Thank you so much for this interview Jas! I love the things you're sharing on your channel and without sounding too dramatic I really believe it's a great thing for the whole guitar community to have these gems available. Thank you!
Saw him Alcatraz ‘84, met him, and twice in 85, met him again……he was cool and his playing was unreal, as well as great tone and stage performance, people freaked seeing this up close to stage, myself included….magical
I think his playing on "Live sentence" was brilliant! The lead in "Kree Nokoorie" is my favorite version for the lead in it. My all time favorite lead by Yngwie is the track "Marching out" that closes the record of the same title! His playing in that is very holdsworthian and just has so much feel in it! The tone is perfect!
Marching Out is a masterpiece….rising force is just a rough overview of ideas. It’s silly that it gets all the credit. Trilogy was pretty good too but, every single note on Marching Out is perfection. Couple years ago Yngwie was signing stuff, and WE ALL had some version of Marching Out, CD, vinyl, score book, etc…it was funny. I am embarrassed to say in the 90s I fell in with the trend to make fun of Yngwie and his “arrogance” but, it was Marching Out that I would revisit on occasion, and it always really impressed me. Shame on me, but honestly, I realize, even in this interview, it is the questioning of the this very serious artist….like they WANT to coerce him to admit himself the best or whatever, that is really bad taste. Like 23:30. It influenced me and scores of kids that still make fun of Yngwie for no good reason. In retrospect they ruined his reputation and owe him an apology. Everything he speaks here shows his honesty and pure vision, and sticking to his values as an artist. It’s not a goofy rock party “i don’t know how to read, or what I’m doing, I just drink and play with feel…im no wanker like Yngwie….bla bla”…all that fake humility of those self deprecating rock stars. F that. I was proud to show this guy’s concert to my kid cuz I realize he is a rare breed that is all but extinct today. Serious and focused musicians should be given respect they deserve. Man, the end of Overture 1383….anybody should be envious of that feel and expression.
My favorite Yngwie playing is on the studio and live Alcatrazz albums, as well as the bootlegs out there. Have listened to those thousands of times, the rest of his stuff, mostly his early 2 solo albums, a lot but not nearly as much. He needs a band to collaborate with, his solo stuff gets boring.
Amazing, this is priceless! Remember getting this magazine in the mail with my Guitar Player magazine subscription. What a magical time to begin learning to play the guitar, thanks for posting this!!!
UA-cam would have been nice back in the day! but there is something to be said for the experience of learning a lick your buddy figured out visa-versa or picking up something new you saw and heard someone do at a guitar shop.
@@geraldskinner63 - It was basically Guitar Player magazine and putting the LP record on 16rpm to drop it down to half speed...dropping the notes an octave made it a bit more challenging but helped to develop your ear. Even at 16rpm Yngwie was still fast and incredibly clean, it was both inspiring and depressing at the same time, lol.
Yngwie in his interviews these days says he's never had any sort of wrist pain from playing guitar, but here he talks about his left hand being in pain. This is interesting to hear because I have become discouraged from playing due to wrist pain in the last year or so because I thought a true guitar player wouldn't have these issues, but now it gives me new hope to get better knowing that someone as good as him was able to push through such an obstacle. Thank you for sharing this interview!
Such a massive influence. People love him and people hate him. Personally I've always loved what he's done. But. Just listen to this interview. At 21 he's very grounded, and not even remotely close to the arrogant BS of so called 80's rock star guitar players. He deserves this published audio interview as far as I'm concerned 👍
Jas thank you for sharing the story with me about how you taught Santana to say your name so now I know how to say your name. I’m glad that you’re going back and taking these old interviews and giving us a little insight. I grew up reading these when I was a kid in the 1980s, I really appreciate this
Yeah Jas this is an iconic interview. We were shocked when he was with Alcatrazz.. My friends told me to just buy his first album and wear it out... As I have said in Spotlight Columnj, Yngwie gave us permission to do DiMeola licks in hard rock... He made it okay so to speak. This interview and others were popular amongst us who were completely blown away by his prowess and mainly his 'feel' Thanks for posting this for us, Jas!!!
I was friends with his band manager's (Andrew Truman) son. We used to go watch Rising Force rehearse in the san fernando valley (chatsworth). I cherished that mag cover, wish I still had my copy. Thanks for this, unreal.
Fantastic stuff! I got a chance to interview Yngwie in the early 2000's. A lot of people have said mean things about him but he was nothing of the sort when I talked to him. He was has his vision and follows it.
RISING FORCE was a LANDMARK Album.....Not just for Yngwie but for ALL rock. Yngwie was right not to be co-opted or absorbed into a band environment...It would have TOTALLY LIMITED him...He needed to break out of that mold to express himself freely. Michael Schenker should have done what Yngwie did earlier too. UFO was restricting him.YNGWIE was INDEED a RISING FORCE.
Right ! A brave and clever choice difficult to sustain. Nonobstant his band does exist so powerful and strong around him and in an osmotic work that it gives him the best environment to express himself, this is why they are realizing such a brilliant team.
Excellent all the way around great interview. Yngwie seemed quite content with you and i thought he answered all the questions as best he could regardless of any distractions. His answers were so accurately defining and insightful as to who he is! He would probably still to this day answer the same exact way, simply unique to him. He is a legend! Its as if he is a figure from history book that was written into existence. I've always thought he was the spirit of Paganini reincarnated much more so than he is that ass Blackmore. Let's stop with all the attempts at trying to accuse yjm of being a fanboy of rb. Anyway i wish as in other parts of the world yjm got the recognition for his unique and interesting story, I'd love to eventually see a movie about the artist that he is!
So sweet!! Bright Star form the North!!! Viking of my Heart Forevermore"!! I will Always Love you , Yngwie! You stay The Best!!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞💖💖💖💖💖💥💥💫💫❤❤❤❤💯💯💯💖💖💖💖💖💥💥💥👏👏👏👏👏💫💫💫💥❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Quite interesting. Yngwie is genuinely Malmsteen, I like this authenticity of his, actually a very mature speech for such a young artist by that time, completely outside, completely off the beaten track by natural selection of research and self-challenge. it was already possible vislumbrar the current creator.
@@theYuGiOhseasonzeroguy without a doubt ! The positive point is that true special artistic characters are sufficiently rare inside the masses that recognize them is easy 😉 : they bring something unique as they are.
Ahh come on Jas you didn't get to brass tax..Did he dig ABBA?..kidding. I remember this issue and the Rising Force debut. I was playing pool at a friend's house, and he knew I was guitar guy, at least he thought I was because I could play snippets of VH, Rhoads, Angus etc. Anyway, He said I just got a tape of a guy that plays "classical heavy metal" and wanted me to have it. I was hooked and became a fan of shredders ever since, I think Yngwie was as important as EVH in terms of creating a genera of rock guitar playing. I still wonder if he liked ABBA.
Interesting to listen that he had a few hand problems and couldn't play us much as he would like to. And it was before the car accident. I suppose it's something that happens even to the guitar gods once in a while. Great interview!
he also lies in all his interview when he says that he scalop his guitar after seeing a lute. In an interview from '83 he said that's because Blackmore was doing it and then he changed his speech. It is malmsteen
Thank you so much for this interview Jas! I love the things you're sharing on your channel and without sounding too dramatic I really believe it's a great thing for the whole guitar community to have these gems available. Thank you!
Saw him Alcatraz ‘84, met him, and twice in 85, met him again……he was cool and his playing was unreal, as well as great tone and stage performance, people freaked seeing this up close to stage, myself included….magical
I think his playing on "Live sentence" was brilliant! The lead in "Kree Nokoorie" is my favorite version for the lead in it.
My all time favorite lead by Yngwie is the track "Marching out" that closes the record of the same title! His playing in that is very
holdsworthian and just has so much feel in it! The tone is perfect!
That’s how I feel on the run again
His playing on the Marching Out album is his best ever, imho.
@@Composer19691 Yeah that record is very special to me as well!👍
Marching Out is a masterpiece….rising force is just a rough overview of ideas. It’s silly that it gets all the credit. Trilogy was pretty good too but, every single note on Marching Out is perfection. Couple years ago Yngwie was signing stuff, and WE ALL had some version of Marching Out, CD, vinyl, score book, etc…it was funny. I am embarrassed to say in the 90s I fell in with the trend to make fun of Yngwie and his “arrogance” but, it was Marching Out that I would revisit on occasion, and it always really impressed me. Shame on me, but honestly, I realize, even in this interview, it is the questioning of the this very serious artist….like they WANT to coerce him to admit himself the best or whatever, that is really bad taste. Like 23:30. It influenced me and scores of kids that still make fun of Yngwie for no good reason. In retrospect they ruined his reputation and owe him an apology. Everything he speaks here shows his honesty and pure vision, and sticking to his values as an artist. It’s not a goofy rock party “i don’t know how to read, or what I’m doing, I just drink and play with feel…im no wanker like Yngwie….bla bla”…all that fake humility of those self deprecating rock stars. F that. I was proud to show this guy’s concert to my kid cuz I realize he is a rare breed that is all but extinct today. Serious and focused musicians should be given respect they deserve. Man, the end of Overture 1383….anybody should be envious of that feel and expression.
My favorite Yngwie playing is on the studio and live Alcatrazz albums, as well as the bootlegs out there. Have listened to those thousands of times, the rest of his stuff, mostly his early 2 solo albums, a lot but not nearly as much. He needs a band to collaborate with, his solo stuff gets boring.
Amazing, this is priceless! Remember getting this magazine in the mail with my Guitar Player magazine subscription. What a magical time to begin learning to play the guitar, thanks for posting this!!!
UA-cam would have been nice back in the day! but there is something to be said for the experience of learning a lick your buddy figured out visa-versa or picking up something new you saw and heard someone do at a guitar shop.
@@geraldskinner63 - It was basically Guitar Player magazine and putting the LP record on 16rpm to drop it down to half speed...dropping the notes an octave made it a bit more challenging but helped to develop your ear. Even at 16rpm Yngwie was still fast and incredibly clean, it was both inspiring and depressing at the same time, lol.
@@Jimmy.Williams Ah man Jimmy! I miss those days! I remember almost ruining my Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush live record trying to slow it down. Lol
Great interview. I still have the original issue from when it was printed. I sure miss Yngwie’s “just a guitar and amp” tone.
Didnt he always use the DOD?
This interview is gem for guitar freaks. 40 years ago, after listening this, probably I could have not sleep all night.
Yngwie in his interviews these days says he's never had any sort of wrist pain from playing guitar, but here he talks about his left hand being in pain. This is interesting to hear because I have become discouraged from playing due to wrist pain in the last year or so because I thought a true guitar player wouldn't have these issues, but now it gives me new hope to get better knowing that someone as good as him was able to push through such an obstacle. Thank you for sharing this interview!
Such a massive influence. People love him and people hate him. Personally I've always loved what he's done. But. Just listen to this interview. At 21 he's very grounded, and not even remotely close to the arrogant BS of so called 80's rock star guitar players.
He deserves this published audio interview as far as I'm concerned 👍
Jas thank you for sharing the story with me about how you taught Santana to say your name so now I know how to say your name. I’m glad that you’re going back and taking these old interviews and giving us a little insight. I grew up reading these when I was a kid in the 1980s, I really appreciate this
Yeah Jas this is an iconic interview. We were shocked when he was with Alcatrazz.. My friends told me to just buy his first album and wear it out... As I have said in Spotlight Columnj, Yngwie gave us permission to do DiMeola licks in hard rock... He made it okay so to speak. This interview and others were popular amongst us who were completely blown away by his prowess and mainly his 'feel'
Thanks for posting this for us, Jas!!!
Great stuff Jas! I hope all is well. Keep em coming. Love the content 🎸
I was friends with his band manager's (Andrew Truman) son. We used to go watch Rising Force rehearse in the san fernando valley (chatsworth). I cherished that mag cover, wish I still had my copy. Thanks for this, unreal.
That COVER PICTURE !!! Brings back DECADES of memories. Thanks !
Thanks for posting these!!
I still have that magazine …
This is great !
Love your Podcast and Love Listening to these Interviews !
Looking forward to more !
Thanks !
Fantastic stuff! I got a chance to interview Yngwie in the early 2000's. A lot of people have said mean things about him but he was nothing of the sort when I talked to him. He was has his vision and follows it.
Great video! 😃
So great to hear this! Thanks!
Great interview unveiled. Thank you!
Thank 😊 yngwie forever one ❤
Thanks recall buying this issue at the time
I remember that cover! Bought that issue. First heard him on LIVE SENTENCE
Amazing interview, thank you🙏🏼
Thank you very much for sharing!
Greetings from Germany, kreuzzer!
RISING FORCE was a LANDMARK Album.....Not just for Yngwie but for ALL rock. Yngwie was right not to be co-opted or absorbed into a band environment...It would have TOTALLY LIMITED him...He needed to break out of that mold to express himself freely. Michael Schenker should have done what Yngwie did earlier too. UFO was restricting him.YNGWIE was INDEED a RISING FORCE.
Right ! A brave and clever choice difficult to sustain. Nonobstant his band does exist so powerful and strong around him and in an osmotic work that it gives him the best environment to express himself, this is why they are realizing such a brilliant team.
I still have that May, 1985 issue of Guitar Player.
My favorite yngwie album ❤
Mine too.
@@TalkingGuitarJasObrecht please post the interviews if any from Trilogy 86! A bit more commercial but In all the right ways!
28:18…the one pictured on the album cover “play loud”, not the duck, and I guess it was destroyed sometime after that Tokyo concert he used it for.
Excellent all the way around great interview. Yngwie seemed quite content with you and i thought he answered all the questions as best he could regardless of any distractions. His answers were so accurately defining and insightful as to who he is! He would probably still to this day answer the same exact way, simply unique to him. He is a legend! Its as if he is a figure from history book that was written into existence. I've always thought he was the spirit of Paganini reincarnated much more so than he is that ass Blackmore. Let's stop with all the attempts at trying to accuse yjm of being a fanboy of rb. Anyway i wish as in other parts of the world yjm got the recognition for his unique and interesting story, I'd love to eventually see a movie about the artist that he is!
So sweet!! Bright Star form the North!!! Viking of my Heart Forevermore"!! I will Always Love you , Yngwie! You stay The Best!!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞💖💖💖💖💖💥💥💫💫❤❤❤❤💯💯💯💖💖💖💖💖💥💥💥👏👏👏👏👏💫💫💫💥❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Awesome
Quite interesting.
Yngwie is genuinely Malmsteen, I like this authenticity of his, actually a very mature speech for such a young artist by that time, completely outside, completely off the beaten track by natural selection of research and self-challenge. it was already possible vislumbrar the current creator.
rather have yngwies blunt honesty than some fake rockstar
@@theYuGiOhseasonzeroguy without a doubt ! The positive point is that true special artistic characters are sufficiently rare inside the masses that recognize them is easy 😉 : they bring something unique as they are.
Thanks for return. There are days when to many things are so heartbreaking . God music is a cure
Ahh come on Jas you didn't get to brass tax..Did he dig ABBA?..kidding. I remember this issue and the Rising Force debut. I was playing pool at a friend's house, and he knew I was guitar guy, at least he thought I was because I could play snippets of VH, Rhoads, Angus etc. Anyway, He said I just got a tape of a guy that plays "classical heavy metal" and wanted me to have it. I was hooked and became a fan of shredders ever since, I think Yngwie was as important as EVH in terms of creating a genera of rock guitar playing. I still wonder if he liked ABBA.
The Moje enigma revealed at last...
Interesting to listen that he had a few hand problems and couldn't play us much as he would like to. And it was before the car accident. I suppose it's something that happens even to the guitar gods once in a while. Great interview!
Yngwie Odinsson Malmsteen. He is his own Mt. Rushmore.
👏 👏
Arrr .......MOJ ......RIP .....I LOVE Cats too actually.
Love the baby in background
They were for sacfrices! To help him unleash the fury ofcourse
the unedited version has like a thousand babies crying
I wonder why hes lying about the DOD250 in all these interviews, 'no its just guitar and amp' :-)
secret weapon back then
he also lies in all his interview when he says that he scalop his guitar after seeing a lute. In an interview from '83 he said that's because Blackmore was doing it and then he changed his speech. It is malmsteen
Most of them lied about their gear back then. Really can't blame them.
@@jfo3000 yes , Yngwie was very young but already smart😀
I read from a tech he also ran a tube screamer in front of the dod on rising Force.
Everyone was dumbfounded when this album came out.