The Yngwie Malmsteen Thread v. He's Better Than You and He Knows It

[Calvin6s]

That's awful, he was an incredible keyboard player. 

They found seven empty bottles of whisky?  Good lord!

On a somewhat lighter note, it takes me year to finish a bottle of whisky.

It takes me a whole evening to drink one small glass.

I'm not really much of an alcohol drinker.  In fact, I really don't care for the taste of it and it seems to have less of an effect on me than the average person.  I had given up on it altogether until I tried whiskey.  They say it is good to have alcohol now and then, so that's my alcohol drink.  But seven bottles?  I don't think I could drink that much no matter how hard I tried.

[Prog Snob]

That's awful, he was an incredible keyboard player. 

They found seven empty bottles of whisky?  Good lord!

On a somewhat lighter note, it takes me year to finish a bottle of whisky.

It takes me a whole evening to drink one small glass.

I'm not really much of an alcohol drinker.  In fact, I really don't care for the taste of it and it seems to have less of an effect on me than the average person.  I had given up on it altogether until I tried whiskey.  They say it is good to have alcohol now and then, so that's my alcohol drink.  But seven bottles?  I don't think I could drink that much no matter how hard I tried.

If I do have an alcoholic beverage these  days it's usually wine.

[El Barto]

I think I read that he was MIA for 5 days to a week, which is why the hotel people went to check on him. It's unlikely he drank that much in a sitting. Moreover, they didn't say what size bottles they were. Back when I was a competent drinker a qualified amigo and myself could put away a fifth of JD without too much trouble. A professional (and he does seem to be Swedish, after all) should be able to put away a fifth pretty easily. So, 7 fifths over the better part of a week really isn't all that extraordinary. Now, if they were 1.75s, then we're talking about genuinely heroic levels of consumption here.

Nevertheless, sounds like a pretty depressing last few days. Hardly the golden age of Hollywood where a Barrymore, Martin or Holden can stay shitfaced while chasing tail and whipping their gear out in public, all while being adored by millions. My hunch is that they determine it was long-term drinking that did him in, rather than a good old fashioned death by misadventure, and if that's the case, being a professional-level drinker and staying holed up in hotel room for weeks is a pretty damned depressing combination.

[RodrigoAltaf]

 Got the new album, and will be interviewing Malmsteen next Friday, June 11. Excited for that one!!!!

[bl5150]

Got the new album, and will be interviewing Malmsteen next Friday, June 11. Excited for that one!!!!

Nice - I will be interested to see your questions.  We'll see how hard hitting you can be without getting in to trouble

You win a prize if you ask him his favourite flavour of donut.

[EPICVIEW]

Got the new album, and will be interviewing Malmsteen next Friday, June 11. Excited for that one!!!!

hows the new albums  was going through my old cds  I must have 12 Malm Cds,,, Hes a nice guy, I hope its a great interview

[TAC]

Got the new album, and will be interviewing Malmsteen next Friday, June 11. Excited for that one!!!!

Nice - I will be interested to see your questions.  We'll see how hard hitting you can be without getting in to trouble

You win a prize if you ask him his favourite flavour of donut.

Ask him why he left himself such a small amount of stage on his last tour?

[EPICVIEW]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc7mStq_w2k

[TAC]

Just awful.

[RodrigoAltaf]

Got the new album, and will be interviewing Malmsteen next Friday, June 11. Excited for that one!!!!

hows the new albums  was going through my old cds  I must have 12 Malm Cds,,, Hes a nice guy, I hope its a great interview

It's the same album he's released in the last 20 years, for better or worse!

[RodrigoAltaf]

Got the new album, and will be interviewing Malmsteen next Friday, June 11. Excited for that one!!!!

Nice - I will be interested to see your questions.  We'll see how hard hitting you can be without getting in to trouble

You win a prize if you ask him his favourite flavour of donut.

I'll try my best! 

[EPICVIEW]

Just awful.

I like it  its sorta moody for his stuff   hes doing the vocal also   Its pretty much the same stuff just the freshest version

[EPICVIEW]

Got the new album, and will be interviewing Malmsteen next Friday, June 11. Excited for that one!!!!

Nice - I will be interested to see your questions.  We'll see how hard hitting you can be without getting in to trouble

You win a prize if you ask him his favourite flavour of donut.

I'll try my best! 

yep   the same ole Malm   just the freshest version 

[TAC]

It's anything but fresh.

[wolfking]

Got the new album, and will be interviewing Malmsteen next Friday, June 11. Excited for that one!!!!

hows the new albums  was going through my old cds  I must have 12 Malm Cds,,, Hes a nice guy, I hope its a great interview

It's the same album he's released in the last 20 years, for better or worse!

Ah....that's bad then.

I love this guy.  One of my fav players but his musical decline is heartbreaking.  I'll try the new album though.

[TAC]

This song was better than the first song released...and this one is useless.

[RodrigoAltaf]

It's more interesting than his blues covers album, but that's not saying much, is it?

[EPICVIEW]

It's anything but fresh.

agreed ... Hes consistent for sure   would love to see him do something wild totally different but heck he is mind numbing great live... I hated how late hed come on sometimes.,

[wolfking]

It's more interesting than his blues covers album, but that's not saying much, is it?

I didn't even give that a single listen.  I heard the sample song, some shit cover I can't even remember and almost vomited. 

It's anything but fresh.

agreed ... Hes consistent for sure   would love to see him do something wild totally different but heck he is mind numbing great live... I hated how late hed come on sometimes.,

I've only seen him once back in 2008 or 2009 with Doogie and it was a great show.  not sure I'd see him now with no real singer and more instrumentals but that show had quite a few instrumentals but a lot of vocal songs like the old days and it was very entertaining.

[wolfking]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc7mStq_w2k

This.......I thought this was okay.  Sounds like it came from Attack, just with worse vocals.

[Stadler]

Got the new album, and will be interviewing Malmsteen next Friday, June 11. Excited for that one!!!!

Nice - I will be interested to see your questions.  We'll see how hard hitting you can be without getting in to trouble

You win a prize if you ask him his favourite flavour of donut.

Ask him why he left himself such a small amount of stage on his last tour?

HAHAHA.   350 concerts +/- and I don't think I've EVER seen a setup like that.  That fucker CAN play guitar though.  I was front row and I watched him do shit with his hands that I didn't think possible.

Phrasing. 

[RodrigoAltaf]

Here's what Yngwie told me today: "You have to understand that I don't follow trends. If anything, I MAKE trends".

[EPICVIEW]

Got the new album, and will be interviewing Malmsteen next Friday, June 11. Excited for that one!!!!

Nice - I will be interested to see your questions.  We'll see how hard hitting you can be without getting in to trouble

You win a prize if you ask him his favourite flavour of donut.

Ask him why he left himself such a small amount of stage on his last tour?

HAHAHA.   350 concerts +/- and I don't think I've EVER seen a setup like that.  That fucker CAN play guitar though.  I was front row and I watched him do shit with his hands that I didn't think possible.

Phrasing.

I agree Stad     Hes fkn unreal live,  Id advise anyone who has never seen him to see him once

[EPICVIEW]

LIVE 85

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b40S3Vkq0eM

[TAC]

LIVE 85

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b40S3Vkq0eM

With JSS!

I saw them when they toured America but he was already replaced by Marl Boals.

[EPICVIEW]

LIVE 85

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b40S3Vkq0eM

With JSS!

I saw them when they toured America but he was already replaced by Marl Boals.

I saw them with JSS twice   great guy too

[wolfking]

LIVE 85

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b40S3Vkq0eM

That's a brilliant show.

[EPICVIEW]

LIVE 85

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b40S3Vkq0eM

That's a brilliant show.

Yea  I agree WK,    JSS sounds really good too  better than I remembered

[TAC]

His performance on the Marching Out album is a Top 10 vocal for me.

[EPICVIEW]

His performance on the Marching Out album is a Top 10 vocal for me.

at the time I thought he was really good   looking back he sounds even better, very fun guy had a good time with them back then

[Peter Mc]

Loved YJM’s stuff in the 80’s and 90’s but it’s been a long time since I bought anything new from him.  Last decent album I remember was Facing The Animal I think. 

[TAC]

I really liked Perpetual Flame, his 2008 album with Ripper on vocals.

[Stadler]

I bought Spellbound after seeing him a couple years ago, and it was stellar. Some of his later stuff is sort of hard to find, I feel.

[wolfking]

I bought Spellbound after seeing him a couple years ago, and it was stellar. Some of his later stuff is sort of hard to find, I feel.

There's a reason for that. 

I haven't liked anything since as Tim mentioned Perpetual Flame, that one was very good.  The next was meh and it just went down from there.

Alchemy is still my fav Malmsteen album.  Underrated and nice and heavy, and Boals rips it up.

[cfmoran13]

Hes fkn unreal live,  Id advise anyone who has never seen him to see him once

He's going out on tour this fall with John 5 supporting:

Nov. 18 - Glenside, PA - Keswick Theatre
Nov. 19 - Buffalo, NY - Showplace Theater
Nov. 20 - Poughkeepsie, NY - The Chance Theater
Nov. 21 - Albany, NY - Empire Theatre
Nov. 23 - Munhall, PA - Carnegie of Homestead Hall
Nov. 24 - Harrisburg, PA - HMAC CENTER
Nov. 26 - Derry, NH - Tupelo Music Hall
Nov. 27 - Newton, NJ - Newton Theater
Nov. 28 - Richmond, VA - The National
Nov. 30 - Ashwaubenon, WI - EPIC Event Center
Dec. 01 - Columbus, OH - King of Clubs
Dec. 02 - Des Plaines, IL - Des Plaines Theatre
Dec. 03 - Detroit, MI - Diesel
Dec. 06 - Grand Junction, CO - Mesa Theater
Dec. 08 - Reno, NV - Virginia Street Theater
Dec. 09 - Agoura Hills, CA - Canyon Club
Dec. 10 - Fresno, CA - Tower Theater
Dec. 11 - Montclair, CA - The Canyon Club
Dec. 12 - Santa Clarita, CA - Canyon Club
Dec. 14 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater
Dec. 16 - Dallas, TX - Gas Monkey Hall