I saw the thumbnail.
yep pretty obvious
Has he had plastic surgery? Looks different