I love the production on No Parole from Rock N Roll. It's different but so pleasing for the ears. The guitar is amazing, the songs are divine and the vocals are just out of this world. My favorite album of all time.
I wish Graham would have had more exposure. He is an under-appreciated singer by the masses. He played with two of the top 10 greatest shredders of all time. How many lead singers can say they played with two legends like Malmsteen and Vai? Not many. Roth; Plant; Ozzy; Dio; the list is short and I'm sure I'm missing a few.
Really happy Graham reconnected with Michael Schenker and came back into the spotlight. Warrior is an absolute masterpiece. Keep on rocking Graham! There's still plenty of powder.
I cringed when you said Opening for Ted Nugent . Yea Alcatraz where special . Cheers Ancient Metal Guy . Hey my best opening "for" moment was Cynic opening for Ed Guy ??????
Yngwie did some fantastic solo records too, but I liked him better with Alcatrazz than by himself. He made some amazing music, but he’s really lost it today, now he’s kinda like a spinal tap character.
"No Parole From Rock N Roll" is an excellent album, in my opinion. I discovered it a few years back when I went backwards through Yngwie's career... Graham's vocals on Suffer Me in particular are great!
@@JackMcLeodJr They’re a load of wasted potential. Alcatrazz were brilliant musicians (though I’m not a fan of Yngwie’s sloppy rhythm playing) but they really lacked the songwriting thing. The concepts behind their songs were extremely clever (I’m thinking Suffer Me, God Blessed Video, etc) but they just didn’t have all the prose in them to make them super relevant in terms of cleverness. Sort of relied on Graham’s work with Rainbow and Yngwie’s shit hot playing. I think they got better songwriting-wise with Vai to be honest, and I know that this is a controversial opinion but I think they did better with Vai than they could have possibly done with Yngwie. The songs were cleverer and more eclectic, Vai’s style suited the band better than you might think, and I think he was a much better personality to work with as well. He’s better at working with other people than Yngwie. But it was clear he was gonna go and do bigger things than Alcatrazz in his career. That’s what Graham said, Alcatrazz was a bit of a stepping stone for guitarists who went on to do great things whilst they stayed in the shitter. Yep, Alcatrazz is pretty unique. But I don’t think the working relationship between them was very healthy. I think Bonnet wanted to make Alcatrazz as a “fuck you” response to Blackmore to firing him from Rainbow, I mean he literally said Alcatrazz was meant to be like Rainbow. And it’s probably things like this that are why the band just hasn’t worked the way it should. Bonnet wanted better than Waldo and Shea, Jan Uvena’s been all but forgotten and Yngwie just wanted to be the centre stage. It’s really sad, now that Bonnet’s split with Waldo and Shea. Doogie White’s the best possible replacement for him, but Graham’s just something else. This band should’ve really been something special.
That Ted Nugent and Alcatrazz show was great, I saw them in '84 at the Rocky Glen Park in Moosic, PA. for like $15 which included admission to the park too, but it ended up pouring rain out so the only ones who lucked out were us fans who were inside watching the show while all the park goers were stranded huddling under cover to get out of the rain.
You'll never see a more POWERFUL and a more MELODIC large piece of work from Graham than IMPELLITTERI STAND IN LINE!!!! Graham should influence Sweet, Harnell, Halford AND Tate!!! Catch me in the middle of the week and I'll take Graham as my favorite melodies!!!!!
Ha, I'm quite surprised it wasn't the other way around as I saw Alcatrazz with Malmsteen opening for Ted Nugent (talk about testosterone overload!) in Worcester, MA, and Malmsteen would take long, and really great solos and then not 30 seconds later jump in front of the singer (Graham) to add fills... the EXACT story he shares here... ha
In the live version of Alcatrazz playing “Lost In Hollywood”, he literally cuts out right in front of Graham, nearly knocking him over. If that’s not evidence that Yngwie was the asshole in that band, I don’t know what is. I know Jimmy Waldo and Gary Shea have claimed otherwise, but it sounds to me like they just want to try and defuse the gossip about how poorly Malmsteen treated them.
The Maestro is out of this world. Yngwie May play fast but it makes sense and has a grove all his own. After all these years He is still amazing and unique.
A few years ago when graham told this story he was a lot more friendly about it . I think he was trying to get Yngwie to do a reunion show or something because he tells the story a little differently . Yngwie is amazing . I’m sure he had a lot of stress and I play lead guitar and sing myself . It isn’t cool to play leads over the verses it messes the singer up and it’s not the place for it . Yngwie still does it even when he himself is singing . The G3 dvd is killer my singer friend got all mad when Yngwie was playing over the verse . Lol . He doesn’t like the neoclassical style or Yngwie . He was really mad when he kept playing leads and we were just watching lol
Vai made Alcatrazz more of a band than just a front for a guitarist and vocalist. If you watch the Alcatrazz footage with Yngwie, notice that it’s almost impossible to see rest of the band because the cameras are so focused on what Yngwie’s doing. He’s just counting down the seconds before his guitar solo. With Vai, he puts as much energy into his rhythm parts as his guitar solos and the cameras were much focused on the rest of the band. Vai can share the spotlight, whereas Yngwie needs the entire stage to himself.
I played huge club Psycho Bunnies/Wanda Chrome and the Leather Pharaohs/Peter and the Test Tube Babies called Alcatraz somewhere in Fjord country. Crazed party. Vikings. Some giants. Must have been named after Yngwie album? the band? Or more unlikely the US federal prison. IDK the English wasn't real good way up there. Mid 90's. Had some weird preshow interview might have been on radio. I said I liked ABBA. My thought was it is actual punk rock to like ABBA, (behold a true rebel) ABBA did some great stuff if we are going to be honest about pop music. Whatever country they were from, that was where we were. Scandanavia?Oh yeah the question was "Which upcoming bands from Scandanavia do you prefer?" Wapatui, mosh pit blur of a night. I had to tell the punks not to spit at us. I meant it too. I don't know where they got their information that that was acceptable. Some kid moving his broken nose from side to side pogoing up in the mosh crowd calling and pointing at me saying "Chucka Berry Chucka Berry" ". I learned much later Peter and the Test Tube Babies always say it is their final show.
I don't like Don't To Earth, with Rainbow, something didn't work there. But the MSG and Alcatrazz albums are amazing, all of them, although I prefer Yngwie, he was ahead of the game by the time.
More BS and jealousy from Graham. He won't pass up an interview where he can trash Yngwie. Then he recorded his last record with a Malmsteen imitation on guitar. Just disappear already.
@@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973It's called the TH-cam algorithm, you watch one Rainbow tune you like just once and they bombard you with endless suggestions about what Roger Glover ate for dinner last Wednesday.
@@BrockTheHeathen I'm well aware of that. But it's pretty easy to go past the ones that you dislike and look at something else. I have never spent a minute watching videos about an artist I don't care about. There's lots of stuff on TH-cam. You don't have to watch shit you don't like. The idea of deliberately watching a video and saying " this guy should disappear" is a pretty good sign that you need to have a long look at yourself
Watching Graham makes me feel old...lol
We are close to the same age great vocalist...unique voice
What a talent Graham is. What a voice. From Skeggy too!
Love Graham Bonnett. Such a nice guy.
Graham is an amazing artist. I really enjoy his music.
Graham Bonnet is the most criminally underrated singer unknown to mankind
Basically, yes.
He never fit in the rockstar drawer, this interview is another proof.
Amazing singer.. far my favourite
Those two records with Malmsteen and Vai are total bangers.
Graham Bonnet is pretty cool guy .
I love the production on No Parole from Rock N Roll. It's different but so pleasing for the ears. The guitar is amazing, the songs are divine and the vocals are just out of this world. My favorite album of all time.
I wish Graham would have had more exposure. He is an under-appreciated singer by the masses. He played with two of the top 10 greatest shredders of all time. How many lead singers can say they played with two legends like Malmsteen and Vai? Not many. Roth; Plant; Ozzy; Dio; the list is short and I'm sure I'm missing a few.
Bonnet also played with Blackmore and Schenker so his CV is even more impressive.
Did Ozzy play with Yngwie?!
David Lee Roth, Sammy Hagar
I still remember that great early 80s Rainbow video "All Night Long" with Graham.
Really happy Graham reconnected with Michael Schenker and came back into the spotlight. Warrior is an absolute masterpiece. Keep on rocking Graham! There's still plenty of powder.
Great stories from this amazing singer .And thank you for your fantastic interviews .
I saw that tour with Alcatrazz opening for Ted Nugent. It was mindblowing.
I cringed when you said Opening for Ted Nugent . Yea Alcatraz where special . Cheers Ancient Metal Guy . Hey my best opening "for" moment was Cynic opening for Ed Guy ??????
I really like Graham and Yngwie is a legend.
the maestro Yngwie one of the best ever 🎸🤘🎶
Legend 🌈
that alcatrazz album with yngwie is the best thing either of them ever did. amazing stuff
Yngwie did some fantastic solo records too, but I liked him better with Alcatrazz than by himself. He made some amazing music, but he’s really lost it today, now he’s kinda like a spinal tap character.
What foolery you have expressed. Yngwie has composed masterpieces that will outlast you.
Most rock and roll will be long forgotten.
@@johnp.johnson1541 blasphemy. all his stuff sounds the same . Odyssey was ok. he needs to hire a producer and a real singer
"No Parole From Rock N Roll" is an excellent album, in my opinion. I discovered it a few years back when I went backwards through Yngwie's career... Graham's vocals on Suffer Me in particular are great!
No parole is Yngwie's best work in my opinion. He played for the song, not for the solo
@@lloydmunga4961 Agree, loved Odyssey also with Joe Lynn Turner singing. Trilogy was good too. But there's something unique about Alcatrazz.
@@JackMcLeodJr funny you should mention Odyssey .... That's my second favorite album by him .
@@JackMcLeodJr They’re a load of wasted potential. Alcatrazz were brilliant musicians (though I’m not a fan of Yngwie’s sloppy rhythm playing) but they really lacked the songwriting thing. The concepts behind their songs were extremely clever (I’m thinking Suffer Me, God Blessed Video, etc) but they just didn’t have all the prose in them to make them super relevant in terms of cleverness. Sort of relied on Graham’s work with Rainbow and Yngwie’s shit hot playing.
I think they got better songwriting-wise with Vai to be honest, and I know that this is a controversial opinion but I think they did better with Vai than they could have possibly done with Yngwie. The songs were cleverer and more eclectic, Vai’s style suited the band better than you might think, and I think he was a much better personality to work with as well. He’s better at working with other people than Yngwie. But it was clear he was gonna go and do bigger things than Alcatrazz in his career. That’s what Graham said, Alcatrazz was a bit of a stepping stone for guitarists who went on to do great things whilst they stayed in the shitter.
Yep, Alcatrazz is pretty unique. But I don’t think the working relationship between them was very healthy. I think Bonnet wanted to make Alcatrazz as a “fuck you” response to Blackmore to firing him from Rainbow, I mean he literally said Alcatrazz was meant to be like Rainbow. And it’s probably things like this that are why the band just hasn’t worked the way it should. Bonnet wanted better than Waldo and Shea, Jan Uvena’s been all but forgotten and Yngwie just wanted to be the centre stage. It’s really sad, now that Bonnet’s split with Waldo and Shea. Doogie White’s the best possible replacement for him, but Graham’s just something else. This band should’ve really been something special.
Great interview
Good interview
Malmsteen is unhinged. Always has been.
That Ted Nugent and Alcatrazz show was great, I saw them in '84 at the Rocky Glen Park in Moosic, PA. for like $15 which included admission to the park too, but it ended up pouring rain out so the only ones who lucked out were us fans who were inside watching the show while all the park goers were stranded huddling under cover to get out of the rain.
I’m looking forward to hearing what Graham and Jeff Loomis come up with!
You'll never see a more POWERFUL and a more MELODIC large piece of work from Graham than IMPELLITTERI STAND IN LINE!!!!
Graham should influence Sweet, Harnell, Halford AND Tate!!!
Catch me in the middle of the week and I'll take Graham as my favorite melodies!!!!!
Desert song MSG 🥇🏆🪄🎼💎
No one can beat King Yngwie at this style of playing!
Yes there is
@@70metalchylde -Who?
He copped it all from uli
Criss oliva for 1
@@antoncentko6651 Yngwie elevated the neoclassical style. Trump 2024! Trump 4EVA!!!
This Dude is funny😂
Ha, I'm quite surprised it wasn't the other way around as I saw Alcatrazz with Malmsteen opening for Ted Nugent (talk about testosterone overload!) in Worcester, MA, and Malmsteen would take long, and really great solos and then not 30 seconds later jump in front of the singer (Graham) to add fills... the EXACT story he shares here... ha
In the live version of Alcatrazz playing “Lost In Hollywood”, he literally cuts out right in front of Graham, nearly knocking him over. If that’s not evidence that Yngwie was the asshole in that band, I don’t know what is.
I know Jimmy Waldo and Gary Shea have claimed otherwise, but it sounds to me like they just want to try and defuse the gossip about how poorly Malmsteen treated them.
If graham had a better style and grew his hair out back in the day he would have been a huge star
The Maestro is out of this world. Yngwie May play fast but it makes sense and has a grove all his own. After all these years He is still amazing and unique.
Yngwie hasn’t created anything remotely interesting in years.
Yngwie doesn’t so much play guitar- it’s like he is puking out sounds from the guitar. He has always made music that only appealed to himself
His last decent album was Facing the Animal.
A few years ago when graham told this story he was a lot more friendly about it . I think he was trying to get Yngwie to do a reunion show or something because he tells the story a little differently . Yngwie is amazing . I’m sure he had a lot of stress and I play lead guitar and sing myself . It isn’t cool to play leads over the verses it messes the singer up and it’s not the place for it . Yngwie still does it even when he himself is singing . The G3 dvd is killer my singer friend got all mad when Yngwie was playing over the verse . Lol . He doesn’t like the neoclassical style or Yngwie . He was really mad when he kept playing leads and we were just watching lol
He’s saying Yngwie never had the makings of a varsity athlete
Yngwie is a B leaguer and that guy has some nerve going at a legend like that
I seen them opening up for UFO at Veterans Memorial in Columbus Ohio. It was my first concert ever.
Yngwie left the building...... 😂
I loved the Vai version a bit better. There’s live versions with Vai proving he was a better team player! When he got the spotlight Vai tore it up.
Vai made Alcatrazz more of a band than just a front for a guitarist and vocalist. If you watch the Alcatrazz footage with Yngwie, notice that it’s almost impossible to see rest of the band because the cameras are so focused on what Yngwie’s doing. He’s just counting down the seconds before his guitar solo. With Vai, he puts as much energy into his rhythm parts as his guitar solos and the cameras were much focused on the rest of the band. Vai can share the spotlight, whereas Yngwie needs the entire stage to himself.
At first glance I thought this was a Jim Bowen interview…..
I played huge club Psycho Bunnies/Wanda Chrome and the Leather Pharaohs/Peter and the Test Tube Babies called Alcatraz somewhere in Fjord country. Crazed party. Vikings. Some giants. Must have been named after Yngwie album? the band? Or more unlikely the US federal prison. IDK the English wasn't real good way up there. Mid 90's. Had some weird preshow interview might have been on radio. I said I liked ABBA. My thought was it is actual punk rock to like ABBA, (behold a true rebel) ABBA did some great stuff if we are going to be honest about pop music. Whatever country they were from, that was where we were. Scandanavia?Oh yeah the question was "Which upcoming bands from Scandanavia do you prefer?" Wapatui, mosh pit blur of a night. I had to tell the punks not to spit at us. I meant it too. I don't know where they got their information that that was acceptable. Some kid moving his broken nose from side to side pogoing up in the mosh crowd calling and pointing at me saying "Chucka Berry Chucka Berry" ". I learned much later Peter and the Test Tube Babies always say it is their final show.
Lucky he didn't try to eat you!
I don't like Don't To Earth, with Rainbow, something didn't work there. But the MSG and Alcatrazz albums are amazing, all of them, although I prefer Yngwie, he was ahead of the game by the time.
I don’t get him crapping on Waldo and Shea…not virtuosos, but they did alright.
Yngwie is no Jimi Bell
Who?
Is that Johnny Knoxville ?
Yngwie showed Ozzy Osbourne how to defeat motley Crue at an ant snorting contest.👀👅💀☠️🎃
Yeah, well, it was the 80s…The decade that made cocaine abuse an Olympic Event!
This is an old video ?
Yngwie can kill graham with his pick
Yeah. Graham killed with his vocals. Lol
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Elvis Presley was the light version of Rock'n Roll-King Graham Bonnet.
Bonnet pulled that cord. Bottom line. He should have manned up.
My question is, ARE YOU VACCINATED?
Stick that shot where the sun don’t shine 😂
More BS and jealousy from Graham. He won't pass up an interview where he can trash Yngwie. Then he recorded his last record with a Malmsteen imitation on guitar. Just disappear already.
He didn't bad mouth Yngwie, it's just and old story
Begs the question: why do you spend your time watching interviews with him ?
I didnt think he trashed Y. Nor is Vai an imitator -you must not know much about the guitar or have a tin ear.
@@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973It's called the TH-cam algorithm, you watch one Rainbow tune you like just once and they bombard you with endless suggestions about what Roger Glover ate for dinner last Wednesday.
@@BrockTheHeathen I'm well aware of that. But it's pretty easy to go past the ones that you dislike and look at something else. I have never spent a minute watching videos about an artist I don't care about. There's lots of stuff on TH-cam. You don't have to watch shit you don't like. The idea of deliberately watching a video and saying " this guy should disappear" is a pretty good sign that you need to have a long look at yourself
I saw Alcatrazz at Summerfest in Milwaukee. 83? 🤔 Hiroshima Mon Amour is a great song.