Yngwie Malmsteen
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[Edit]Yngwie Malmsteen is arguably the most technically accomplished hard rock guitarist to emerge during the '80s. Combining a dazzling technique honed over years of obsessive practice with a love for such classical composers as Bach, Beethoven, and Paganini, Malmsteen's distinctively Baroque, gothic compositional style and lightning-fast arpeggiated solos rewrote the book on heavy metal guitar. His largely instrumental debut album, Rising Force, immediately upped the ante for aspiring hard rock guitarists and provided the major catalyst for the '80s guitar phenomenon known as "shredding," in which the music's main focus was on impossibly fast, demanding licks rather than songwriting. Malmsteen released a series of albums over the course of the '80s that, aside from slight differences in approach and execution, were strongly similar to Rising Force, and critics charged him with showing little artistic progression. He was also reviled as an egotist whose emphasis on blazing technique ultimately made for boring, mechanical, masturbatory music with no room for subtlety or emotion. Malmsteen responded by insisting that since he was already playing music he loved, he had no desire to develop any further, and that his love did come through in his playing. He also vehemently insisted that it was his imitators, not him, who reduced songwriting and composition to merely generic vehicles to show off the guitar player's amazing technique. Toward the end of the decade, Malmsteen fell out of favor with metal audiences, and even some of his musician fan base seemed to tire of him and the incredible amount of practice it would take for them to emulate him. Following a series of personal setbacks, tragedies, and even injuries, Malmsteen eventually resurfaced on small, independent labels and then recorded at a prolific, rapid pace, continuing to play the music he loved in his patented neo-classical style.
Yngwie (pronounced "ING-vay") Malmsteen was born Lars Johann Yngwie Lannerback in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1963, later adopting his mother's maiden name following his parents' divorce. He was an unruly child, and his mother tried without initial success to interest him in music as an outlet. However, when seven-year-old Yngwie saw a television special on the death of Jimi Hendrix featuring live performance footage of Hendrix setting his guitar on fire, he became obsessed with the guitar, learning to play the music of both Hendrix and favorites Deep Purple. Through Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore's use of diatonic minor scales over simple blues riffs, Malmsteen was led toward classical music, and his sister exposed him to composers like Bach, Beethoven, Vivaldi, and Mozart. He spent hours practicing obsessively until his fingers bled, and by age ten, his mother allowed him to stay home from school to develop his musical talents, particularly since he was considered a behavioral nightmare. Also at age ten, Malmsteen became enamored of the music of 19th century violinist/composer Niccolo Paganini, as well as Paganini's flamboyant style and wild-man image; this would provide the blueprint for Malmsteen's synthesis of classical music and rock. By the time he was 18, Malmsteen was playing around Sweden with various bands attempting to find an audience for his technically staggering instrumental explorations, but most listeners preferred more accessible pop music; frustrated, Malmsteen sent demo tapes to record companies overseas. When Mike Varney, president of Shrapnel Records — a label synonymous with the term "shredder" — heard Malmsteen's tape, he invited the guitarist to come to the United States and join the band Steeler in 1981.
Steeler recorded one album with Malmsteen on guitar, but dissatisfied with the band's rather generic style, Malmsteen moved on to the group Alcatrazz, whose Deep Purple and Rainbow influences better suited the guitarist's style. Still not quite satisfied, Malmsteen formed his own band, Rising Force, with longtime friend and keyboardist Jens Johansson. The new band's first album, also called Rising Force, was released in 1984; it was a largely instrumental affair spotlighting Malmsteen's incendiary guitar work and Johansson's nearly equally developed technique. The album was an immediate sensation in guitar circles, winning countless reader's polls in guitar magazines, reaching number 60 on Billboard's album chart (no mean feat for an instrumental album), and receiving a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. Malmsteen's subsequent albums, Marching Out and Trilogy, also sold quite well and consolidated his reputation and influence as a composer as well as a soloist. However, on June 22, 1987, a speeding Malmsteen crashed his Jaguar into a tree; in breaking the steering wheel with his head, he received a blood clot in his brain that nearly killed him and extensively damaged the nerves leading to his picking hand. In the course of recovery, he learned that his mother had died and that his manager had swindled him out of his earnings. Undaunted, Malmsteen regained the use of his hand and recorded Odyssey, his most accessible, radio-friendly collection to date; the single "Heaven Tonight" widened his audience beyond a devoted core of guitar fans and helped push the album into Billboard's Top 40. Following a world tour including the then-Soviet Union, the Rising Force unit disbanded and Malmsteen formed a new band in his native Sweden for 1990's Eclipse. The album was a success in Europe and Japan, but stiffed in the U.S. without much promotion.
An angry Malmsteen left PolyGram and, prior to the release of 1992's Fire and Ice, he was married to and divorced from a Swedish pop singer. Fire and Ice debuted at number one on the Japanese charts, and Malmsteen toured the world again. However, disaster struck frequently over the next two years. Hurricane Andrew destroyed Malmsteen's Miami property; his manager of four years died of a heart attack; Elektra dropped him from their roster; a freak accident left the guitarist with a broken hand, in addition to frequent bouts of tendinitis caused by his lightning technique; and in August 1993, Malmsteen's future mother-in-law, opposed to his engagement to her daughter, had him falsely arrested for holding the woman hostage with a gun. The charges were quickly dropped, and Malmsteen secured a deal with the Japanese label Pony Canyon after his hand had healed completely. He returned to recording with a vengeance, releasing The Seventh Sign in 1994, as well as two mini-albums (Power and Glory and I Can't Wait), and then Magnum Opus in 1995 and the all-covers album Inspiration in 1996.
After several years in near obscurity, Malmsteen returned to the headlines in 2002, after a fellow airline passenger threw water on him after he allegedly made a slanderous comment about homosexuals. This incensed Malmsteen, who had to be escorted away by security, all the while screaming to the passenger that she had "unleashed the f*cking fury." This stint proved to be so popular in revitalizing his career that his comeback album in 2005 appropriated the phrases as its title. While his popularity has largely faded in the U.S. due to a backlash against the excesses of '80s shredders, Malmsteen still finds audiences in Europe and is more popular in Japan and Asia than ever. Instru-Mental was released in February 2007.
Title: Trial By Fire: Live In Leningrad
Artist: Joe Lynn Turner, Yngwie Malmsteen, Barry Dunaway
Genre: Heavy Metal, Classical
Title: The Best Of / 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection
Artist: Yngwie Malmsteen
Genre: Rock
Title: The Yngwie Malmsteen Collection
Artist: Yngwie Malmsteen
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal
Title: Live in Leningrad: Trial by Fire
Artist: Yngwie Malmsteen
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal
Title: G3 Live - Rockin' In the Free World
Artist: Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen
Genre: Rock
Title: Eclipse Double Pack (CD1)
Artist: Yngwie Malmsteen
Genre: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Alternative
Title: Eclipse Double Pack (CD2)
Artist: Yngwie Malmsteen
Genre: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Alternative
Title: Power And Glory-Takada’s Theme (3” Single)
Artist: Yngwie Malmsteen
Genre: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Alternative
Title: Angels of Love
Artist: Yngwie Malmsteen
Genre: New Age, Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal, Alternative, Instrumental
Collections
Title: Rock of Ages: Hard Rock Hits of the '80s
Genre: Rock
Title: 150 '80s Hair Metal Under Cover Hits
Genre: Rock
Title: Classic Rock Masters
Genre: Rock
Title: Guitar Gods - The Classic Rock Anthems
Genre: Rock
Title: A Salute To Aerosmith
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Title: Ultimate '80s Hair Metal
Genre: Rock
Title: Guitar Shredders
Genre: Rock
Title: Hair Metal In Covers, Vol. 3
Genre: Rock
Title: Hair Metal Mania
Genre: Rock
Title: This Is Guitar Gods
Genre: Rock
Title: 100 Hair Metal Anthems
Genre: Rock
Title: Songs Performed By American Idols
Genre: Pop
Title: This is '80s Hair Metal (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Rock
Title: Radio Waves of the 80's - Rock Hits
Genre: Rock
Title: Tribute to Aerosmith: Not the Same Old Song and Dance
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Pop
Title: Hair Metal Greatest Power Ballad Covers
Genre: Rock
Title: Hair Metal In Covers
Genre: Rock
Title: '80s Monster Ballads (Re-Recorded)
Genre: Rock
Title: This Is Metal
Title: This Is Metal
Genre: Rock
Title: 80s Hair Metal Ball
Genre: Rock
Title: Rock Star Guitar Heroes
Genre: Rock
Title: Trailer Park Rock Hits
Genre: Rock
Title: Melodic Ballads
Genre: Pop
Title: Butchering the Beatles - A Headbashing Tribute
Genre: Rock
Title: Hard N' Heavy
Genre: Rock
Title: This Is Guitar Gods, Vol. 2
Genre: Rock
Title: This Is Rock Anthems
Genre: Rock
Title: G3: Rockin' In The Free World
Genre: Rock, Instrumental Rock
Title: Guitar Rock Heroes CD1
Genre: Pop
Title: Guitar Heaven Vol. 2 (CD1)
Genre: Metal
Title: Heavy Instrumentals Vol. 2
Genre: Heavy Metal, Instrumental
Title: Another Shot Of Rock Old Skool Of Rock
Genre: Rock, Glam Rock, Thrashcore, Punk, Alternative Metal, Doom Metal, Heavy Metal
Title: 100 Best Guitar Solos (CD2)
Genre: Rock
Title: 100 Best Rock Hits (CD2)
Genre: Rock
Title: 100 Best Rock Hits (CD4)
Genre: Rock
Title: Gold Guitar Solos
Genre: Rock
Title: Countdown Rock Ballads (CD01)
Genre: Rock
Title: A Tribute To Smoke On The Wate (CD1)
Genre: Blues, Rock, Hard Rock, Instrumental Rock, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Dancefloor, Samba
Title: Guitar Idols (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Title: Hard Rock Gold (CD1)
Genre: Rock
Title: Top 100 Rock Hits (CD1)
Genre: Rock
Title: Top 100 Rock Hits (CD2)
Genre: Rock
Title: Baladas Heavy De La Emision Pirata
Genre: Rock
Title: Guitar Heaven Vol. 1 (CD1)
Genre: Rock
Title: HEART ROCK (CD6)
Genre: Rock
Title: The Best Romantic Rock Music 80's (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll, Metal, Heavy Metal, World Music, Pop, Pop Rock, Retro
Title: Hastag Baladas 3
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Title: The Finest Of Hard Rock Vol. 2 (CD2)
Genre: Rock
Title: V Halen Tributo
Genre: Metal
Title: Metal-Hard Rock Covers 004
Title: Metal-Hard Rock Covers 009
Genre: Rock
Title: Metal-Hard Rock Covers 232
Genre: Industrial, Metal, Heavy Metal, Pop
Title: Metal-Hard Rock Covers 261
Genre: Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Pop Rock
Featuring albums
Title: Odyssey
Artist: Yngwie J. Malmsteen'S Rising Force
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal
Title: Marching Out
Artist: Yngwie J. Malmsteen'S Rising Force
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal
Title: Rock Of Ages - Hard Rock Hits Of The '80s
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal
Title: This Is '80s Hair Metal
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal, Pop
Title: Flying High Again - The World's Greatest Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal
Title: Hard Rock
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Punk Rock, Heavy Metal, Theatre/Soundtrack