Yngwie Malmsteen
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|Name = Yngwie Malmsteen
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|Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
|Birth_name = Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck
|Alias = Yngwie J. Malmsteen
|Born = {{birth date and age|1963|6|30}}<br />[[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]
|Died =
|Origin =
|Instrument = [[Guitar]], [[Bass guitar|bass]], [[piano|keyboards]], [[singer|vocals]], [[sitar]], [[cello]]
|Genre = [[Neo-classical metal]], [[power metal]]
|Occupation = [[Guitarist]], [[Composer]], [[Vocalist]]
|Years_active = 1978 - present
|Label = [[Polydor]], [[Polygram]], [[Elektra Records|Elektra]]
|Associated_acts = [[Steeler]], [[Alcatrazz]]
|URL = [http://www.yngwie.org Official website]
|Notable_instruments = [[Yngwie Malmsteen Stratocaster|Signature Model Stratocaster]]
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'''Yngwie Johann Malmsteen''' ({{pronEng|ˈɪŋveɪ ˈmɑːlmstiːn}} in English) (born '''Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck''' on [[June 30]], [[1963]] in [[Stockholm, Sweden]]) is a [[Sweden|Swedish]] virtuoso [[guitarist]], [[composer]], [[multi-instrumentalist]], and [[bandleader]]. Malmsteen became notable in the mid-1980s for his technical fluency and [[neo-classical metal]] compositions. Four of his albums, from 1984 to 1988, ''[[Rising Force]]'', ''[[Marching Out]]'', ''[[Trilogy (Yngwie J. Malmsteen album)|Trilogy]]'', and ''[[Odyssey (album)|Odyssey]]'', ranked in the top 100 for sales.{{Fact|date=07-14-2008}}
== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
Malmsteen was born on [[June 30]], [[1963]], as the first child of a musically talented family in [[Stockholm, Sweden]]. At age seven, he saw a television news report on the death of [[Jimi Hendrix]]. To quote his official website, "The day Jimi Hendrix died, the guitar-playing Malmsteen was born". At the age of 10 he took his [[mother]]'s [[maiden name]] Malmsten as his surname, slightly changed it to Malmsteen, and [[Anglicised]] his given name Yngve to "Yngwie". Malmsteen was a teenager when he first encountered the music of the 19th century [[violin]] virtuoso [[Niccolò Paganini]], whom he cites as his biggest classical music influence.
Through his emulation of Paganini concerto pieces on guitar, Malmsteen developed a prodigious technical fluency. Malmsteen's guitar style include a wide, [[violin]]-like [[vibrato]] inspired by classical violinists, and use of such minor scales as the [[Harmonic minor]], and minor [[Musical mode|modes]] such as [[phrygian mode|Phrygian]], and [[aeolian mode|Aeolian]]. Malmsteen also cites [[Brian May]] of [[Queen (band)|Queen]], [[Steve Hackett]] of [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]], [[Uli Jon Roth]], [[Alex Lifeson]] of [[Rush (band)|Rush]], and [[Ritchie Blackmore]] of [[Deep Purple]] as influences.
=== 1980s ===
In late 1982 Malmsteen was brought to the [[United States|U.S.]] by [[Mike Varney]] of [[Shrapnel Records]], who had heard a demo tape of Malmsteen's playing. He had brief engagements with [[Steeler]], for their self-titled album of 1983, then [[Alcatrazz]], for their 1983 debut ''[[No Parole From Rock N' Roll]]'', and the 1984 live album ''[[Live Sentence]]''. Malmsteen released his first solo album ''[[Rising Force]]'' in 1984, which featured [[Barriemore Barlow|Barrie Barlow]] of [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] on drums. His album was really meant to be an instrumental side-project of Alcatrazz, but it contained vocals, and Malmsteen left Alcatrazz soon after the release of ''Rising Force''.
''Rising Force'' won the [[Guitar Player Magazine]]'s award for Best Rock Album and was also nominated for a [[Grammy award|Grammy]] for 'Best Rock Instrumental', achieving #60 on the [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] album chart. Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force (as his band was thereafter known) next released ''[[Marching Out]]'' (1985). [[Jeff Scott Soto]] filled vocal duties on these initial albums.
His third album, ''[[Trilogy (Yngwie J. Malmsteen album)|Trilogy]]'', featuring the vocals of [[Mark Boals]], was released in 1986. In 1987, another singer, former [[Rainbow (band)|Rainbow]] vocalist [[Joe Lynn Turner]] joined his band.
That year, Malmsteen was in a serious car accident, smashing his [[Jaguar XKE]] into a tree and putting him in a coma for a week. Nerve damage to his right hand was reported. During his time in the hospital, Malmsteen's mother died from cancer. In the summer of 1988 he released his fourth album, ''[[Odyssey (album)|Odyssey]]''. Odyssey would be his biggest hit album, mainly because of its first single "Heaven Tonight". Shows in Russia during the Odyssey tour were recorded, and released in 1989 as his fifth album ''[[Trial by Fire (album)|Trial By Fire: Live in Leningrad]]''. The concert in Leningrad was the largest ever by a western artist in the Soviet Union.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
Malmsteen's "[[Neo-classical metal|Neo-classical]]" style of metal became moderately popular during the mid 1980s, with contemporaries such as [[Jason Becker]], [[Paul Gilbert]], [[Marty Friedman (guitarist)|Marty Friedman]], [[Tony MacAlpine]] and [[Vinnie Moore]] becoming prominent. MacAlpine came to the neoclassical/[[Shredding (guitar playing technique)|shred]] field by applying his classical piano training to his guitar playing and Moore arrived at a similar style because he shared Malmsteen's major influences. In late 1988, Malmsteen's signature [[Fender Stratocaster]] guitar was released, making him and [[Eric Clapton]] the first artists to be honored by [[Fender Musical Instruments Corporation|Fender]].
=== 1990s ===
In the early 1990s Malmsteen released the albums ''[[Eclipse (Yngwie Malmsteen album)|Eclipse]]'' (1990), ''[[The Yngwie Malmsteen Collection]]'' (1991), ''[[Fire and Ice (album)|Fire and Ice]]'' (1992) and ''[[The Seventh Sign (album)|The Seventh Sign]]'' (1994). Despite his early success, and continuous success in Europe and Asia, by the early 1990s 1980s heavy metal styles such as neoclassical metal and lengthy, virtuoso shred guitar solos had become unfashionable in the US.
In the 1990s, Malmsteen continued to record and release albums under the Japanese record label [[Pony Canyon]], and maintained a devoted following from some fans in Europe and Japan, and to a lesser extent in the USA. In 2000, he once again acquired a contract with a US record label, Spitfire, and released his 1990s catalog into the US market for the first time, including what he regards as his masterpiece, ''[[Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra]]'', recorded with the [[Czech Philharmonic Orchestra]] in [[Prague]]. In 1993, Malmsteen's mother-in-law, who was opposed to his engagement with her daughter, had him arrested for threatening her with a shotgun and holding her daughter against her will <ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.guitarsite.com/Yngwie.htm|title=Yngwie at Guitarsite.com|accessdate= 2007-05-26}}</ref>. The charges against Malmsteen were dropped when he denied the incident.
=== 2000s ===
After the release of ''[[War to End All Wars (album)|War to End All Wars]]'' in 2000, singer [[Mark Boals]] left the band. Malmsteen went on tour with former [[ARK (band)|Ark]] vocalist [[Jorn Lande]]. Due to various tensions on tour, Jorn left before the recording of Malmsteen's next album, ''[[Attack!! (album)|Attack!!]]''. He was replaced by former [[Rainbow (band)|Rainbow]] vocalist [[Doogie White]]. White's vocals were well received by fans. In 2003, Malmsteen joined [[Joe Satriani]] and [[Steve Vai]] as part of the [[G3 (tour)|G3]] [[supergroup (music)|supergroup]]. Malmsteen made two guest appearances on keyboardist [[Derek Sherinian]]'s albums ''[[Black Utopia]]'' (2003), and ''[[Blood of the Snake]]'' (2006) where Malmsteen is heard on the same tracks as [[Al Di Meola]] and [[Zakk Wylde]]. In 2004, Malmsteen made two cameo appearances on [[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]- possibly alluded to his status as a guitarist.
Malmsteen released ''[[Unleash the Fury]]'' in 2005. He is married to April and has a son named Antonio after [[Antonio Vivaldi]], and they live in [[Miami, Florida]]. A noted Ferrari enthusiast, he owned a black 1985 [[Ferrari 308 GTB|308 GTS]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadgearmag.com/article.asp?section_id=12&article_id=116|title= roadgearmag.com|Accessdate= March 2001}}</ref> for 18 years before selling it on eBay, and a red 1962 [[Ferrari 250 GTO|250 GTO]].<ref>yngwie.org. [http://yngwie.org/news/Answers.html Yngwie Answers Your Questions]. March 16, 2002.</ref> In the mid-2000s, he gave up smoking and drinking alcohol (date: April 2007).
In 2007, Malmsteen was honored in the [[Xbox 360]] version of ''[[Guitar Hero II]]''. Players can receive the "Yngwie Malmsteen" award by hitting 1000 or more notes in succession.<ref>[http://xbox360achievements.org/achievements.php?gameID=195 Xbox360Achievements.org - Guitar Hero II Achievement List<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> February 2008 saw the replacement of singer Doogie White with former [[Iced Earth]] and [[Judas Priest]] and current [[Beyond Fear]] singer [[Tim "Ripper" Owens|Tim Owens]], with whom Malmsteen had once recorded a cover of [[Ozzy Osbourne]]'s song "[[Mr. Crowley]]", for the [[2000 in music|2000]] Osbourne [[tribute album]] ''[[Bat Head Soup: A Tribute to Ozzy]]''. The first Malmsteen album to feature Owens was to be released in July 2008, but has been pushed back to August 6th, 2008.
== Equipment ==
=== Guitars ===
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Malmsteen uses [[Fender Musical Instruments Corporation|Fender]] [[Fender Stratocaster|Stratocaster]]s, especially vintage instruments from 1968 through 1972. His Strats tend to feature [[Fingerboard#Scalloping|scalloped fingerboards]] and [[DiMarzio]] HS-3 pickups, and (more recently) the staggered-polepiece HS-3 released as the Dimarzio YJM. He routinely disconnects the middle pickup and tone controls on his guitars. Malmsteen briefly used [[Schecter Guitars]] in the 1980s, who built him Stratocaster-style guitars similar to his Fenders. While in Alcatrazz, he also used [http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i24/m4rk0_0/yngwie.jpg Aria Pro II].
=== Live equipment ===
Malmsteen uses vintage 1972 Marshall amplifiers for his live performances, sometimes performing with a "wall" of up to 27 vintage Marshall 4x12 Cabinets with Celestion G12T-75 (75 watt) speakers. All of the 24 heads on the cabinets are Vintage 1972 Mark II Marshall 50 Watt heads. Floor effect pedals consist of a BOSS CS-3 Compression Sustainer, Roland DC-10 analog echo pedal, vintage Dunlop Cry-Baby Wah Pedal, [[Moog Taurus]] Bass Pedals, BOSS OC-2 Octave, DOD 250 Overdrive Pre-Amp pedal, BOSS NS-2 Noise Suppressor and a Custom Audio Electronics switching system for his effects rack.
Malmsteen's guitars onstage are 1968-1972 Fender Stratocasters. For his acoustic sets, Malmsteen uses a nylon strung electro-acoustic black or white Ovation Viper. Prior to the Ovations, Malmsteen used Aria, Alvarez & Gibson classical acoustics on stage. Malmsteen regularly performs onstage with a custom light top, heavy bottom string gauge ranging from 0.08 through 0.48 gauge, which are considered by most guitarists to be very thin, especially with the downtuning used. Malmsteen's picks are Jim Dunlop 1.5 white.
=== YJM308 Yngwie Malmsteen Overdrive ===
Malmsteen has used the DOD250 overdrive pedal exclusively, and assisted [[DOD Electronics|DOD]] in re-creating the tonal qualities of the original, gray DOD250 pedal as his signature model YJM308 overdrive. Yngwie's signature overdrive pedal was first removed from guitar sites and stores at the end of April but was released again a week later, but has now been taken off of shelves for good. <ref> {{cite web|url=http://namm.harmony-central.com/WNAMM02/Content/DOD/PR/YJM308.html |title=DOD Launches Yngwie Malmsteen Signature Stompbox at Winter NAMM |accessdate=2007-12-30 }}</ref> He now often uses the re-creation, named YJM308 after Malmsteen's initials and the name of his favorite car, the [[Ferrari 308]].<ref> {{cite web|url=http://lightningguider.com/id4.html |title=Lightning Guider |accessdate=2008-01-09 }}</ref> <ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.yngwie.org/MetalEdge.htm |title=Metal Edge |accessdate=2000-12-09 }}</ref>
==Band members==
{{details|List of Yngwie Malmsteen band members}}
===Previous members===
*'''[[Jeff Scott Soto]]''' - lead vocals (1984-1985)
*'''[[Mark Boals]]''' - lead vocals (1986-1996-1999-2001)
*'''[[Joe Lynn Turner]]''' - lead vocals (1988-1989)
*'''[[Goran Edman]]''' - lead vocals (1990-1992)
*'''[[Mike Vescera]]''' - lead vocals (1994-1995)
*'''[[Mats Leven]]''' - lead vocals (1997-1998)
*'''[[Doogie White]]''' - lead vocals (2001-2008)
*'''[[Anders Johansson]]''' - drums (1985-1989)
*'''[[Mike Terrana]]''' - drums (1994)
*'''[[Jens Johansson]]''' - keyboards (1984-1989)
*'''[[Mats Olausson]]''' - keyboards (1990-2001)
*'''[[Svante Henrysson]]''' - bass (1990-1992)
*'''[[Barry Sparks]]''' - bass (1994-1995)
===Current members===
*'''[[Tim "Ripper" Owens]]''' - lead vocals (2008-present)
*'''[[Yngwie Malmsteen]]''' - guitars (1978-present)
*'''Michael Troy''' - keyboards (2007-present)
*'''[[Bjorn Englen]]''' - bass (2008-present)
*'''[[Patrick Johansson]]''' - drums, percussion (2001-present)
== Discography ==
=== Steeler ===
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|'''Date of Release'''
|'''Title'''
|'''Label'''
|'''Chart positions'''
|'''US sales'''
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|1983
|''[[Steeler (album)|Steeler]]''
|Shrapnel
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=== Alcatrazz ===
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|'''Date of Release'''
|'''Title'''
|'''Label'''
|'''Chart positions'''
|'''US sales'''
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|1984
|''[[No Parole from Rock N' Roll]]''
|[[Polydor]]
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|1984
|''[[Live Sentence]]''
|Polydor
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=== Solo ===
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|'''Year'''
|'''Album'''
|'''Publisher'''
|'''Chart positions'''
|'''US sales'''
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|1984
|''[[Rising Force]]''
|[[Polydor]]
|60
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|October 1985
|''[[Marching Out]]''
|[[Polydor]]
|54
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|1986
|''[[Trilogy (Yngwie J. Malmsteen album)|Trilogy]]''
|[[Polydor]]
|44
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|March, 1988
|''[[Odyssey (album)|Odyssey]]''
|[[Polydor]]
|40
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|-
|October, 1989
|''[[Trial by Fire (album)|Trial By Fire]]: Live in Leningrad''
|[[Polydor]]
|128
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|1990
|''[[Eclipse (Yngwie Malmsteen album)|Eclipse]]''
|[[Polydor]]
|112
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|November, 1991
|''[[The Yngwie Malmsteen Collection]]''
|[[Polydor]]
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|1992
|''[[Fire and Ice (album)|Fire and Ice]]''
|[[Elektra Records|Elektra]]
|121
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|[[February 18]], [[1994]]
| ''[[The Seventh Sign (album)|The Seventh Sign]]''
|[[Pony Canyon]]
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|[[September 21]], [[1994]]
| ''[[Power And Glory (album)|Power And Glory]]''
|[[Pony Canyon]]
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|[[October 21]], [[1994]]
| ''[[I Can't Wait (album)|I Cant Wait]]''
|[[Pony Canyon]]
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|[[June 06]], [[1995]]
|''[[Magnum Opus]]''
|[[Pony Canyon]]
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|[[November 05]], [[1996]]
|''[[Inspiration (Yngwie J. Malmsteen album)|Inspiration]]''
|[[Pony Canyon]]
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|[[September 03]], [[1997]]
|''[[Facing the Animal]]''
|[[Pony Canyon]]
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|[[February 04]], [[1998]]
| ''[[Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra]]'' in Em, Opus 1
|[[Pony Canyon]]
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|[[September 18]], [[1998]]
|''[[Double LIVE!]]''
|[[Pony Canyon]]
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|[[September 17]], [[1999]]
|''[[Alchemy (Yngwie J. Malmsteen album)|Alchemy]]''
|[[Pony Canyon]]
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|[[March 15]], [[2000]]
|''[[Anthology 1994-1999 (album)|Anthology 1994-1999]]''
|[[Pony Canyon]]
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|[[May 09]], [[2000]]
|''[[The Best Of: 1990-1999 (album)|The Best Of: 1990-1999]]''
|[[Dream Catcher]]
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|[[November 22]], [[2000]]
|''[[War to End All Wars (album)|War to End All Wars]]''
|[[Pony Canyon]]
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|[[January 09]], [[2002]]
|''[[Concerto Suite LIVE With the New Japan Philharmonic]]''
|[[Pony Canyon]]
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|-
|[[September 04]], [[2002]]
|''[[Attack!! (album)|Attack!!]]''
|[[Pony Canyon]]
|
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|-
|[[December 30]], [[2002]]
|''[[The Genesis]]''
|[[Pony Canyon]]
|
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|-
|[[January 01]], [[2004]]
|''[[Oujya Ressou - Instrumental Best Album (album)|Oujya Ressou - Instrumental Best Album]]''
|[[Pony Canyon]]
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|[[March 10]], [[2004]]
|''[[G3: Rockin' in the Free World]]''
|[[Epic Records|Epic]]
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|[[February 23]], [[2005]]
|''[[Unleash the Fury]]
|[[Universal Music]]
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|}
== References ==
<references/>
== See also ==
*[[Guitar Moves]]
== External links ==
{{wikiquote}}
* [http://www.yngwiemalmsteen.com Yngwie J. Malmsteen's official website]
* [http://www.guitarjamdaily.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1411&Itemid=73 Audio Interview with Yngwie on GuitarJamDaily.com]
* [http://www.union.edu/PUBLIC/SCHOLARS/soph/kirkmp3/TrilogyOp5.mp3 Extract from Trilogy Suite Op. 5]
* [http://42.pl/u/yrC Video Excerpt from Concerto Suite Live, with the New Japan Philharmonic]
* [http://www.fullinbloommusic.com/ronkeel.html Yngwie History with Ron Keel]
* [http://www.myspace.com/g3live Myspace: G3]
*[http://www.hardradio.com/shockwaves/yngwie1.html HardRadio.com interview with Yngwie]
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