Yngwie Malmsteen
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| Yngwie Malmsteen | |
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 Barcelona, Spain, 2008 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck |
| Also known as | Yngwie J. Malmsteen Lars Y. Loudamp |
| Born | 30 June 1963 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Genres | Heavy metal, neo-classical metal, speed metal, power metal, hard rock, instrumental rock |
| Occupations | Musician, songwriter, producer |
| Instruments | Guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals, sitar, cello |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Labels | Polydor, Polygram, Elektra, Rising Force Records, Universal Music |
| Associated acts | Steeler, Alcatrazz, Rising Force, Hear 'n Aid, G3 |
| Website | Official website |
| Notable instruments | |
| Yngwie Malmsteen Signature Stratocaster | |
Yngwie Johann Malmsteen (/ˈɪŋveɪ ˈmɑːlmstiːn/ ING-vay MAHLM-steen; born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck on 30 June 1963) is a Swedish guitarist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and bandleader. Malmsteen became known for his neo-classical playing style in heavy metal. Steve Huey of Allmusic stated that, "Yngwie Malmsteen is arguably the most technically accomplished hard rock guitarist to emerge during the '80s."[1]
Biography
Early life
Malmsteen was born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck in Stockholm, Sweden, the third child of a musically-talented family.[2]
Malmsteen has stated that Jimi Hendrix had no musical impact on him and didn't contribute to his style, but the fact of watching at age seven the September 18, 1970 TV special where Hendrix smashed and burned his guitar made Malmsteen think: "This is really cool".[3] To quote his official website, "The day Jimi Hendrix died, the guitar-playing Yngwie was born".[4]
At the age of 10 he took his mother's maiden name Malmsten as his surname, slightly changed it to Malmsteen, and Anglicised his third given name Yngve to "Yngwie". Malmsteen created his first band "Track On Earth" at the age of 10, consisting of himself and a friend from school on drums (Armin).
With the passage of time, being a teenager, he got a major influence from classical music, mainly from 19th century violinist composer Niccolò Paganini, and also discovered his most important guitar influence: Ritchie Blackmore.
Uli Jon Roth are also cited as significant influences, as is Brian May of Queen.
Malmsteen has stated that Jimi Hendrix had no musical impact on him and didn't contribute to his style, but the fact of watching at age seven the September 18, 1970 TV special where Hendrix smashed and burned his guitar made Malmsteen think: "This is really cool".[3] To quote his official website, "The day Jimi Hendrix died, the guitar-playing Yngwie was born".[4]
At the age of 10 he took his mother's maiden name Malmsten as his surname, slightly changed it to Malmsteen, and Anglicised his third given name Yngve to "Yngwie". Malmsteen created his first band "Track On Earth" at the age of 10, consisting of himself and a friend from school on drums (Armin).
With the passage of time, being a teenager, he got a major influence from classical music, mainly from 19th century violinist composer Niccolò Paganini, and also discovered his most important guitar influence: Ritchie Blackmore.
Uli Jon Roth are also cited as significant influences, as is Brian May of Queen.
1980s
In early 1982 (at the age of 18), Mike Varney of Shrapnel Records,
who had heard a demo tape of Malmsteen's playing from the 1978 titled
Demo Powerhouse, brought Malmsteen to the U.S. He had brief engagements
with Steeler, for their self-titled album of 1983, then Graham Bonnet's Alcatrazz, for their 1983 debut No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll, and the 1984 live album Live Sentence. Malmsteen released his first solo album Rising Force in 1984, which featured Barrie Barlow of Jethro Tull on drums and keyboard player Jens Johansson.
His album was meant to be an instrumental side-project of Alcatrazz,
but it contained vocals, and Malmsteen left Alcatrazz soon after the
release of Rising Force.
Rising Force won the Guitar Player Magazine's award for Best Rock Album and was nominated for a Grammy for 'Best Rock Instrumental', achieving #60 on the Billboard album chart. Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force (as his band was thereafter known) next released Marching Out (1985). Jeff Scott Soto filled vocal duties on these initial albums. They recruited drummer Anders Johansson and basist Marcel Jacob to record and tour with the band. Marcel left in the middle of a tour and was replaced by Wally Voss. His third album, Trilogy, featuring the vocals of Mark Boals, was released in 1986. Yngwie played the bass on this album himself. In 1987, another singer, former Rainbow vocalist Joe Lynn Turner joined his band as well as Bob Daisley on bass. That year, Malmsteen was in a serious car accident, smashing his V12 Jaguar E-Type
into a tree and putting him in a coma for a week. Nerve damage to his
right hand was reported. During this time, Malmsteen's mother died from
cancer. In the summer of 1988 he released his fourth album Odyssey. Odyssey would be his biggest hit album, mainly because of its first single "Heaven Tonight". Shows in Russia SSSR during the Odyssey tour were recorded, and released in 1989 as his fifth album Trial By Fire: Live in Leningrad. The classic Rising Force lineup with Yngwie, Jens and Anders split in 1989 when Jens joined Dio and Anders Blue Murder.
Malmsteen's Neo-classical-style of metal became popular among some guitarists during the mid 1980s, with contemporaries such as Jason Becker, Paul Gilbert, Marty Friedman, Tony MacAlpine and Vinnie Moore becoming prominent. In late 1988, Malmsteen's signature Fender Stratocaster guitar was released, making him and Eric Clapton the first artists to be honored by Fender.
1990s
In the early 1990s, Malmsteen released the albums Eclipse (1990), The Yngwie Malmsteen Collection (1991), Fire and Ice (1992) and The Seventh Sign
(1994). Despite his early and continuous success in Europe and Asia, by
the early 1990s heavy metal styles such as neoclassical metal and shredding had become out of fashion in the US.
In 1993, Malmsteen's future mother-in-law - who opposed his
engagement to her daughter - had him falsely arrested for holding the
woman hostage with a gun. The charges were dropped.[5] Malmsteen continued to record and release albums under the Japanese record label Pony Canyon,
and maintained a devoted following from fans in Europe and Japan and,
to a lesser extent, in the USA. In 2000 he signed a contract with a US
record label Spitfire, and released his 1990s catalog into the US market
for the first time, including what he regards as his masterpiece, Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra, recorded with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in Prague.
In the mid-90s, Malmsteen released the albums Magnum Opus (1995), Inspiration (1996), Facing the Animal (1997), Double LIVE! (1998) and Alchemy (1999). In 1996, Malmsteen joined forces with former band members Jeff Scott Soto and Marcel Jacob on the Human Clay album where he played lead guitar on the track "Jealousy". He guested with Saxon on the song Denim And Leather on their live album The Eagle Has Landed - Part II. Yngwie recorded a few tracks with his former band members Jens Johansson and Anders Johansson on their album "Johansson/Sonic Winter", called "Enigma suite" and "All opposable thumbs".
2000s
After the release of War to End All Wars in 2000, singer Mark Boals left the band. He was replaced by former Rainbow vocalist Doogie White, whose vocals were well received by fans. In 2003, Malmsteen joined Joe Satriani and Steve Vai as part of the G3 supergroup, a tour showcasing guitar performances. Malmsteen made two guest appearances on keyboardist Derek Sherinian's albums Black Utopia (2003), and Blood of the Snake (2006) where Malmsteen is heard on the same tracks as Al Di Meola and Zakk Wylde. In 2004, Malmsteen made two cameo appearances on Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. In 2005 Unleash the Fury
was released through Spitfire Records. As stated in an issue of "Guitar
World" magazine, he titled this album after an infamous 'airline
incident', which occurred in a flight to Japan during a 1988 tour. He
was drunk and behaving obnoxiously, until he fell asleep and was roused
by a woman pouring a jug of iced water on him. Enraged, he shouted, "You
released the fucking fury!" The audio from this incident was caught on
tape by a fellow band member.[6] Malmsteem says that the name of the album refers to both the energy of the album and the incident.[7] The release of Unleash the Fury was followed by a DVD release of Concerto Suite For Electric Guitar And Orchestra In E Flat Minor, Op. 1 -- With The New Japan Philharmonic Live.
The DVD chronicles Malsteem's first time playing in front of a live
audience with an orchestra, an experience that he describes as “fun but
also extremely scary”.[7]
In 2007, Malmsteen was honored in the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero II. Players can receive the "Yngwie Malmsteen" award by hitting 1000 or more notes in succession.[8] February 2008, saw the replacement of singer Doogie White with former Iced Earth and Judas Priest and current Beyond Fear singer Tim "Ripper" Owens, with whom Malmsteen had once recorded a cover of Ozzy Osbourne's song "Mr. Crowley", for the 2000 Osbourne tribute album Bat Head Soup: A Tribute to Ozzy. The first Malmsteen album to feature Owens is titled Perpetual Flame
and was released on 14 October. On 25 November 2008, Malmsteen had
three of his songs ("Caprici Di Diablo", "Damnation Game", and "Red
Devil") released as downloadable content for the video games Rock Band Rock Band 2 and later Rock Band 3.
In 2008 Malmsteen was a special guest on the VH1 Classic show "That
Metal Show". On 10 March 2009, Malmsteen's label Rising Force has
launched his new release Angels of Love, an instrumental album which features acoustic arrangements of some of his best-known ballads. In August 2009, Time magazine named Malmsteen #9 on its list of the 10 best electric guitar players of all-time.[9] Malmsteen recently released another album compilation entitled High Impact on 8 December 2009.
2010s
On the 23rd of November 2010 Relentless was released, the second album to feature Tim "Ripper" Owens on vocals. The US version features a remake of "Arpeggios From Hell" as a bonus track. Yngwie appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon along with Dana Carvey
on 3 February 2011 to promote his album. On 6 August 2011, Malmsteen
made another appearance in the United States, playing a rendition of Star Spangled Banner before a game between the St. Louis Cardinals and Florida Marlins at Sun Life Stadium.[10]
Although rarely seen in his homecountry Sweden, Malmsteen decided to do one gig in Sweden in 2012. On the 7th of July, he ended the Getaway Rock Festival in Gävle, which he was headlining together with Nightwish and Manowar.
Personal life
Malmsteen is married to April (Ebru Solmaz, born in Istanbul, Turkey)[11][12] and has a son named Antonio after Antonio Vivaldi, and they live in Miami, Florida. A Ferrari enthusiast, Malmsteen owned a black 1985 308 GTS[13] for 18 years before selling it on eBay, and a red 1962 250 GTO.[14] He is also a Rolex enthusiast and is reported to own over 40, including several worth $100,000.
In a 2005 issue of Guitar Player magazine, Malmsteen discussed his
often-ridiculed behavior, saying that, "I've probably made more mistakes
than anybody. But I don't dwell on them. I don't expect people to
understand me, because I'm pretty complex, and I think outside the box
with everything I do. I've always taken the un-traveled path. Obviously,
people have their opinions, but I can't get too wrapped up in that,
because I know what I can do, and I know what kind of person I am. And I
have no control over what anybody says about me. Back in Sweden, I'm
'Mr. Personality' in the tabloids. But, obviously, I can't take that
seriously. I know in my heart that if I do the absolute best I can do,
maybe ten years from now, people may turn around and say, 'He wasn't
that bad.'"[15]
Equipment
Main article: Yngwie Malmsteen Stratocaster
Malmsteen has been a longtime user of Fender Stratocasters.
His most famous Stratocaster is his 1972 blonde Strat, nicknamed "The
Duck" because of its yellow finish and the Donald Duck stickers on the
headstock. An alternative nickname for this guitar is "Play Loud" due to
a sticker on the upper horn of the guitar. Fender made 100 replica
copies of this guitar and marketed it as the "Play Loud Guitar". He also
has a signature Stratocaster. It comes in a Vintage White finish with a
maple neck, either a maple or rosewood fretboard with scalloped frets
and, from 2010, Seymour Duncan STK-S10 YJM "Fury" Model pickups. There
is also a signature YJM100 Marshall amplifier, based on the '1959'
amplifier range.
Malmsteen has stated that he prefers the Stratocaster (from the
period of 1968-1972); he claims that the bigger headstock on these
generates more sustain. Malmsteen customizes his guitars by fitting a
brass nut, removing the middle string tree and scalloping the fretboard.
He previously disconnected the tone controls on his guitars but has
said that he no longer does this. Malmsteen now uses his signature
Seymour Duncan YJM Fury pickups. Before using the YJM's, he used
DiMarzio pickups - most notably the HS3 model and the HS4 model.
Malmsteen would use a HS3 in the bridge and HS4s in the middle and neck
positions. In even earlier recordings, Malmsteen instead used the HS3
model in the neck and bridge positions and a disconnected stock Fender
single coil pickup in the middle.
Malmsteen also plays what looks to be a Godin Multiac Nylon Duet Ambiance classical guitar.
Guitar Rig & Signal Flow
A detailed gear diagram of Yngwie Malmsteen's 1988 guitar rig is well-documented.[16]
Band members
For a more comprehensive list, see List of Yngwie Malmsteen band members.
Current members
- Tim "Ripper" Owens – vocals (2008–present)
- Bjorn Englen – bass (2008–present)
- Patrick Johansson – drums, percussion (2001–present)
- Nick Marino – keyboards (2005–2006, 2010–present)
Discography
Steeler
| Date of Release | Title | Label | Chart positions | US sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Steeler | Shrapnel |
Alcatrazz
| Date of Release | Title | Label | Chart positions | US sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll | Polydor | 128 | |
| Live Sentence | 133 | |||
| 2010 | Live '83 | Deadline | ||
| No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll Tour Live in Japan 1984.1.28 Audio Tracks |
Solo
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE | US | ||
| 1984 | Rising Force
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14 | 60 |
| 1985 | Marching Out
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9 | 54 |
| 1986 | Trilogy
|
18 | 44 |
| 1988 | Odyssey
|
7 | 40 |
| 1989 | Trial by Fire: Live in Leningrad
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| 1990 | Eclipse
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12 | 112 |
| 1992 | Fire and Ice
|
11 | 121 |
| 1994 | The Seventh Sign
|
11 | — |
| 1994 | I Can't Wait EP
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| 1995 | Magnum Opus
|
17 | — |
| 1996 | Inspiration
|
35 | — |
| 1997 | Facing the Animal
|
39 | — |
| 1998 | Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra
|
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| 1998 | Double Live
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| 1999 | Alchemy
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| 2000 | War to End All Wars
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— | — |
| 2002 | Attack!!
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| 2002 | The Genesis
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| 2004 | G3: Rockin' in the Free World
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| 2005 | Unleash the Fury
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| 2008 | Perpetual Flame
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52 | — |
| 2009 | Angels of Love
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52 | — |
| 2010 | Relentless
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| 2012 | Spell Bound
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