Not talking anything away from him, truly. But if I worked to become as good at anything as he is at guitar playing, I would likely have no fear of going all out to achieve a career with it.
People say he's arrogant, but after watching few interviews he doesn't sound arrogant to me, only confident based on the dedication and belief he put into it.
I think it's mix, because some things he has said and doe are flat out arrogant but he definitely it's confident in himself because what he has made of himself after taking such a risk
Yngwie never disappoints in his frankness. Most people can't grasp Yngwie's blend of "rock star" and music theory and usually label him arrogant. He came from a place that he could shred and then explain how he was playing a diminished passage in 64th-notes. No rock/metal guitarist was talking like that at the time and people couldn't process that. Like him or hate him, his contribution to the world of guitar is undeniable. All the best from the Bay Area. MK
@ndjfksnwvehsbdjckvkkfss Some people enjoy his blending of classical motif with metal flair. His vibrato and arppegio passages, as well as his use of pedal point and Harmonic Minor, became mandatory techniques for the shred club. As for "bad", some people enjoy the monotonous droning of a Clapton or other over-hyped players like Page and Hendrix. That's what makes music so wonderful. To each their own.
He hasn't contributed anything. Except ruining the image of shred guitar. He is most certainly NOT the only guitarist of his time, who knows music theory. That is just a lie!
This man is a living legend, anyone who speaks foul about him has no idea what he has done, or simply how amazing he is as a guitar player. Yes, he's fast, but Yngwie also has amazing phrasing and incredible string bending and vibrato skills. This guy grew up on Hendrix, you can bet your ass he's a beast blues player as well, even though that's not what he plays usually. He's Yngwie for a reason. He's inspired hundreds of thousands of guitar players. Man is a legend. All my respect to him.
Ronoc Nosduh Yea, he is. But there are many other people who can get trough life beeing a dick. What's up with all the elites who are kind if controlling us ? Is anyone thinking on hating on them too?
@@insidethemusicalmind7207 for sure, watch rising force in tokyo 85, theres a lot of nods to evh there. you know theres lots of respect between them. yngwie is the homie tho
I think Yngwie has gotten a bit more humble over the years. He seems to be a bit more grateful and appreciative of his accomplishments rather than “I’m awesome, I deserve this.” Nice to see.
He wasn't wrong though. He had pride and confidence in his work and his artistic view of pushing the limits. Just like queen. They didn't "play by the rules". Freddy mercury was the same as him. He didn't want to just do one thing, one style, knew he could do more as an artist and entertainer. Aka didn't want to be bored and stuck in one format. Both amazing artists in their own rite. Difference was He could literally play solo by himself and did shows anywhere. Mercury needed a band, specifically his band, he couldn't go with random he needed people that were also artistic to bounce shit off of and write stuff. Yngwie can tell a story with nothing at all but his guitar. Thats the difference between the other legends and him which imo puts him over the top.
Most musicians are misunderstood...a lot of people said was difficult to work with, but look at how he started and is still going strong....and it is great to see him still prefroming
Anyone who plays guitar knows, this guy is a phenomenon. No further analysis needed. Time has it's own way of convincing us, and of making us understand the things we previously couldn't understand.
Saw Yngwie back in the day open for AC/DC in Biloxi MS. talk about a juxtaposition. Once Yngwie finished his set it was impossible for me to stay and enjoy anything that Angus was playing. I mean if you ever see AC/DC Angus do a solo with crowd participation he hits like 3 notes then the crowd would yell, 3 more notes, crowd yells. I couldn't take it. I just witnessed Malmsteen rip through like 20 notes in the same time Angus was hitting 3 notes.. My mind couldn't take it so I left mid set of AC/DC. Yngwie was phenomenal!!!! Everything about his show was amazing. Yngwie would throw the guitar up over his shoulder around his back and it would end up back in playing position like it was nothing and not missing ANY notes... Amazing!! It was like Hendrix and Paganini had a baby and called it Yngwie Malmsteen..
Nice, Yngwie is actually a solid guy, down to earth, and true to himself... so much hatred pointed toward him for things that other people would get away with un-reproached.
I absolutely love the Yngwie we have, I wouldn't want him any other way than the total character that he is. And who can deny his virtuosity? If you dropped as many jaws as that dude has how can you not reek an air of confidence.
a stigma has followed him since the 80s when he was VERY full of himself and wasn't very good at expressing himself in English well. Over the years he's become "a little" more humble.
im definitely not a fan of people saying"im not a fan of @@##$$ but" it fucking pisses me off,if you arent a fan then go take a flying leap. we arent married to you ,you arent blowing us,im not your family and there's no connection so why do you feel like its necessary to tell the world what you are or arent a fan of??? keep it to yourself and your immediate family,dont tell the world "hey im not a fan of this but"
why are you here then,im curious? i dont go to gay bars and say"i dont like homosexuals or anything they do but they are inspiring"do you see how your comment is kind of idiotic and irrelevant in this context?im giving you a metaphorical comparison so you understand were you went into the "nonsense zone"
Yngwie isn't quite sure what he has done for music, but what he has done is he brought technique to the guitar. He brought an extremely refined, classical level of excellence, to the guitar technique. Without that technique guitarists could not reach the levels they do today. It must have been hammered out in his family of classically trained musicians. He saw and heard the refined and disciplined practice. His perfectly refined picking in the right hand, the economy of motion, the machine like perfection of his left hand in the scales and arpeggios, allowed him to push the guitar to new heights. His genius, and his gift, is in his technique. If you look at the generation of Jimmy Page et al the right hand technique wasn't developed, but now look at Paul Gilbert, John Petruci, Joe Satriani. They all have hammered and polished the technique that allows them to push to the limits.
Agreed....he was the first....the pioneer. I bought that first Steeler album as soon as it hit the music store shelves. I remember being amazed at what I was hearing. I graduated high school in 1982...I was smack in the middle of the metal scene. Grew up on great guitarist throughout the late 70's then into the 80's.....and believe me, there was nobody like him at that time. Nobody had married classical to metal like he was doing. You would occasionally hear hints of it from guys like Richie Blackmore, but nobody went balls out neo-classical metal like Yngwie. There have been many great guitarist, but only a handful of transcendent guitarist..and Yngwie was the latter. This small handful of transcendent guitarist changed the way everyone played raised the standard for rock/metal guitar. It started with Hendrix to Van Halen to Yngwie.
People call him jerk because the thing with Yngwie is that very few people (or maybe no one) actually understands his stuff from music to his behavior; I, for one, do enjoy most of his music but it becomes really repetitive and whatnot but then again that's me and my musical ignorance, however I do recognize that Yngwie's stuff is a great milestone for metal music as we know it today.
Yes. People are mixed up. Eddie Van Halen was an actual jerk to many for most of his famous life. That part was ignored because he had a boyish smile for MTV videos. Yngwie had two incidents: the dough nut one and the unleash the fury one. The latter one involved an arrogant woman. The envy over Yngwie by many is to 10. The guy created contemporary metallic rock whether neoclassical metal or melodic metal. Every legit metal since the late 1980s derives from Yngwie. Sure, he did not invent tapping, but then again, neither did Eddie Van Halen. John Du Cann (Atomic Rooster) was two-handed tapping live in 1971.
Ruben De La Rosa I've always wondered why they both have not played together. I'm sure at some point they met but there are no pics or videos of them meeting. Same with Blackmoore.
@@JoseFuentes-fn3dl Dude I've been asking that for decades! I can't believe Eddie hasn't jammed with Yngwie or Steve Vai. Eddie has recorded with Brian May, Michael Jackson, Steve Lukather, jammed with the David Letterman band, jammed on Saturday Night Live, etc...
3:35 I love it when he appreciates the question being thrown at him and answers it in a very articulate and casual manner. Sam literally did his homework in this interview.
@@jbblue1970 sounds about right...saw that show as well and I believe he and the band sounded far better than the next six times I saw him over the years.
@@thehathouse I had tickets to Yngwie/Dio for myself and a buddy from work back then. It was supposed to be at the Nassau coliseum on long island NY and when we arrived at the parking lot expecting to see thousands of metal heads partying we only saw 4 dudes throwing a frisbee around. When we pulled up to them and asked them where is everybody they told us that they didn't sell enough tickets for the coliseum and they moved the show to a club in NYC. It was the days before the internet and news travelled slowly cause we never got the message the had been moved to a smaller venue about 30 miles away in NYC traffic 😀 i never got to see either band
I have long thought that the "virtuoso guitar" players of the world, their fan base is probably almost entirely other musicians, and more specifically guitar players. First off, one thing I learned after getting good at guitar is that nobody cares how fast you can play UNLESS they play themselves. Doesn't have to be guitar necessarily, but musicians respect their ability more than your average music fan or whatever. It's a limiting factor for musicians. If I told you Billy Corgan from The Smashing Pumpkins is actually on a technical level one of the best guitar players in the world, you'd probably roll your eyes, not believing me. He's a lot better at guitar than most people realize, but that's just because he also learned that nobody cares about fast playing -- the average music fan just likes good sounding music. He INTENTIONALLY toned it back down and focused on writing good music instead, but occasionally you can get a glimpse of his real technical ability during guitar solos.
Ha. Funny. The bottom line is we all speak differently. Malmsteen is a benchmark for sure. Great player. Keep at it Mike. Feel your music that you make. Passion brother. Reach inside yourself.
Watching Yngwie doesn't remind me I suck at guitar, he's a rock star and guitar god so that's to be expected. It's the 6-year-old Japanese school girl shredding complex arpeggios on a guitar twice as big as herself that really makes me understand how much I suck at guitar.
I still can't. I try. But fuck. You really need some serious stamina to play his shit. Really really technical and just rhythmically very very challenging. Good to learn off of for sure but still. It takes fucking YEARES to get good as him. YEARS.
Seriously?! 10 year old japanese girls can play his songs flawlessly on youtube. Also, Uli Jon Roth was doing the whole Neoclassical shredding thing 10 years before. Not to mention, Paul Gilbert and Jason Becker surpassed anything Douchengvie ever composed,just a couple of years later.
The way I managed not to have “enormous respect” for him has to do with me learning about what kind of guy he is. He goes after people who have any negative criticism about his music. This includes a 17-year-old youtube Creator. A minor. If people don’t praise him to the skies, he will have their videos taken down.
I don't know if anyone here notices this - but Yngwie's attitude is actually pretty humble. He didn't talk about records sold, albums made, people he has worked with or whatever money he's made - he feels that his reward is that people give a crap and that the music has meant so much to so many for so long. That is a very others centered attitude - he could have said a million different things but he shows gratefulness for his position. that is really cool.
Yngwie was a groundbreaking guitarist, when he hit the scene back in the day! Those Alcatrazz, then Rising Force solos and chord structure dropped many collective jaws in the hard rock/metal realm!
I’m an occasional rock consumer, but I’m a musician and I must say, I really respect Yngwie Malmsteen. He’s the first rockstar that I’ve heard say, “I got into this because of the music.” He truly loves the music, he loves playing the guitar, he’s a total music freak, and that’s how it must be. Total respect for this guy.
+epic103 hell is not a cool Place. It's very hot 'n please don't go in there. Jesus Christ really wants to save u. Actually He loves u so much amen. God Bless:}
deep quote by a guy who likes being his way rather than opening to different life situations whenever the wind moves u. hes great at concrete success but he isnt a heart for another hearts, he cares much more about his own always. smart guy btw, and brave person indeed, excesses and flaws aside. i love his passion towards performing. titanic gift his passion is. imho
Never saw Yngwie before in an interview. Thanks for posting this. His clarity of self and purpose along with dedication to his craft merged with his sense of non-compromise in playing "more" is inspiring and encouraging. Cheers!
Yngwie is clearly a metal musician who pursued constant improvement through passionate practice and love of the music above all else. He became so good due to the urge to always progress and improve. It's clear that he prioritizes the study of all the complexities, intricacies, and theory of music. As another guitarist who can't stop thinking about the endless possibilities waiting dormant within a guitar fretboard and always strives to improve, I relate. Talented, authentic guitarist.
I expected him to be a bit egotistical. Glad to see he wasn’t. He’s an amazing musician and it’s great to see he’s humble and amazed to be where he’s at. Hard work pays off 🤘
I didn’t get that vibe at all. The interviewer was simply asking questions based on what actually yngwie did and accomplished as a guitarist and wanted to know if it was that premeditated or not. Didn’t get an egotistical bait questionnaire as you imply
To all the Yngwie haters.....jealousy is not very becoming of you. I've only been to two Yngwie concerts. At one, I got to meet him before the concert and after at the other one. And he was very gracious and appreciative of his fans. Sure, he may have made a bit of an ass of himself on occasion during his drinking days. But let the press follow you around as much as him and you'd be picked apart too. Great interview!
When do you ever hear about malmsteen in the press? Lol he's pretty irrelevant in pop culture and only guitar fanatics and metal heads even know who he is.
Spoken like a true, still wet behind the ears, no hair on his nuts, snot nosed kid. Malmsteen took a style of playing that was pretty much underground, perfected it and shot it to the forefront. More articles were written about him and more interviews were done with him than any other guitarist of the time. He inspired probably millions to practice their asses off to be as precise as they could on their guitars. So for you to call a legend like Malmsteen irrelevant just shows your lack of knowledge. It's like calling Hendrix irrelevant. Now, go away and let the adults have a conversation here son.
My favorite Yngwie interview .This is him just being himself... He is about being himself and the best he could possibly be. most people are intimidated and bash him as arrogent.Yes and NO .. Its not bragging if you can back it up
william chiusano who is bashing him?he's bashing others like Kirk hammett and other guitarists because he believes they are inferior to him.read the interview he has done asking him about others stupid.
I remember when he went on his first tour in the US, he came to Dallas on Greenville Ave. and it was so full, you couldn't find a place to park, cars were parked on the side of Greenville ave, on both sides of the road as far as you could see. I thought, this is how it must have been when Hendrix went to England.
I saw Yngwie Malmsteen at a venue I couldn't believe! It was at the Kapok Tree in safety harbor, florida. Tiny bit o advertising, and a mere 100 people showed up. It was glorious!
Here's how "Less is More" , about halfway thru Soldier without faith , off the Marching out album , Yngwie slows down in places , lets the notes simmer, I think one of his most soulful solo's . Anyone thinks he's all speed and no feel check out that solo, the original album version . After the Marching out album he just kept getting farther and farther from that . Too much focus on speed , less on feel . Still one of my Fav players . I bough this record around 85-86 , it's difficult to describe what kind of affect this album and his playing had ...other guitarists just couldn't believe it .
This. There was a time where Yngwie was more "balanced" when he constructed his solos and that's what led me to love his music but now it feels like he needs to go even faster but my man already proved he is a master at his craft, so I kind of don't understand at all his ne appoach on music in his new albums...
I like all of Yngwie's solos, but the one that really is unique is his song "Marching Out" (from the album of the same name) since the song is one big long solo. The phrasing and techniques he uses in that song are amazing and are reminiscent of the late great Allan Holdsworth (who is Eddie Van Halen's idol) in some ways. Yngwie definitely respects Allan Holdsworth for his total virtuosity on guitar, and I know he had to have been inspired by Allan when he played Marching Out.
Man this interview was legit, kinda cool to see it without all the jumpy cuts and the typical made for tv narrative! (albeit entertaining before) Yngwie is such an inspiration to me and I hope he makes many more records and does many more Guitar Gods tours!
Sam's questions are really smart, he just gets whoever he's interviewing into introspection and information that's not usually in Wikipedia or popular forums, I actually love it... I wanna hug this dude...
I wish once he'd admit he got his look (and much of his guitar tone) from Blackmore and some of the classical stylings from him and Uli Roth. I mean, he's quick to cite a long-dead guy but I never see him cite the other guitarists. Even his Hendrix reference was to his burning a Strat, not the playing.
Yes he does, read the credits in the Trilogy album booklet. You can find it in you know, those things called CDs? Those things that You Don't Remember (but) I'll never forget!
This man owes his style and hard work to no one else, I think you just don't wish to admit that he's a better guitarist than Richie Blackmore and anyone else out there, past or present.
"How can 'less be more'?? that's impossible... 'more is more'!... it's simple logic" ohhh man, what a statement. I love him. ... I wouldn't want to live in a world without Yngwie. He makes me smile every time. 😝
I don’t understand how people can hate this guy. I own none of his records. Personally I’d rather listen to Hendrix or Black Sabbath, but he is an astounding player.
I had the opportunity to meet Yngwie after a show in Concord, Ca in I believe 2004. I was a member of his fan club and won a meet and greet. He is very gracious and we talked for 20 minutes.. I am very much into classical music, so we had a great time discussing.
As a guitarist pf 35 years, I have my favourite and favourites.....EVH, Randy Rhoads, Bettencourt, Vai, Slash, Gilbert, Satriani, Beck, Page and a ton more....it took me a number of years(25) to understand that Ymgwie Malmsteen, is FAR,FAR,FAR MORE than a zillion notes a second kind of player!! Bluesy as fuck, phrasing is second to none, Vibrato and Bending skill is unmatched, compositional abilities are staggeringly stellar and lest ANYONE FORGET.......HIS UNREAL TONE!!!! I have seen him live 3 times and each of the 3 have been jaw dropping and BEYOND inspirational!!!. People give him a bad rap and even slag him.......people obviously havent been listening!! Cheers to Yngwie!!
say whatever u like about this man, he is totally and utterly himself always has been and always will be,there is no point in being if you are not being yourself ,end of story
Yes (apart from the early days when he tried a bit too hard to be Ritchie Blackmore), he made a huge impact on the scene back in the day. Now he's a bona fide guitar god !!
"What's your legacy?" - Are you kidding me? Well, you can start [my] Fender signature Strat model with a scalloped neck... Then point to a series of albums that will leave aspiring guitarists contorted in grief - and admiration - for a long, long time.
I remember watching a video where Dimebag was hammered chasing Yngwie around with a camera and giving him shit outside some hotel and Yngwie kept yelling at him "Ged dat fogging camera oud of heah!" Lol!
He seems like such a chill dude. I hope I run into him one of these days. That would be so freaking cool. I bet a lot of these swedish, german, you know germanic people are so freaking nice and cool. Like he really embodies a very like classical feel and he's geniuine and nice. And kicks ass on the guitar haha.
To give this a thumbs down, is to not even have a clue about what a musician is. Or to even appreciate a man's dedication to be his absolute best. Malmsteen will never get old! It's far too interesting to get old.
i really understand at a deep extent what yngwies statements imply. yet i happen to like on the less is more real quite much more than green and gilmour, this forgotten master that is paul kossof. peter green i found the more musically versatile out of the three. gilmours got hits and hes earned that right with his sensibility. but kossof was the most rock and roller and the ultimate less is more player by far due to his urgency at his playing as well as for game changing what blues rock meant by that time. no johnny winter or link wray or clapton copycat, no hendrix wannabe, kossof didnt followed blackmore page becks trend, kossof was him and no one has kossofs vibrato, btw i havent found a band with that rare breed of bluesier rock on the time blues rock was confused with hard rock tone with boogie passages. free was hard as rock but bluesier than what was left on blues through decades of rock to come, they didn revisited blues, they kept it and put rock sound to work devotedly on that blues aim.
Singlemindedly Yngwie has ploughed his own often lonely furrow, while musical tastes have come and gone around him. Total commitment to what he does, whether that's meant he played to tens of thousands, or just a couple of hundred, he's always the showman. And he's mellowed with age, like a Tuscan wine.
Yes. He seems to have mellowed over the years. A lot of us have. I know I acted like a jerk many times when I was 20. You live and learn. His wife April is smokin’ hot!!!!
I have been inspired by Yngwie since I first heard him shredding on the Steeler album in 1983. I was blown away, and I wanted to play like that on guitar (or at least aspire to play even close to that level). Yngwie has gotten a bad rap (as a person) so many times over the years, but I never listened to all the BS people said. Sure, he may have been egotistical at times and may have done some things that may have offended or alarmed people in some way. Who hasn't though? Seeing him in several interviews, I think he seems like a nice and cool guy. I think it's cool that he stayed true to himself with his music. Sure he plays very fast a lot, but he is also very melodic and puts feeling in his songs and solos. The guitarists who have copied him could technically play very well, but they could not get the feeling that Yngwie puts into his playing. I still enjoy his playing to this day, and I would be thrilled if I was ever to be able to meet him and even have a beer with him and shoot the breeze about music or whatever (if I were to be so lucky). :)
I have met him twice got to actually sit and talk and hes a really nice guy . No Ego or snobby attitude in him that I noticed. He treated me like someone he had know for yrs very relaxed and casual . Got a short 15 min. lesson that jumped my playing abilities up several notches and I have shown what he taught me to others and it helped them . The coolest guitarist I have met and have I met a lot over the yrs. George Lynch was by far the most interesting but couldnt get a lesson from him no time lol George has to many bands so not a lot of time ....
Ive played guitar, bass, drums, few other instruments since i was small child. Most my family played, lots of preachers in my immediate family. It wasnt until maybe 10 years ago when i really focused on Malmsteen. My buddies were always talking bout him, theyre amazement i remember was shocking. I was just stuck on what i was into and finally i turned my ears to this man. I been playing covers by all the so called "Best", learned all their licks and tricks. I can play everything from bluegrass gospel to real deal heavy metal, everything in between, rap too. So i can say with an educated certainty, there are many unbelievably talented guitarist that many say are the best, many say such bout one player from personal preference. But, from Van Halen, To Zakk, Rhoads, To Stevie Ray, across the genres to Glen Cambell, Chet Atkins, And others can all be labeled as the best by their fans and definitely each can be coined "One of the best" to the world. All those are amazingly great and all can be at tbe same level of measurement. AND AFTER STUDYING YNGWIE MALMSTEENS VAST LIBRARY OF WORK, MY SON AND I WHO IS 16YO AND MY DRUMMER, WE BOTH AGREE THAT YNGWIE IS ON A WHOLE DIFFERENT LEVEL THAN ALL THE REST!! REALLY! ACTUALLY, ID SAY YNGWIE IS PAST LEVELS, HE IS IN A DIFFERENT SOLAR SYSTEM, ONE ALL TO HIMSELF ID SAY. AND WEVE DONE THE STUDY AND RESEARCH, ITS STAR SYSTEM MALMSTEEN, IN THE YNGWIE GALAXY WHERE NO MAN HAS MADE EXCEPT HIM! UNBELIEVABLE HE IS INDEED! IM NOW ACTUALLY GLAD I DIDNT LISTEN TO HIM UNTIL I GOT 40 YEARS OLD, LOOK AT WHAT IVE GOT TO ENJOY THATS LITERALLY ALL NEW TO ME. IMAGINE JUST DISCOVERING YNGWIE.... THATS ME!! HOW AWESOME!!
About the "less is more" argument ... Less (notes) is more (notes) = impossible, not logical Less (notes) is more (music, emotion, atmosphere, etc.) = a matter of personal taste
Yngwie is like a fine wine, he gets better with age. Within one or 2 notes I can tell that it's Yngwie playing, he has a sound and tone that is all his. That is one of the marks of greatness. Also I believe he took what Richie Blackmore did and expanded it, brought in more classical influences.
What are you talking about? The guy s getting worse by the year. Not only playing wise but he is turning into such a douche. Going after people for just stating their opinion and trying to mobilize his fuckin clown squad of a following.
What a great interview! Nice to see some real humility here. I'd always thought/heard he was egotistical or whatever. You can tell he's a deeply committed Artist who really just loves music. I remember hearing his solo on that "Steeler" album back in HS ('86). That kind of skill is something I think only guitar players can truly appreciate. I ended up taking classical guitar lessons for a while because of him which improved my own skills greatly. He's a true icon of Metal!
A FREAK! Hell no! You made all of us musicians better. You pushed the limit so, we followed suit. Classical music is in all rock, metal, and rightly so. Thank you for inspiring all of us. FOREVER GREAT-FULL!
i think he got a bad rap out of JEALOUSY,, he has shown over and over that he is a great guy doing the best that he can at what he does,, go wolverine :)
You gotta be realistic. Although I can appreciate him on some level, I can easily see why people dislike him as a musician. Jealousy plays such a tiny role in why people don't like him. Personally, I think he's blessed with an amazing ability that he pisses away. He goes for more notes rather than more soul or heart. I respect his talent, but his art is lacking.
Most listeners think playing with "soul or heart" means playing a few notes slowly; consequently, a lot of mediocre musicians get too much praise. That said, even I as an Yngwie fan think he goes overboard & ought to let the music breathe more.
@@AnnihilatingAngel Yngwie never played anything that struck me like Friedman's solo on Tornado of Souls but Yngwie is obviously a more proficient guitarist than Friedman ever was. That is how " less can be more " in a way. Also, that's obviously subjective.
@Agent 0-1-0 satriani? He wrote many heartfelt tunes like Cryin', love thing, always with me always with you, love eternal, just look up, ten words, starry night and many more Petrucci?, you obviously havent't hear his solos on Best Of Times and The Spirit Carries On.
By far the best interview I've heard of its type. I'm not a massive fan and struggle to listen to his music for more then twenty minutes but this is an exceptional q&a. He's is a legend as an axeman and as a rock god. I'd love to hear him shred over Paradise City, for some reason.
Good interview. I'm not the biggest fan (though I like some of his things), but I admire dedication. He put enormous work into what he wanted and never wavered from it.
This guy is a true guitar legend. I was 16 in 1985 and to me, EVH was the undisputed king of the instrument. Then one of the guys I picked up and took to school popped in a cassette of this guy who I could not even pronounce his name correctly and it was called *Rising Force* and we listened to the whole thing (while having a bong session) and by the end of it I was shaken. My guitar God had a challenger! Then I started going back to the Steeler stuff and I was a born again metalhead. EVH still has a place in my own personal hierarchy but YJM became my new inspiration and he alone made me pick up a guitar. To this day, nothing has changed. Sure, there are others (Gilbert, Vai, Satch) but YJM is in a special place
When minimalist architect, Mies Van Der Rohe popularised the phrase "Less is more" the "more" he was referring to was beauty that results from simplicity rather than overcrowding. It's a matter of subjective taste of course but when a musician like Miles Davis plays you can appreciate the concept of less being "more". The space he leaves in between phrases gives each phrase much more resonance. In my humble opinion it's more tasteful. In rocknroll, think players like Mick Taylor or Joe Walsh.... each phrase is lyrical and memorable.... and uncrowded. Don't get me wrong I think extreme virtuosity is admirable but more tasteful when balanced.
Tommy Boyce Virtuosity ISN’T just playing lots of notes. It’s a fully-evolved musician perpetually growing and improving, a combination of technical and theoretical prowess, with thoughtful, soulful, and beautiful musicality. On the other side, lazy punk rock with a self-destructive attitude as a crutch or over processed pop radio programming, music of style vs. the music of taste and complexity that the true virtuoso creates, which both punk and pop lack. Musicians like Arvo Part are virtuosos, even though their approach is minimal. It’s easy, quality lasts, rubbish is soon forgotten.
Yngwie said it all here. Dedication and stubbornness to achieve what you want is an absolute necessity. "One must feel strongly to make others feel strongly", "nuff said. Love YM.
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I admire Yngwie for having the balls to take a risk, travel thousands of miles to America make his dreams come true.
Sweden was a closed door
Not talking anything away from him, truly. But if I worked to become as good at anything as he is at guitar playing, I would likely have no fear of going all out to achieve a career with it.
@@knowmusicman157 That's because back then ,Swedish music business was stuck back in the Seventies ...All they wanted was ABBA related pop music
@@juliereminiec4937 He made his first recordings in 1978. He said Swedish music industry was stuck in 1940's and '50s. Not '70s
You get what you put into life
People say he's arrogant, but after watching few interviews he doesn't sound arrogant to me, only confident based on the dedication and belief he put into it.
The guy is a douche bag who fell off and is trying to make any money he can by selling trash product. Plus he hates donuts.
I think it's mix, because some things he has said and doe are flat out arrogant but he definitely it's confident in himself because what he has made of himself after taking such a risk
"How can less be more? That's impossible, more *is* more."
Words to live by.
ScarletRose with Charmin Ultra less is more! you can wipe your ass with LESS toilet paper because it's MORE absorbent.
hysterical!lol.
more is not necessarily deeper or better.but more.yes.
hi
FALpwn lol comment of the day. Made me chuckle 👍
what if i give you more of less?
Day by day Yngwie becomes more and more like a heavy metal Elvis...
Danzig is trying hard to be Elvis
yeah, trapped doing only things he already did and only play the way he ever did.
Trapped? Don't think so.
he can afford it
lol
Yngwie never disappoints in his frankness. Most people can't grasp Yngwie's blend of "rock star" and music theory and usually label him arrogant. He came from a place that he could shred and then explain how he was playing a diminished passage in 64th-notes. No rock/metal guitarist was talking like that at the time and people couldn't process that. Like him or hate him, his contribution to the world of guitar is undeniable.
All the best from the Bay Area.
MK
@ndjfksnwvehsbdjckvkkfss Some people enjoy his blending of classical motif with metal flair. His vibrato and arppegio passages, as well as his use of pedal point and Harmonic Minor, became mandatory techniques for the shred club. As for "bad", some people enjoy the monotonous droning of a Clapton or other over-hyped players like Page and Hendrix. That's what makes music so wonderful. To each their own.
He hasn't contributed anything. Except ruining the image of shred guitar. He is most certainly NOT the only guitarist of his time, who knows music theory. That is just a lie!
@@9hk38f You're either a Fanboi of the massively overrated Page and Hendrix school or a devotee of Nu Metal zilches.
@@mksounds6326 Uhhhhm no. Not even remotely close.
@@mksounds6326 Jeff Loomis, Alexi Laiho, and Michael Amott. Angel Vivaldi.
This man is a living legend, anyone who speaks foul about him has no idea what he has done, or simply how amazing he is as a guitar player. Yes, he's fast, but Yngwie also has amazing phrasing and incredible string bending and vibrato skills. This guy grew up on Hendrix, you can bet your ass he's a beast blues player as well, even though that's not what he plays usually.
He's Yngwie for a reason. He's inspired hundreds of thousands of guitar players. Man is a legend. All my respect to him.
soulless well said!
But he’s a dick
Ronoc Nosduh Yea, he is. But there are many other people who can get trough life beeing a dick. What's up with all the elites who are kind if controlling us ? Is anyone thinking on hating on them too?
soulless - He also has amazing tone as well.
U forgot to mention his picking
"Because it's fun". Here is a REAL musician.
Chris Bee 5:15 Steve Vai: Did you sell your soul to the Devil?
Yngwie: Yeah, I did, see ya. (Click) LOLOLOL
please listen a panos arvanitis
@Lord Rupert a most blessed comment if I may say. I bestow upon you a solemn like.
more is more.
the devil can pay me.
He is not good, just fast. Just ask his GF
Hate on Yngwie all you want, he's an original and one of the all-time greats.
trail blazer for sure big fan since Rising Force.........
Who's hating. Look at the comments before you comment you goose
@@justinparkerthewildwolf6394 Everyone who refuses to support someone, who yells at Dimebag, for being nice, and offering food.
He's also wearing sunglasses indoors...
@@jamesbyersmusic Them florescents is bright!
To me Yngwie's legacy is that he operates on 11 all the time. He's a 100% self-made man.
Impossible not to respect this man. I don't even listen to him, I'm just in awe of him, see. I listen to Blackmore, Uli Jon Roth ,Schenker, etc.
Randy Fricke yeah, 11 is one louder isn't it?
......And much faster, and bulbous!!!! Fast n Bulbous......Fast N Bulbous...look out.
Fast and bulbous the Mascara Snake!
Randy Fricke Like Spinal Tap
Wearing a VH shirt while interviewing YJM. Ballsy.
Can’t mention ANYTHING about guitar without giving a nod to the old master lol
lol, well technically Yngwie is up there with Eddie and Jimi...these 3 guys changed the game forever
Nah, Yngwie loved Eddie's playing. He appreciates that.
@@insidethemusicalmind7207 for sure, watch rising force in tokyo 85, theres a lot of nods to evh there. you know theres lots of respect between them. yngwie is the homie tho
Rob halford wore pantera shirts when he was in the band fight.
I think Yngwie has gotten a bit more humble over the years. He seems to be a bit more grateful and appreciative of his accomplishments rather than “I’m awesome, I deserve this.” Nice to see.
Ha ha haa!!! Look at my post above. Humbled by a unknown bedroom guitar player.
Agreed! I love his attitude now! He has always had an incredible work ethic and you have to admire that about him.
That's probably because he was constantly drunk until he met his current wife
No, its because of social media, and all the negative comments he gets. He is an ego centric snot.
He wasn't wrong though. He had pride and confidence in his work and his artistic view of pushing the limits. Just like queen. They didn't "play by the rules". Freddy mercury was the same as him. He didn't want to just do one thing, one style, knew he could do more as an artist and entertainer. Aka didn't want to be bored and stuck in one format. Both amazing artists in their own rite. Difference was He could literally play solo by himself and did shows anywhere. Mercury needed a band, specifically his band, he couldn't go with random he needed people that were also artistic to bounce shit off of and write stuff. Yngwie can tell a story with nothing at all but his guitar. Thats the difference between the other legends and him which imo puts him over the top.
Great interview. Helps to understand his mindset which is cool since he's often misunderstood.
+100000000000000
Most musicians are misunderstood...a lot of people said was difficult to work with, but look at how he started and is still going strong....and it is great to see him still prefroming
thats kerry king not yngwie xD
"More is more"
Simple Logic !!!
Anyone who plays guitar knows, this guy is a phenomenon. No further analysis needed. Time has it's own way of convincing us, and of making us understand the things we previously couldn't understand.
Yes,understanding,and time teaches all.!!💡👍🎉💌😀
Saw Yngwie back in the day open for AC/DC in Biloxi MS. talk about a juxtaposition. Once Yngwie finished his set it was impossible for me to stay and enjoy anything that Angus was playing. I mean if you ever see AC/DC Angus do a solo with crowd participation he hits like 3 notes then the crowd would yell, 3 more notes, crowd yells. I couldn't take it. I just witnessed Malmsteen rip through like 20 notes in the same time Angus was hitting 3 notes.. My mind couldn't take it so I left mid set of AC/DC. Yngwie was phenomenal!!!! Everything about his show was amazing. Yngwie would throw the guitar up over his shoulder around his back and it would end up back in playing position like it was nothing and not missing ANY notes... Amazing!! It was like Hendrix and Paganini had a baby and called it Yngwie Malmsteen..
The older I get the more I appreciate Yngwie. Hes an acquired taste. :)
YNGWIE IS GOD! Watch his beer glass at 1:35 then at 1:45! A Miracle, he made more beer appear, a Miracle that I want to learn from the Master!
amazing! how did he do that!
but can't you do that, Tony Clifton? You are TONY CLIFTON!
Damn right I'm Tony Clifton and I have my Hookers get me a new Beer!
that was a good catch
Thanks!
Nice, Yngwie is actually a solid guy, down to earth, and true to himself... so much hatred pointed toward him for things that other people would get away with un-reproached.
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I absolutely love the Yngwie we have, I wouldn't want him any other way than the total character that he is.
And who can deny his virtuosity? If you dropped as many jaws as that dude has how can you not reek an air of confidence.
a stigma has followed him since the 80s when he was VERY full of himself and wasn't very good at expressing himself in English well. Over the years he's become "a little" more humble.
Used to be that way. He's matured, mellowed out and today is one of the nicest people on the planet.
Eddie Van Halen warms up to his music....
Not a fan of his music and style of playing, but the fact that's been able to be so succesful playing the music he likes is quite inspiring.
Miguel Márquez yeah he never sold out or changed his style he's always had the same neo classical sound
im definitely not a fan of people saying"im not a fan of @@##$$ but"
it fucking pisses me off,if you arent a fan then go take a flying leap.
we arent married to you ,you arent blowing us,im not your family
and there's no connection so why do you feel like its necessary
to tell the world what you are or arent a fan of??? keep it to yourself
and your immediate family,dont tell the world "hey im not a fan of this but"
+trillriff-axegrinder relax man, not everyone is going to like what you like. We all have our own shit.
u gonna stop ppl's opinions because u dont like what he said? who the fuck are u Hitler?
why are you here then,im curious? i dont go to gay bars and say"i dont like homosexuals or anything they do but they are inspiring"do you see how your comment is kind of idiotic and irrelevant in this context?im giving you a metaphorical comparison so you understand were you went into the "nonsense zone"
"Cuz it's fun." Why do it otherwise. Rock on Maestro.
Yngwie isn't quite sure what he has done for music, but what he has done is he brought technique to the guitar. He brought an extremely refined, classical level of excellence, to the guitar technique. Without that technique guitarists could not reach the levels they do today. It must have been hammered out in his family of classically trained musicians. He saw and heard the refined and disciplined practice. His perfectly refined picking in the right hand, the economy of motion, the machine like perfection of his left hand in the scales and arpeggios, allowed him to push the guitar to new heights. His genius, and his gift, is in his technique. If you look at the generation of Jimmy Page et al the right hand technique wasn't developed, but now look at Paul Gilbert, John Petruci, Joe Satriani. They all have hammered and polished the technique that allows them to push to the limits.
Eric Standefer Satriani's right hand is his weakest point.
Yngwie is the grandfather of metal shredders. No one did what he did back in the day.
Agreed....he was the first....the pioneer. I bought that first Steeler album as soon as it hit the music store shelves. I remember being amazed at what I was hearing. I graduated high school in 1982...I was smack in the middle of the metal scene. Grew up on great guitarist throughout the late 70's then into the 80's.....and believe me, there was nobody like him at that time. Nobody had married classical to metal like he was doing. You would occasionally hear hints of it from guys like Richie Blackmore, but nobody went balls out neo-classical metal like Yngwie. There have been many great guitarist, but only a handful of transcendent guitarist..and Yngwie was the latter. This small handful of transcendent guitarist changed the way everyone played raised the standard for rock/metal guitar. It started with Hendrix to Van Halen to Yngwie.
I friggin love this guy. I’ve never felt that he was a jerk or a jackass. He’s been super classic from day one.
People call him jerk because the thing with Yngwie is that very few people (or maybe no one) actually understands his stuff from music to his behavior; I, for one, do enjoy most of his music but it becomes really repetitive and whatnot but then again that's me and my musical ignorance, however I do recognize that Yngwie's stuff is a great milestone for metal music as we know it today.
I think he has a sense of humor some people just can’t catch on to
Yes. People are mixed up. Eddie Van Halen was an actual jerk to many for most of his famous life. That part was ignored because he had a boyish smile for MTV videos.
Yngwie had two incidents: the dough nut one and the unleash the fury one. The latter one involved an arrogant woman.
The envy over Yngwie by many is to 10. The guy created contemporary metallic rock whether neoclassical metal or melodic metal. Every legit metal since the late 1980s derives from Yngwie.
Sure, he did not invent tapping, but then again, neither did Eddie Van Halen. John Du Cann (Atomic Rooster) was two-handed tapping live in 1971.
Yngwie Fucking Malmsteen rules!!
wears a Van Halen shirt to interview Yngwie...that is pretty classic. so much awesomeness in this interview...great job Sam and Yngwie.
Yngwie and his Son Antonio both love VH
Ruben De La Rosa I've always wondered why they both have not played together. I'm sure at some point they met but there are no pics or videos of them meeting. Same with Blackmoore.
@@JoseFuentes-fn3dl Yngwie have met Blackmore, just google it
@@JoseFuentes-fn3dl Dude I've been asking that for decades! I can't believe Eddie hasn't jammed with Yngwie or Steve Vai. Eddie has recorded with Brian May, Michael Jackson, Steve Lukather, jammed with the David Letterman band, jammed on Saturday Night Live, etc...
@@JoseFuentes-fn3dl I know bro right
3:35
I love it when he appreciates the question being thrown at him and answers it in a very articulate and casual manner.
Sam literally did his homework in this interview.
An incredible musician with an ego the size of the universe. Best guitarist I have seen live. Gotta love his drive and ability to stay the course.
i saw him in 85 opening for Dio best show ever
I believe that tour was in 1990
Dude I bet that was amazing to witness
@@jbblue1970 sounds about right...saw that show as well and I believe he and the band sounded far better than the next six times I saw him over the years.
@@thehathouse I had tickets to Yngwie/Dio for myself and a buddy from work back then. It was supposed to be at the Nassau coliseum on long island NY and when we arrived at the parking lot expecting to see thousands of metal heads partying we only saw 4 dudes throwing a frisbee around. When we pulled up to them and asked them where is everybody they told us that they didn't sell enough tickets for the coliseum and they moved the show to a club in NYC. It was the days before the internet and news travelled slowly cause we never got the message the had been moved to a smaller venue about 30 miles away in NYC traffic 😀 i never got to see either band
Me too in Vancouver. Sacred Heart/Marching Out Tour. Absolutely mind blowing.
Nobody listens to Yngvie for entertainment. It's for guitar players to understand how much they suck at playing guitar.
I have long thought that the "virtuoso guitar" players of the world, their fan base is probably almost entirely other musicians, and more specifically guitar players. First off, one thing I learned after getting good at guitar is that nobody cares how fast you can play UNLESS they play themselves. Doesn't have to be guitar necessarily, but musicians respect their ability more than your average music fan or whatever. It's a limiting factor for musicians. If I told you Billy Corgan from The Smashing Pumpkins is actually on a technical level one of the best guitar players in the world, you'd probably roll your eyes, not believing me. He's a lot better at guitar than most people realize, but that's just because he also learned that nobody cares about fast playing -- the average music fan just likes good sounding music. He INTENTIONALLY toned it back down and focused on writing good music instead, but occasionally you can get a glimpse of his real technical ability during guitar solos.
Ha. Funny. The bottom line is we all speak differently. Malmsteen is a benchmark for sure. Great player. Keep at it Mike. Feel your music that you make. Passion brother. Reach inside yourself.
Watching Yngwie doesn't remind me I suck at guitar, he's a rock star and guitar god so that's to be expected. It's the 6-year-old Japanese school girl shredding complex arpeggios on a guitar twice as big as herself that really makes me understand how much I suck at guitar.
@@pigxstix I know, right?
Admitting you are bad at something is something men didn't to 20 years ago...
Why are you all pussies?
Truth is, most ppl can't do cover of his songs, nt even single, so ppl hates him,...
Yngwie is Legend of Legends.. hail
I still can't. I try. But fuck. You really need some serious stamina to play his shit. Really really technical and just rhythmically very very challenging. Good to learn off of for sure but still. It takes fucking YEARES to get good as him. YEARS.
That's right my man!
They hate him, cause they can't reach his level...
He is the MASTER!
Chris Impellitteri can!
Seriously?! 10 year old japanese girls can play his songs flawlessly on youtube.
Also, Uli Jon Roth was doing the whole Neoclassical shredding thing 10 years before.
Not to mention, Paul Gilbert and Jason Becker surpassed anything Douchengvie ever composed,just a couple of years later.
Who would want to?
How can you not have enormous respect for this guy!
I totally respect the guy. I just don't really care for his music.
Yep, gotta respect the balls of a person that still rocks the 80’s neoclassical look with leather pants and ridiculous amount of gold.
@@creationlabsinc.189 Who needs balls to do that, he fucking looks sick.
The way I managed not to have “enormous respect” for him has to do with me learning about what kind of guy he is. He goes after people who have any negative criticism about his music. This includes a 17-year-old youtube Creator. A minor. If people don’t praise him to the skies, he will have their videos taken down.
I don't know if anyone here notices this - but Yngwie's attitude is actually pretty humble. He didn't talk about records sold, albums made, people he has worked with or whatever money he's made - he feels that his reward is that people give a crap and that the music has meant so much to so many for so long. That is a very others centered attitude - he could have said a million different things but he shows gratefulness for his position. that is really cool.
This guy is nothing but humble
"If you just follow the wind you blow away one day" I love you Yngwie
he's mellowed down significantly. i like this version of him
Yngwie was a groundbreaking guitarist, when he hit the scene back in the day! Those Alcatrazz, then Rising Force solos and chord structure dropped many collective jaws in the hard rock/metal realm!
I saw him in 85 and it is still to this day the most amazing guitar performance I have ever seen and Ive seen thousands of shows. PERIOD
I’m an occasional rock consumer, but I’m a musician and I must say, I really respect Yngwie Malmsteen. He’s the first rockstar that I’ve heard say, “I got into this because of the music.” He truly loves the music, he loves playing the guitar, he’s a total music freak, and that’s how it must be. Total respect for this guy.
“i do it for the music” is the most common reason ive heard from musicians as to why they play.
Guitar legend , much respect and a huge thanks for the music he has brought to so many people's lives .🤘🏻😈
I love Yngwie, he's cool as hell. Long live the Maestro!
I see you everywhere I go
Vanilla Guerilla Official
Then you see the truth.
+epic103 indeed
+epic103 hell is not a cool Place. It's very hot 'n please don't go in there. Jesus Christ really wants to save u. Actually He loves u so much amen. God Bless:}
Jesus Christ is the Lord amen hell isnt real relax:)
“If you just follow the wind you just blow away one day”
deep quote by a guy who likes being his way rather than opening to different life situations whenever the wind moves u. hes great at concrete success but he isnt a heart for another hearts, he cares much more about his own always. smart guy btw, and brave person indeed, excesses and flaws aside. i love his passion towards performing. titanic gift his passion is. imho
Thank you for doing this interview. Hardly one gets to hear Yngwie at his sincerest.
Have you guys noticed he’s never shown wearing anything other than this get up? I mean a picture of Yngwie in PJ’s is probably worth a fortune.
In the 80s he had other cool outfits. just look up 80s yngwie.
This is his Pyjamas lol
he sleeps in leather obviously
Hahaha, this comment made my day
Fantastic interview. Nice to hear an interviewer that is so well versed in his subject.
legend of a human being
Never saw Yngwie before in an interview. Thanks for posting this. His clarity of self and purpose along with dedication to his craft merged with his sense of non-compromise in playing "more" is inspiring and encouraging. Cheers!
Sam is a great thoughtful interviewer and documentarian.
Yngwie is clearly a metal musician who pursued constant improvement through passionate practice and love of the music above all else. He became so good due to the urge to always progress and improve. It's clear that he prioritizes the study of all the complexities, intricacies, and theory of music. As another guitarist who can't stop thinking about the endless possibilities waiting dormant within a guitar fretboard and always strives to improve, I relate. Talented, authentic guitarist.
Interviewer tried hard to lead him to egotistic answers, but couldn't get one from him! Kudos, Yngwie!
a year later, but i dont think the questions were bait
I expected him to be a bit egotistical. Glad to see he wasn’t. He’s an amazing musician and it’s great to see he’s humble and amazed to be where he’s at. Hard work pays off 🤘
@@xi-deadshot-ix5838
Yngwie humble? BAHAHAHAHA!
I didn’t get that vibe at all. The interviewer was simply asking questions based on what actually yngwie did and accomplished as a guitarist and wanted to know if it was that premeditated or not. Didn’t get an egotistical bait questionnaire as you imply
Those interviews are out there, believe me, I've seen them
To all the Yngwie haters.....jealousy is not very becoming of you. I've only been to two Yngwie concerts. At one, I got to meet him before the concert and after at the other one. And he was very gracious and appreciative of his fans. Sure, he may have made a bit of an ass of himself on occasion during his drinking days. But let the press follow you around as much as him and you'd be picked apart too. Great interview!
+TheAxe4Ever Amen!!!
TheAxe4Ever I like yngwie
That means you must be jealous of the people you don't like.
When do you ever hear about malmsteen in the press? Lol he's pretty irrelevant in pop culture and only guitar fanatics and metal heads even know who he is.
Spoken like a true, still wet behind the ears, no hair on his nuts, snot nosed kid. Malmsteen took a style of playing that was pretty much underground, perfected it and shot it to the forefront. More articles were written about him and more interviews were done with him than any other guitarist of the time. He inspired probably millions to practice their asses off to be as precise as they could on their guitars. So for you to call a legend like Malmsteen irrelevant just shows your lack of knowledge. It's like calling Hendrix irrelevant. Now, go away and let the adults have a conversation here son.
My favorite Yngwie interview .This is him just being himself...
He is about being himself and the best he could possibly be.
most people are intimidated and bash him as arrogent.Yes and NO ..
Its not bragging if you can back it up
william chiusano who is bashing him?he's bashing others like Kirk hammett and other guitarists because he believes they are inferior to him.read the interview he has done asking him about others stupid.
His shred is really good but am I the only one who loves his acoustic work and rock riffs?
"One must feel strongly to make others feel strongly" 7:50
A fantastic interview with much insight into Yngwie's world! Well done!
I remember when he went on his first tour in the US, he came to Dallas on Greenville Ave. and it was so full, you couldn't find a place to park, cars were parked on the side of Greenville ave, on both sides of the road as far as you could see. I thought, this is how it must have been when Hendrix went to England.
I saw Yngwie Malmsteen at a venue I couldn't believe! It was at the Kapok Tree in safety harbor, florida. Tiny bit o advertising, and a mere 100 people showed up. It was glorious!
Here's how "Less is More" , about halfway thru Soldier without faith , off the Marching out album , Yngwie slows down in places , lets the notes simmer, I think one of his most soulful solo's . Anyone thinks he's all speed and no feel check out that solo, the original album version . After the Marching out album he just kept getting farther and farther from that . Too much focus on speed , less on feel . Still one of my Fav players . I bough this record around 85-86 , it's difficult to describe what kind of affect this album and his playing had ...other guitarists just couldn't believe it .
This. There was a time where Yngwie was more "balanced" when he constructed his solos and that's what led me to love his music but now it feels like he needs to go even faster but my man already proved he is a master at his craft, so I kind of don't understand at all his ne appoach on music in his new albums...
This guy is amazing. Really nice interview
the best Yngwie solos are in the first Alcatraz and 1988' with Turner. Real Art.
I like all of Yngwie's solos, but the one that really is unique is his song "Marching Out" (from the album of the same name) since the song is one big long solo. The phrasing and techniques he uses in that song are amazing and are reminiscent of the late great Allan Holdsworth (who is Eddie Van Halen's idol) in some ways. Yngwie definitely respects Allan Holdsworth for his total virtuosity on guitar, and I know he had to have been inspired by Allan when he played Marching Out.
legend. great interview too ;)
Man this interview was legit, kinda cool to see it without all the jumpy cuts and the typical made for tv narrative! (albeit entertaining before)
Yngwie is such an inspiration to me and I hope he makes many more records and does many more Guitar Gods tours!
I love all the stuff this Sam Dunn dude does the whole Metal Evolution series is so good !!
I have always loved classical music Like Vivaldi. bach,mozart,beethoven.
As a musician it is almost impossible not to appreciate it.
Sam's questions are really smart, he just gets whoever he's interviewing into introspection and information that's not usually in Wikipedia or popular forums, I actually love it... I wanna hug this dude...
I wish once he'd admit he got his look (and much of his guitar tone) from Blackmore and some of the classical stylings from him and Uli Roth. I mean, he's quick to cite a long-dead guy but I never see him cite the other guitarists. Even his Hendrix reference was to his burning a Strat, not the playing.
Yes he does, read the credits in the Trilogy album booklet. You can find it in you know, those things called CDs? Those things that You Don't Remember (but) I'll never forget!
This man owes his style and hard work to no one else, I think you just don't wish to admit that he's a better guitarist than Richie Blackmore and anyone else out there, past or present.
@@colindavis1496 yeah not even close. Yngwie doesn't even scratch the top 10
@@h_exterm2779 Then you woke up from your dream of being as good as he is on guitar...lol
@@colindavis1496 i never said i would be as good as him, just that he's not the best
"How can 'less be more'?? that's impossible... 'more is more'!... it's simple logic" ohhh man, what a statement. I love him. ... I wouldn't want to live in a world without Yngwie. He makes me smile every time. 😝
I don’t understand how people can hate this guy. I own none of his records. Personally I’d rather listen to Hendrix or Black Sabbath, but he is an astounding player.
He was quite arrogant back in the day. But as others have said, he's mellowed over the years.
@@Maniac1607 Ahh, yeah he seems a bit arrogant still lol. Hopefully he treats his many adoring fans with gratitude.
I had the opportunity to meet Yngwie after a show in Concord, Ca in I believe 2004. I was a member of his fan club and won a meet and greet. He is very gracious and we talked for 20 minutes.. I am very much into classical music, so we had a great time discussing.
Don't care about the rest. This guy is the best!
As a guitarist pf 35 years, I have my favourite and favourites.....EVH, Randy Rhoads, Bettencourt, Vai, Slash, Gilbert, Satriani, Beck, Page and a ton more....it took me a number of years(25) to understand that Ymgwie Malmsteen, is FAR,FAR,FAR MORE than a zillion notes a second kind of player!! Bluesy as fuck, phrasing is second to none, Vibrato and Bending skill is unmatched, compositional abilities are staggeringly stellar and lest ANYONE FORGET.......HIS UNREAL TONE!!!! I have seen him live 3 times and each of the 3 have been jaw dropping and BEYOND inspirational!!!. People give him a bad rap and even slag him.......people obviously havent been listening!! Cheers to Yngwie!!
say whatever u like about this man, he is totally and utterly himself always has been and always will be,there is no point in being if you are not being yourself ,end of story
Yes (apart from the early days when he tried a bit too hard to be Ritchie Blackmore), he made a huge impact on the scene back in the day. Now he's a bona fide guitar god !!
"What's your legacy?" - Are you kidding me? Well, you can start [my] Fender signature Strat model with a scalloped neck...
Then point to a series of albums that will leave aspiring guitarists contorted in grief - and admiration - for a long, long time.
Why does he remind me of Blackie Lawless?
Yes, he does.
Definitely not 80s Blackie Lawless right?
Because they look the same. Also both were in LA 80s metal scene.
My subtitles called him "I'm vain Malmsteen" I love that, amazing guitar player but my word what a character 😂
I remember watching a video where Dimebag was hammered chasing Yngwie around with a camera and giving him shit outside some hotel and Yngwie kept yelling at him "Ged dat fogging camera oud of heah!" Lol!
He seems like such a chill dude. I hope I run into him one of these days. That would be so freaking cool. I bet a lot of these swedish, german, you know germanic people are so freaking nice and cool. Like he really embodies a very like classical feel and he's geniuine and nice. And kicks ass on the guitar haha.
He doesn't fucking like donuts
CFH BITCH!!!
To give this a thumbs down, is to not even have a clue about what a musician is.
Or to even appreciate a man's dedication to be his absolute best.
Malmsteen will never get old! It's far too interesting to get old.
As much as I love Yngve, if he says "less is not more" he haven't heard Peter Green.
Or David Gilmour.
i really understand at a deep extent what yngwies statements imply. yet i happen to like on the less is more real quite much more than green and gilmour, this forgotten master that is paul kossof. peter green i found the more musically versatile out of the three. gilmours got hits and hes earned that right with his sensibility. but kossof was the most rock and roller and the ultimate less is more player by far due to his urgency at his playing as well as for game changing what blues rock meant by that time. no johnny winter or link wray or clapton copycat, no hendrix wannabe, kossof didnt followed blackmore page becks trend, kossof was him and no one has kossofs vibrato, btw i havent found a band with that rare breed of bluesier rock on the time blues rock was confused with hard rock tone with boogie passages. free was hard as rock but bluesier than what was left on blues through decades of rock to come, they didn revisited blues, they kept it and put rock sound to work devotedly on that blues aim.
Singlemindedly Yngwie has ploughed his own often lonely furrow, while musical tastes have come and gone around him. Total commitment to what he does, whether that's meant he played to tens of thousands, or just a couple of hundred, he's always the showman. And he's mellowed with age, like a Tuscan wine.
Yes. He seems to have mellowed over the years. A lot of us have. I know I acted like a jerk many times when I was 20. You live and learn.
His wife April is smokin’ hot!!!!
I have been inspired by Yngwie since I first heard him shredding on the Steeler album in 1983. I was blown away, and I wanted to play like that on guitar (or at least aspire to play even close to that level). Yngwie has gotten a bad rap (as a person) so many times over the years, but I never listened to all the BS people said. Sure, he may have been egotistical at times and may have done some things that may have offended or alarmed people in some way. Who hasn't though? Seeing him in several interviews, I think he seems like a nice and cool guy. I think it's cool that he stayed true to himself with his music. Sure he plays very fast a lot, but he is also very melodic and puts feeling in his songs and solos. The guitarists who have copied him could technically play very well, but they could not get the feeling that Yngwie puts into his playing. I still enjoy his playing to this day, and I would be thrilled if I was ever to be able to meet him and even have a beer with him and shoot the breeze about music or whatever (if I were to be so lucky). :)
I have met him twice got to actually sit and talk and hes a really nice guy . No Ego or snobby attitude in him that I noticed. He treated me like someone he had know for yrs very relaxed and casual . Got a short 15 min. lesson that jumped my playing abilities up several notches and I have shown what he taught me to others and it helped them . The coolest guitarist I have met and have I met a lot over the yrs. George Lynch was by far the most interesting but couldnt get a lesson from him no time lol George has to many bands so not a lot of time ....
Ive played guitar, bass, drums, few other instruments since i was small child. Most my family played, lots of preachers in my immediate family.
It wasnt until maybe 10 years ago when i really focused on Malmsteen. My buddies were always talking bout him, theyre amazement i remember was shocking. I was just stuck on what i was into and finally i turned my ears to this man.
I been playing covers by all the so called "Best", learned all their licks and tricks. I can play everything from bluegrass gospel to real deal heavy metal, everything in between, rap too.
So i can say with an educated certainty, there are many unbelievably talented guitarist that many say are the best, many say such bout one player from personal preference.
But, from Van Halen, To Zakk, Rhoads, To Stevie Ray, across the genres to Glen Cambell, Chet Atkins, And others can all be labeled as the best by their fans and definitely each can be coined
"One of the best" to the world. All those are amazingly great and all can be at tbe same level of measurement. AND AFTER STUDYING YNGWIE MALMSTEENS VAST LIBRARY OF WORK, MY SON AND I WHO IS 16YO AND MY DRUMMER, WE BOTH AGREE THAT YNGWIE IS ON A WHOLE DIFFERENT LEVEL THAN ALL THE REST!! REALLY!
ACTUALLY, ID SAY YNGWIE IS PAST LEVELS, HE IS IN A DIFFERENT SOLAR SYSTEM, ONE ALL TO HIMSELF ID SAY. AND WEVE DONE THE STUDY AND RESEARCH, ITS STAR SYSTEM MALMSTEEN, IN THE YNGWIE GALAXY WHERE NO MAN HAS MADE EXCEPT HIM!
UNBELIEVABLE HE IS INDEED!
IM NOW ACTUALLY GLAD I DIDNT LISTEN TO HIM UNTIL I GOT 40 YEARS OLD, LOOK AT WHAT IVE GOT TO ENJOY THATS LITERALLY ALL NEW TO ME. IMAGINE JUST DISCOVERING YNGWIE....
THATS ME!! HOW AWESOME!!
About the "less is more" argument ...
Less (notes) is more (notes) = impossible, not logical
Less (notes) is more (music, emotion, atmosphere, etc.) = a matter of personal taste
The less is more argument would work well in jazz too .
Jernej we all know that,,, what, u want a award for that?
@@timetracker8503 How'd you figure that? And I'm not so sure about the first part. Even Yngwie doesn't seem to appreciate the difference, for example.
Yngwie is like a fine wine, he gets better with age. Within one or 2 notes I can tell that it's Yngwie playing, he has a sound and tone that is all his. That is one of the marks of greatness. Also I believe he took what Richie Blackmore did and expanded it, brought in more classical influences.
What are you talking about? The guy s getting worse by the year. Not only playing wise but he is turning into such a douche. Going after people for just stating their opinion and trying to mobilize his fuckin clown squad of a following.
There may be times when less is more, but the 80s were definitely not the time, LOL
6:36 YJM's response is pretty humble.
What a great interview! Nice to see some real humility here. I'd always thought/heard he was egotistical or whatever. You can tell he's a deeply committed Artist who really just loves music. I remember hearing his solo on that "Steeler" album back in HS ('86). That kind of skill is something I think only guitar players can truly appreciate. I ended up taking classical guitar lessons for a while because of him which improved my own skills greatly.
He's a true icon of Metal!
Seems like a good chap to me and appreciates the love he gets from his fans and the fame and fortune its brought him.
Yngwie is amazing for me . I think what makes him so great is the influence of ritchie blackmore he like the modern shredder verison of blackmore
Great Interview!!!! Thanks, guys!!!!!
A FREAK! Hell no! You made all of us musicians better. You pushed the limit so, we followed suit. Classical music is in all rock, metal, and rightly so. Thank you for inspiring all of us. FOREVER GREAT-FULL!
This is actually a very good interview. Yngwie is open and very quick/direct in his answers. He goes all in.
i think he got a bad rap out of JEALOUSY,, he has shown over and over that he is a great guy doing the best that he can at what he does,, go wolverine :)
You gotta be realistic. Although I can appreciate him on some level, I can easily see why people dislike him as a musician. Jealousy plays such a tiny role in why people don't like him. Personally, I think he's blessed with an amazing ability that he pisses away. He goes for more notes rather than more soul or heart. I respect his talent, but his art is lacking.
Most listeners think playing with "soul or heart" means playing a few notes slowly; consequently, a lot of mediocre musicians get too much praise. That said, even I as an Yngwie fan think he goes overboard & ought to let the music breathe more.
@@AnnihilatingAngel Yngwie never played anything that struck me like Friedman's solo on Tornado of Souls but Yngwie is obviously a more proficient guitarist than Friedman ever was.
That is how " less can be more " in a way. Also, that's obviously subjective.
@Agent 0-1-0 satriani?
He wrote many heartfelt tunes like Cryin', love thing, always with me always with you, love eternal, just look up, ten words, starry night and many more
Petrucci?, you obviously havent't hear his solos on Best Of Times and The Spirit Carries On.
@Agent 0-1-0 u said it like if satriani and petrucci are supposed to be bashed by people cuz they are not ppaying with feeling.
By far the best interview I've heard of its type. I'm not a massive fan and struggle to listen to his music for more then twenty minutes but this is an exceptional q&a.
He's is a legend as an axeman and as a rock god.
I'd love to hear him shred over Paradise City, for some reason.
Take note: he was stubborn and worked hard to get where he is now.
Good interview. I'm not the biggest fan (though I like some of his things), but I admire dedication. He put enormous work into what he wanted and never wavered from it.
"If you just follow the wind, you blow away one day."
This guy is a true guitar legend. I was 16 in 1985 and to me, EVH was the undisputed king of the instrument. Then one of the guys I picked up and took to school popped in a cassette of this guy who I could not even pronounce his name correctly and it was called *Rising Force* and we listened to the whole thing (while having a bong session) and by the end of it I was shaken. My guitar God had a challenger! Then I started going back to the Steeler stuff and I was a born again metalhead. EVH still has a place in my own personal hierarchy but YJM became my new inspiration and he alone made me pick up a guitar. To this day, nothing has changed. Sure, there are others (Gilbert, Vai, Satch) but YJM is in a special place
When minimalist architect, Mies Van Der Rohe popularised the phrase "Less is more" the "more" he was referring to was beauty that results from simplicity rather than overcrowding. It's a matter of subjective taste of course but when a musician like Miles Davis plays you can appreciate the concept of less being "more". The space he leaves in between phrases gives each phrase much more resonance. In my humble opinion it's more tasteful. In rocknroll, think players like Mick Taylor or Joe Walsh.... each phrase is lyrical and memorable.... and uncrowded. Don't get me wrong I think extreme virtuosity is admirable but more tasteful when balanced.
Tommy Boyce the eagles are godawful, boring trash.
Tommy Boyce Virtuosity ISN’T just playing lots of notes. It’s a fully-evolved musician perpetually growing and improving, a combination of technical and theoretical prowess, with thoughtful, soulful, and beautiful musicality. On the other side, lazy punk rock with a self-destructive attitude as a crutch or over processed pop radio programming, music of style vs. the music of taste and complexity that the true virtuoso creates, which both punk and pop lack. Musicians like Arvo Part are virtuosos, even though their approach is minimal. It’s easy, quality lasts, rubbish is soon forgotten.
OK, but how can that be? How can can less be more? Damn it, MORE is more! Simple logic. :)
Great interview! Finally, an interviewer that asks thought out and intelligent questions. Malmsteen was impressed with Sam too! Good work man.
So this is what Elvis has been up to lol He changed his name I see..
lmao! I was thinking the same thing xD
Fire Marshall Bill hahaha he does look like a long haired Elvis lol especially with all the Gold lol
Yngwie said it all here. Dedication and stubbornness to achieve what you want is an absolute necessity. "One must feel strongly to make others feel strongly", "nuff said. Love YM.
Steeler...Alcatraz...Rising Force (very cool)...Awesome stuff!!
“Because if you just follow the wind , you blow away one day.” That was profound Mr Malmsteen. My hat goes off to you.