And I will never fucking play the same stage as Yngwie Malmsteen.’ To Malmsteen, it felt like a strange turn of events considering that Van Halen’s “attitude” had completely changed his ...

In a new interview with Classic Rock, Yngwie Malmsteen has looked back on his near-meetings with Eddie Van Halen – and claimed the late electric guitar legend felt threatened by him. While ...

few come more self-assured and mercurial than Yngwie Malmsteen. Born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck, the Swedish axe whiz came of age in the mid-‘80s on the heels of Eddie Van Halen and Randy ...

Since 1983, when he released albums with the bands Steeler and Alcatrazz, Yngwie Malmsteen has made ... Queen, Saxon, Van Halen, Ozzy Osbourne and others. ‘Sinners’ review: In Ryan Coogler ...

But in the case of Yngwie Malmsteen I’ll have to disagree ... and without any of that newfangled tapping technique popularized by Eddie Van Halen (who by that time was playing keyboards on ...

Do you listen to jazz?Not really, no. Eddie Van Halen?I’ll never forget when I heard him for the first time. I still think he’s fucking incredible. YNGWIE MALMSTEEN With Gary Douglas Band.