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 ...

It’s Yngwie Malmsteen, checking in from the sleek confines ... hyper-fast heavy-metal guitar-playing in a neoclassical style. In 1978, Eddie Van Halen completely rewired the schematics of ...

The undeniable prowess of guitarists like Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Yngwie Malmsteen or Buckethead would only make them heroes to a much more limited fan base. Eddie Van Halen was an heir to ...

Only an idiot competes with Eddie Van Halen.” So said Steve Vai to ... tour — might impress you with his bluesy fusion, and Yngwie Malmsteen with his neoclassical chops. But Vai combined ...

There is only one Yngwie Malmsteen. Many tried playing the Mozart to his ... But I decided, even if it was literally impossible, I was gonna fucking try. When Van Halen came out – and God bless him, I ...

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 ...

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