Yngwie Malmsteen

Genres:	Heavy Metal • Music Videos & Concerts • Pop / Rock
Descriptive "tags":	guitar virtuoso • heavy metal • power metal • metal • guitar • neo-classical metal • hard rock • rock
Decades Active:	1980s • 1990s • 2000s
Links online:	BBC Music • Discography • Discography • IMDb • Official Homepage • Wikipedia

Biography

Lars Johann Yngwie Lannerback, 30 June 1963, Stockholm, Sweden. This Swedish guitar virtuoso was the originator of the high-speed, technically precise, neo-classical style that developed during the 80s. Influenced by Jimi Hendrix, Ritchie Blackmore and Eddie Van Halen, Malmsteen first picked up a guitar at the age of five and had formed his first band, Powerhouse, by the time he entered his teens. At age 14 he formed Rising, named after Rainbow’s second album, and recorded a series of demo tapes. One of these was picked up by producer and guitar specialist Mike Varney. Malmsteen was persuaded by Varney to relocate to Los Angeles and join Ron Keel’s Steeler as lead guitarist, and went straight into the studio to record the band’s debut album. Following this, he was approached by Kiss, UFO and Ozzy Osbourne, but declined their offers in favour of teaming up with Graham Bonnet in a new group called Alcatrazz. This association lasted for one studio album...

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