THIS FEELS LIKE PARADISE
WE'LL BE IN HEAVEN TONIGHT
LOST IN A DREAM
IN THE ARMS OF THE NIGHT
TWO LONELY PRISONERS
OF OUR OWN DEVICE
Yngwie Johan Malmsteen
(born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck),
on June 30th 1963
is a Swedish-American guitarist.
He first became known
in the 1980's
for his neoclassical
playing style in heavy metal,
and has released
22 studio albums
in a career spanning
over 40 years.
Malmsteen is considered to be
one of the best guitarists
in rock/metal.
Malmsteen has publicly stated
that he is not influenced by
the blues or the style of
Ritchie Blackmore,
the virtuoso claims that
his guitar playing is
inspired by classical violin,
not classical guitar.
Malmsteen has stated that
Jimi Hendrix had no
musical impact on him
and did not
contribute to his style.
However watching the
TV news reports on
September 18th 1970 of
Hendrix's death,
which included footage of
Hendrix smashing
and burning his guitar
at the Monterey Pop Festival
in 1967,
made Malmsteen think,
"This is really cool."
From the late 1970's,
Malmsteen played in local bands,
sometimes together with
future Talisman
bassist
Marcel Jacob,
Europe bassist
John Levén
and architect
Eero Koivisto.
They recorded various demos
and a single for
CBS Records
but nothing was
officially released
from this era until
the 2002 releases
of
Rising Force - Birth of the Sun
and Yngwie's own
The Genesis album.
In early 1982,
Mike Varney of
Shrapnel Records
first heard
Yngwie Malmsteen's music
through
record store owner
Bill Burkard,
who played for him
a demo tape of
Malmsteen's early work
(likely the 1978 "Powerhouse" demo)
recorded when
Yngwie was 15.
Later in 1982,
Malmsteen sent to Varney
an untitled demo recording
as a submission for
Varney's Guitar Player
magazine column.
Guitar Player
published this demo
for the February 1983 edition
of the magazine.
In 1983,
Varney brought Malmsteen
to the United States
to play on the recording of
Shrapnel recording artist
Steeler,
also featuring singer
Ron Keel
and bassist
Rik Fox
for its self-titled album.
He then appeared with
Graham Bonnet
in the band
Alcatrazz,
playing on its
1983 debut
No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll
and the 1984
live album
Live Sentence.
In July 1984,
Bonnet and Malmsteen clashed
about who was the frontman a
nd had a fight during a show.
Malmsteen was fired
on the spot from
Alcatrazz
and replaced by
Steve Vai.
Vai had one day
to learn the songs
for the ongoing tour.
In 1984,
Malmsteen released
his first
solo album
Rising Force,
which featured
Barrie Barlow
of
Jethro Tull
on drums
and keyboard player
Jens Johansson.
His album was meant to be
an instrumental
side-project of
Alcatrazz,
but it ended up
featuring
vocals by
Jeff Scott Soto
before the release of
Rising Force
Rising Force won
Guitar Player's award for
Best Rock Album
and was nominated for a
Grammy Award for
'Best Rock Instrumental',
reaching no. 60
on the Billboard album chart.
Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force
(as his band was thereafter known)
next released
Marching Out
(1985).
Then he recruited
Jens Johansson's brother
Anders to play drums
and bassist
Marcel Jacob
to record and tour
with the band.
Jacob left in
the middle of a tour
and was replaced by
Wally Voss.
Malmsteen's third album,
Trilogy,
featuring the vocals of
Mark Boals
(and Malmsteen on both guitar and bass),
was released in 1986.
Boals left the band
in the middle of the tour a
nd was replaced by
the former singer
Jeff Scott Soto.
The tour was cancelled
after Malmsteen was
involved in a serious
car accident,
smashing his
V12 Jaguar E-Type
into a tree,
which put him in a coma
for a week.
Nerve damage
to his right hand
was reported.
During this time,
Malmsteen's mother died
from cancer.
New line-up changes
for the next album
included former
Rainbow vocalist
Joe Lynn Turner
joining the band,
along with
session bassist
Bob Daisley,
who was hired to record
some bass parts
and help with
the lyrics.
In April 1988,
he released his
fourth album
Odyssey.Odyssey
was his most
successful album,
in part due to the
success of its first single
"Heaven Tonight".
Shows in the Soviet Union
during the Odyssey tour
were recorded
and released in 1989
as a fifth album
Trial by Fire: Live in Leningrad.
The classic
Rising Force line-up
with Malmsteen
and the Johansson brothers
was dissolved
in 1989
when both Anders
and Jens left.
That year later,
Jens joined Dio
replacing keyboardist
Claude Schnell.
Malmsteen's neoclassical style
of metal became popular
among hordes of
guitarists during
the mid-1980s,
with contemporaries
such as
Jason Becker,
Marty Friedman,
Paul Gilbert,
Tony MacAlpine,
and
Vinnie Moore
becoming prominent.
In late 1988,
Malmsteen's signature
Fender Stratocaster guitar
was released,
making him
and
Eric Clapton
the first artists
to be honored by Fender.
In the mid 1990s,
Malmsteen released
the albums
Inspiration
(1996)
featuring three
of his former singers
Soto,
Boals
and Turner,
Facing the Animal
(1997)
featuring
Mats Levén
on vocals
and
Cozy Powell
on drums,
followed by
a live record
Double Live!
(1998)
and another
studio recording
Alchemy
(1999)
featuring once again
Mark Boals
on vocals.
Special guest appearances
and side projects
In 1996,
Malmsteen joined forces
with former band members
Jeff Scott Soto
and
Marcel Jacob
on the album
Human Clay
where he played lead guitar
on the track
"Jealousy".
In the same year,
Malmsteen recorded
guitar solos
for two different
Deep Purple tribute albums,
Smoke on the Water
and
Black Night – Deep Purple Tribute
According to New York,
using the alias
"Lars Y. Loudamp"
on the latter
to avoid contractual conflicts.
He also guested with
Saxon on the song
"Denim And Leather"
on their live album
The Eagle Has Landed – Part II
(released in 1997).
Later that year,
Malmsteen recorded the tracks
"Enigma suite"
and
"All opposable thumbs"
with his former
band members
Jens Johansson
and
Anders Johansson
on their album
Johansson/Sonic Winter.
TRACKLIST
Far Beyond The Sun
I'll See The Light, Tonight
You Don't Remember, I'll Never Forget
Liar
Queen In Love
Hold On
Heaven Tonight
Déjà Vu
Guitar Solo
(Trilogy Suite Op: 5 / Spasebo Blues)
Spanish Castle Magic
[Live]
Judas
Making Love
(Extended Guitar Solo)
Eclipse
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