Yngwie Malmsteen

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Born Lars Johan Malmsteen (born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck; 30 June 1963) is a Swedish guitarist, singer, composer, and bandleader.

Malmsteen first became well-known in the 1980s for his neoclassical metal playing style in heavy metal, and he has released 20 studio albums in a career spanning almost 40 years.

Malmsteen was ranked 7th among the top electric guitar players of all time by Time magazine in 2009.

Early life

Malmsteen was born in Stockholm, Sweden, as the third child of a musical family. Malmsteen formed Track on Earth, a youth band made up of himself and a colleague from school who played the drums. He took his mother's maiden name Malmsten as his surname, then marginally changed it to Malmsteen and changed his third given name Yngve to "Yngwie" at age 12. He was heavily influenced by classical music as a youth, particularly 19th-century Italian virtuoso violinist and composer Niccoltuo Paganini, as well as Johann Sebastian Bach. Ritchie Blackmore, his most prominent guitar influence, was also discovered during this period. Jimi Hendrix had no musical influence on him and did not contribute to his style, according to Malmsteen. However, watching Hendrix's death on television on September 18, 1970, which included videos of Hendrix smashing and blowing his guitar at the Montey Pop Festival of 1967, made him cry, "This is really cool."

Personal life

Malmsteen was married to Swedish singer Erika Norberg (1991-1992) and was later married to Amber Dawn Landin (1993-1998). Since 1999, he has been married to April Malmsteen, with whom he has a son named Antonio after Antonio Vivaldi. The family now lives in Miami Shores, Florida.

Malmsteen, a Ferrari enthusiast, owned a black 1983 GTS for 24 years before selling it on eBay, as well as a 1962 250 GTO.

Malmsteen wrote about his often-ridiculed behavior in a 2005 issue of Guitar Player magazine, saying that, "I've probably made more mistakes than anyone." However, I don't dwell on them. Since I'm so complicated, I don't expect people to understand me, and I think outside the box with everything I do. I've always followed the untraveled route. Naturally, people have their opinions, but I can't get too involved in that because I know what I can do and what kind of person I am. And I have no control over what anyone says about me. I'm 'Mr Personality' in the tabloids, but apparently I can't take it seriously. I know that if I do the absolute best I can do, ten years from now, people will look back and say, 'he wasn't all bad.'

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Career

Mike Varney of Shrapnel Records, who had seen a demo tape of Malmsteen's playing from the 1978 demo titled Powerhouse, brought Malmsteen to the United States in early 1982. On its 1983 self-titled album, he appeared briefly with the Steelers. He appeared with Graham Bonnet in the band Alcatrazz in 1983, the group's debut No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll and the 1984 live album Live Sentence. Bonnet and Malmsteen feuded over who was the frontman and had a brawl at a show. Malmsteen was shot on the spot from Alcatrazz and replaced by Steve Valiant. For the continuing tour, Valiant had one day to learn the songs. Malmsteen's debut in 1984, with Barrie Barlow of Jethro Tull on drums and keyboard player Jens Johansson. His album was supposed to be an Alcatrazz service, but it didn't have vocalist Jeff Scott Soto and Malmsteen's debut, leaving Alcatrazz shortly after the debut of Rising Force.

Rising Force received the Guitar Player's award for Best Rock Album and was nominated for a Grammy Award for 'Best Rock Instrumental,' earning no. The Billboard album chart has a 60th place on it. Rising Force of Yngwie J. Malmsteen (as his band was then known) was released Marching Out (1985). Jens Johansson's brother Anders joined the band to play drums and bassist Marcel Jacob on tour and tour. Jacob was stranded on tour and was brought back by Wally Voss. Malmsteen's third album, Trilogy, featuring Mark Boals' vocals (and Malmsteen on both guitar and bass), was released in 1986. Boals left the band mid-season and was replaced by Jeff Scott Soto, a former entertainer. Since Malmsteen was involved in a serious car accident, he was put in a tree, he was in a coma for a week. Nerve damage to his right hand had been revealed. Malmsteen's mother died of cancer during this period. Ex Rainbow vocalist Joe Lynn Turner joined the band, as well as session bassist Bob Daisley, who was hired to record some bass parts and help with the lyrics. He made his fourth album Odyssey in April 1988. Odyssey was his most well-received album, in large part due to the success of its first single, "Heaven Tonight." Shows in the Soviet Union during the Odyssey tour were recorded and released in 1989 as a fifth album Trial by Fire in Leningrad. When both Anders and Jens left, the original Rising Force line-up with Malmsteen and the Johansson brothers was dissolving in 1989. Jens joined Dio as a keyboardist replacing keyboardist Claude Schnell a year later.

Malmsteen's neoclassical metal style became popular among guitarists during the 1980s, with contemporaries such as Jason Becker, Paul Gilbert, Tony MacAlpine, and Vinnie Moore becoming popular. Malmsteen's signature Fender Stratocaster guitar was unveiled in late 1988, making him and Eric Clapton the first artists to be honoured by Fender.

Malmsteen released two albums, Eclipse (1990) and Fire & Ice (1992), along with singer Göran Edman (1994) and Magnum Opus (1995), which featured former Loudness singer Mike Vescera. Despite his early and continuing success in Europe and Asia, heavy metal styles like neoclassical metal and shredding had gone out of style in the United States by the early 1990s, including neoclassical metal and shredding.

Around 1993, Malmsteen's future mother-in-law, who opposed his marriage to her daughter, was arrested for reportedly holding her daughter hostage with a pistol. The charges were later dismissed, but they were not withdrawn. Malmsteen's success continued to record and release albums under the Japanese record label Pony Canyon, as well as in the United States' less popular following.

Malmsteen released Inspiration (1996), a live recording of three of his former artists Soto, Boals, and Turner, Facing the Animal (1997), a three-part compilation containing Mats Levén on vocals and Cozy Powell on drums, as well as a live recording Double Live! (1998) and another studio album Alchemy (1999), with Mark Boals on vocals.

Malmsteen formed the "Human Clay" album in 1996, where he performed lead guitar on the track "Jealousy" and joined forces with former band members Jeff Scott Soto and Marcel Jacob. Yngwie recorded guitar solos for two different Deep Purple tribute albums, "Smoke on the Water" and "Black Night – Deep Purple Tribute," both on the same year, using the alias "Lars Y. Loudamp" to avoid contractual disputes. On their live album The Eagle Has Landed – Part II (released in 1997). He appeared with Saxon on the song Denim And Leather. On his album Johansson/Sonic Winter, Yngwie recorded the songs "Enigma suite" and "All opposing thumbs" with his former band members Jens Johansson and Anders Johansson later this year.

For the first time, he signed a deal with Spitfire Records in the United States and published his 1990s catalog, which included what he considers his masterpiece, Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra, which was recorded with the Czech Philharmonic in Prague.

Mark Boals, a singer who appeared in War to End All Wars in 2000, left the band after the band's debut in War to End All Wars in 2000. Former Rainbow vocalist Doogie White, whose vocals were well received by fans, was swapped for him by former Rainbow vocalist Doogie White. Malmsteen joined Joe Satriani and Steve Vai in 2003 as part of the G3 supergroup, a tour showcasing guitar performances. Malmsteen appeared on keyboardist Derek Sherinian's albums Black Utopia (2003) and Blood of the Snake (2006), where Malmsteen appears on the same tracks as Al Di Meola and Zakk Wylde. Malmsteen made two cameo appearances on Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, in 2004. Spitfire Records first introduced Unleash the Fury in 2005. He titled this album after an infamous 'airline incident' on a flight to Japan during a 1988 tour, as he explained in a "Guitar World" magazine issue. He was inebriated and behaving obnoxiously when he collapsed asleep and was roused by a woman pouring a jug of iced water on him. "You've unleashed the fucking ferocy," the enraged king yelled. A fellow band member caught this footage on tape. Malmsteen claims that the album's name refers to both the energy of the song and the event. The unveiling of Unleash the Fury was followed by the publication of Concerto Suite For Electric Guitar And Orchestra in E Flat Minor, Op. 1 – Live at The New Japan Philharmonic Festival. Malmsteen's first time performing with an orchestra on a live audience with an orchestra is chronicled on DVD, an experience that he describes as "fun but also traumatic."

Malmsteen was honoured in the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero II in 2007. By hitting 1000 or more notes in a row, players will receive the "Yngwie Malmsteen" award. For the 2000 Osbourne tribute album "Mr. Crowley," singer Doogie White was replaced by former Iced Earth and Judas Priest, and current Beyond Fear singer Tim "Ripper" Owens, with whom Malmsteen had previously performed a tribute to Ozzy Osbourne. Perpetutive Flame, Owens' first Malmsteen album, was released on October 4th. Malmsteen's three songs ("Caprici Di Diablo," "Damnation Game," and "Red Devil") were among his "downloadable content" for Rock Band Rock Band 2 and later Rock Band 3.

Malmsteen appeared on "That Metal Show" for the VH1 Classic in 2008. Angels of Love, Malmsteen's all-instrumental album, on March 10, 2009, contained acoustic interpretations of some of his best-known ballads. Malmsteen No. 1 appeared in Time magazine in August 2009. On its list of the ten top electric guitar players of all time, 9 numbers rank No. 9 on its list of the ten best electric guitar players of all time. On December 8, 2009, Malmsteen's High Impact album collection was released.

Tim "Ripper" Owens, the second album to feature Relentless on vocals, was released on November 23, 2010. As a bonus track, the US version included a reversal of "Arpeggios From Hell." Yngwie performed on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on February 3rd to promote his album. Malmsteen appeared in the United States for the second time on August 6, 2011; he appeared on "The Star-Spangled Banner" before a game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Florida Marlins at Sun Life Stadium. Malmsteen appeared in Sweden for the first time in his hometown country, Sweden, but he appeared in one performance there in 2012. He attended the Getaway Rock Festival in Gävle on July 7, which he was headlining with Nightwish and Manowar. Malmsteen's album Spellbound was released on December 5th, 2012. Relentless, Yngwie's official autobiography, was published in 2013.

Malmsteen performed his "Guitar Gods 2014 Tour" at the F.M. on June 12, 2014. Former Guns N' Roses guitarist Bumblefoot and guitarist Gary Hoey appear at the Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, alongside former Guns N' Roses guitarist Bumblefoot and guitarist Gary Hoey. Malmsteen was in the studio working on a new album in February 2015. Malmsteen was one of five guitarists on the Generation Axe tour in April and May 2016.

Malmsteen has signed with Mascot Records in 2018, with a new studio album due the following year. Malmsteen released Blue Lightning, a blues rock album with mainly covers, with Malmsteen's virtuoso playing.

As Malmsteen was quoted:

Yngwie Malmsteen's "Paganini-referencing" track "Wolves at the Door" was announced on May 8th, 2021. Malmsteen had more time to record the album and was "impressed with the results," since COVID-19 restrictions barred touring.

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