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Yngwie Johan Malmsteen is a world-renowned Swedish guitarist and bandleader.
As a young boy, Yngwie originally had no interest in music, but that all changed on September 18th, 1970 when he saw a TV special on the late Jimi Hendrix.
Seven-year-old Yngwie watched in awe as Hendrix blasted the audience with torrents of feedback and sacrificed his guitar in flames.
Malmsteen first became known in the 1980s for his neoclassical metal playing style in heavy metal, and has released 20 studio albums in a career spanning almost 40 years.
Drawing influence from classical composers such as Bach, Paganini, and Vivaldi, Yngwie is responsible for birthing the neo-classical genre to the world of rock.
In 2009, Time magazine rated Yngwie Malmsteen as among the 10 greatest electric guitar players of all time.
Sweden is currently one of the world's largest producers of heavy metal. Super Stars like Europe and Yngwie Malmsteen have shown the way to the big stages, while bands like Candlemass and Bathory established entirely new genres. This is the story of the personalities that made the Swedish hard rock and metal scene to what it is today. A fascinating, moving and humorous story about how Sweden became a world nation in one of the strongest and most popular cultural phenomena ever, full of eyewitness accounts, anecdotes and, of course, a whole lot of metal!
Inspired by the flamboyance of Hendrix, the digitally dextrous Swede started out playing in bands, but it wasn't long before he was putting his name (and what a name!) to line-ups skilled enough to support a six-string style that leans as much towards the world of classical music as that of rock. In the course of an ongoing career that encompasses ground-breaking music, global gigging, award winning albums, and as many front covers & critical backslaps as one lifetime can sensibly handle, Malmsteen has virtually reinvented the guitar as an instrument to be seen with. This DVD set includes 4 promo videos ("Bedroom Eyes," "Heaven Tonight," "Save Our Love," and "You Don't Remember"), plus an interview with Barry Barnes conducted in 2006 at Malmsteen's studio in Miami, FL.
Joe Satriani, Yngwie Malmsteen and Steve Vai make up the all-star group G3, who came together in October of 2003 for a series of shows throughout the United States. The trio's amazing guitar prowess is showcased in songs such as "Satch Boogie", "Midnight", "I Know You're Here", "Evil Eye", "Far Beyond the Sun" and many others.
Recorded in July 2001, this meeting of musical minds saw virtuoso guitarist Yngwie Malmsteem team up with The New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra for an incredible concert experience. Adding layers of pure rock power over the symphonic delights created by the Orchestra, Malmsteem proves his musical skills and wows the crowd in the process. Tracks include "Icarus Dream Fanfare," "Prelude To April," "Sarabande," and many others.
Video magazine with interviews and video clips. Featured on this volume is: Aerosmith, Poison, Damn Yankees, Whitesnake, Ozzy, Cheap Trick, Overkill, Love/Hate, Queensryche and more.
Hear 'n Aid was a one-time collaboration of various individual hard rock and heavy metal artists in 1985 to raise money for famine relief in Africa. According to Ronnie James Dio's MySpace profile, the project raised $1 million within a year.