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Vai Was Excellent But I Like Yngwie better Solo. Would it Have Worked out as well as it did?
KNAC.COM: When you first came to the states to join with Steeler, there was a huge buzz around you then, what kind of offers did you get?
YNGWIE: All sorts of weird people used to pop up. Actually, before I even came to America, I got phone calls from Ozzy’s management, From Kiss’ management… Once I came to the states Ronnie (Dio) was always at my shows. I became friends with him and we’re still friends… I admire him very much. UFO, Phil Mogg was asking me to join him, I can’t remember now, some other bands also, but they wanted to do some super group things like me and Sheehan, stuff like that.
KNAC.COM: Would you still do that?
YNGWIE: Well, I was open for everything at the time. I had a meeting with Phil Mogg and Graham Bonnet the same day. The reason I joined in with Graham Bonnet’s project, which was to be his, sort of thing, but it became mine, funny enough. Actually, I took over the whole show there.
KNAC.COM: He didn’t like that did he?
YNGWIE: Well, no, I mean, at first he did. It was cool because he didn’t have direction, he didn’t have songs, didn’t have anything. And I walked in there and just took care of it. And then when some shit happened on the road (fighting with Bonnet), then yeah, that became kind of rough. But that’s why I joined in with them because I felt that, especially since I’ve been a song writer all my life, and then being in Steeler playing two chord songs, and very biennial bullshit, I felt very compelled to be able to write again. So having a chance to go in and be the songwriter for the whole thing, I felt that was the right choice. And I think it was actually, I think if I had gone with Phil Mogg it might not have come out to be another thing. (His solo career)
I did later on get an offer from David Lee Roth as well.
KNAC.COM: Really?
YNGWIE: And I said, “Thanks, but no thanks.” But that’s the weird thing because… (Pause) Oh maybe I should have done it, I don’t know. This was like ‘85; Sheehan’s band was my opening act, Talas. And he (DLR) came to see the shows. And he snagged up Billy Sheehan, and he wanted to get me, and I said, “Thanks, but no thanks,” ‘cause I thought I was on a fucking roll you know? And in a way I was.
Vai Was Excellent But I Like Yngwie better Solo. Would it Have Worked out as well as it did?
KNAC.COM: When you first came to the states to join with Steeler, there was a huge buzz around you then, what kind of offers did you get?
YNGWIE: All sorts of weird people used to pop up. Actually, before I even came to America, I got phone calls from Ozzy’s management, From Kiss’ management… Once I came to the states Ronnie (Dio) was always at my shows. I became friends with him and we’re still friends… I admire him very much. UFO, Phil Mogg was asking me to join him, I can’t remember now, some other bands also, but they wanted to do some super group things like me and Sheehan, stuff like that.
KNAC.COM: Would you still do that?
YNGWIE: Well, I was open for everything at the time. I had a meeting with Phil Mogg and Graham Bonnet the same day. The reason I joined in with Graham Bonnet’s project, which was to be his, sort of thing, but it became mine, funny enough. Actually, I took over the whole show there.
KNAC.COM: He didn’t like that did he?
YNGWIE: Well, no, I mean, at first he did. It was cool because he didn’t have direction, he didn’t have songs, didn’t have anything. And I walked in there and just took care of it. And then when some shit happened on the road (fighting with Bonnet), then yeah, that became kind of rough. But that’s why I joined in with them because I felt that, especially since I’ve been a song writer all my life, and then being in Steeler playing two chord songs, and very biennial bullshit, I felt very compelled to be able to write again. So having a chance to go in and be the songwriter for the whole thing, I felt that was the right choice. And I think it was actually, I think if I had gone with Phil Mogg it might not have come out to be another thing. (His solo career)
I did later on get an offer from David Lee Roth as well.
KNAC.COM: Really?
YNGWIE: And I said, “Thanks, but no thanks.” But that’s the weird thing because… (Pause) Oh maybe I should have done it, I don’t know. This was like ‘85; Sheehan’s band was my opening act, Talas. And he (DLR) came to see the shows. And he snagged up Billy Sheehan, and he wanted to get me, and I said, “Thanks, but no thanks,” ‘cause I thought I was on a fucking roll you know? And in a way I was.
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