Guitar World archive: Yngwie Malmsteen Critiques the Playing of His Peers

[Nitro Express]

Yngwie is just a goofy kid from Sweden who did good for himself. That's it.

[Matt White]

What makes me REALLY laugh aboot Yngwie....is that he's enjoying the "last laugh"............

Listen to any of the crop of YOUNG metal bands.........

TRIVIUM

LAMB OF GOD

MASTODON

DRAGONFORCE

YNGWIE's influence is all over these guys....you hear sweep picking WAY MORE than you hear anyone tapping these days............

[ELVIS]

[Seshmeister]

Yeah, DIO and Yngwie would have been cool, they seemed to be a great fit,
based on their images and musical styles...
Wonder why that never happened ? Yngwie played with Graham Bonnet of all people ?
(Alcatraz)....
I wonder if it was ever floated ?
Well heres a taste

No one wants to work with him because he's an impossible to deal with fat oaf.

Pretty sure that like everyone else who has worked with him, Bonnet had nothing good to say about him...

[BITEYOASS]

FUCK YNGWIE! HOW DARE HE REFUSE AN OFFERING OF A DONUT FROM DIMEBAG DARRELL! Fast forward to 7:08 and you'll know what I'm talking about:

[Etienne]

Wow! Great find Panamark. Dio's voice would have been a better choice for various Malmsteen songs.

Dream On seems the absolute right Aerosmith song for Yngwie.

[Panamark]

Yeah, DIO and Yngwie would have been cool, they seemed to be a great fit,
based on their images and musical styles...
Wonder why that never happened ? Yngwie played with Graham Bonnet of all people ?
(Alcatraz)....
I wonder if it was ever floated ?
Well heres a taste

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[Terry]

I wanted Yngwie and Dio to make an album or two...

THAT would have been interesting...

[ELVIS]

I wanted Yngwie and Dio to make an album or two...

[Panamark]

I dont think I have heard a better sweeper than Yngwie.....
He is the master of sweep picking.
Would have been cool to see him employed as Ozzy's guitarist..

But Im thinking he does ok on his own without having to perform
unspeakable acts with Sharon when Ozzy is passed out !

[ELVIS]

These repeats are the core of his style.

I meant repeat songs...

[Etienne]

Impossible to be a guitarist and not like at least one run or passage of play here.

That could be a problem if he would do a whole blues album. His challenge would be not to unleash the fury in every song with every blues lick he knows. Enough room that Malmsteen's very good tone can shine.

He said once he is a B.B. King fan! On the other hand, I'm not the one who says Yngwie plays too many notes. Fluidity is part of his style.

Ironically plenty of pentatonic stuff that he ripped on in the GW interview. ...

... and not so Chuck Berry free as he maybe would wish

[Panamark]

These repeats are the core of his style. But I would love to hear a just for fun whole blues album from Yngwie. Something he is also very good at it.

Red House is a proof:

Impossible to be a guitarist and not like at least one run or passage of play here.
Ironically plenty of pentatonic stuff that he ripped on in the GW interview.
The cat can sing better than me too ! Dammit.
Nice clip, made the smile muscles work for a while........

[Panamark]

If Gary Moore is 'sloppy' I don't know where that leaves the rest of us...

I'd rate Gary Moore as high, maybe even higher than Dave Gilmour as a dude that is
absolutely "tasty" in his expression while idling, and up there with Stevie Ray Vaughan
when he puts the foot down. Gary Moore makes it cry and sing with a 2 note scale.
That ability to me is equally as impressive as the speed of light minor apeggios
that Yngwie effortlessly delivers. If you could do both to the extremities of excellence,
you would be the King. EVH does have some claims here.

[Etienne]

I've always maintained that if Yngwie had narrowed his countless albums down to about six or so, and left out all of the filler repeat crap, he would have much wider appeal...

These repeats are the core of his style. But I would love to hear a just for fun whole blues album from Yngwie. Something he is also very good at it.

Red House is a proof: