I
am a Viking
Here
are some histories of Yngwie Malmsteen's fans. They told me how they met Yngwie's
perfect music and how was it.
If
you want to see your history here, just send me an e-mail! I’ll be very happy
to know it!
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This
is Luis' history. He's from Brazil. ( I've done the translation, I hope you
understand!)
My
history about when I knew Yngwie's music was funny, because I was young,I was
14, 15 or 16 years old, I don't remember, but I was listenning a radio station
just to listen something interesting , then I listenned "Don't Let it End",
man I thought, "It's fucking great!". I was crazy, I looked for the
name of the guy who was playing guitar on that
fucking song, but nobody knows. I called to the radio station, then a guy said
for me it was Yngwie Malmsteen.Iwas really different his first name so I forgot.
I remember when I was on sophmore and a friend of mine lent me a tape. Guess
what did I find? "Don't Let it End" again. I've gone to a rent and
I looked for Malmsteen and there wasn't
anything about him. I was angry because even my friend who lent me the tape
didn't know Malmsteen's first name. After 3 years, I was at university, then
a friend of mine from internet lent me a cd with MP3. Guess what song did I
find again?
Then,
finally I knew the name that I didn't understand "Yngwie", then I
was really angry! Because I delayed all those years to understand a easy name!
After that I rent "Rising Force"and "Inspiration". I was
gapped in wonderment. Just listenning "Carry on my Wayward Son". I
get crazy! Well, that's all!
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This
is Mohamad Nazir Sani's history. He's from Singapore.
I
was listenning to lots of local rock bands (singing in my language, Malay) in
87... the beginning of my love for rock music.
I changed my taste towards English singing bands later on.. the first one was
Riot (Thundersteel) & followed by Yngwie's master piece, Marching Out album.
His guitar sound was different,
mysterious, unique to my ears... nobody sounded like that back then. David T.
Chastain was around , but he was never as melodic like Yngwie. Those
blinding speed guitar
technique, classical influenced chordal points... I was totally blown away.
To me, besides the guitar stuff, Marching Out featured one of the finest rock
vocalist at the time, Jeff Scott Soto. After Marching Out, I started buying
all other Yngwie's albums like: Rising Force, Trilogy, Odyssey, Alcatrazz (I
love this band), Steeler(great
tones!!!), videos, bootlegs.. and the rest is history. Yngwie was also one of
the reason I started using Fender guitar ( I'm using a Voodoo now)... nothing
beats that 'twangy' sound. Listenning to Yngwie also openned some rooms for
me towards classical music. All the best to music & creativity. Yngwie-
the Maestro.
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This
is Akira Sogabe's history. He's from Japan.
I've known of Yngwie
J. Malmsteen and Rising
Force since "Marching Out" or
"Trilogy" period, but I didn't care for
his music as I didn't like those shredding guitar solos and heavy metalic riffs.
In 1989, at a record shop, I got fastinated by an album named "Trial by
Fire : Live in Leningrad" simply because of its looks of coverage and its
title. And after listenning to it
several times, I found out Yngwie's unique sence of improvisation and his outstanding
ability of arrangements, that is, blending of hard rock and classics which sound
very natural and confortable. A 1990
"Eclipse" show in Japan was the first Yngwie's concert for me. And
it astonished me because I'd never seen any other guitarrists running and jumping
around and speaking so joyfully on stage. Then I read a special Yngwie
issue of
Young Guitar magazine and I was impressed by his policy about guitar, attitude
toward music and philosophy of life. So i bought all his albums and videos including
Alcatrazz and Steeler. Ever since then, I've been a prisoner of his music.
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This
is André Mendonça's history. He's from Brazil.
I
knew Malmsteen's music through my guitar teacher. He requested me to find on
internet the tablature of "Far Beyond the Sun",
then I found and I thought it interesting. He lent me a cd which I've been looking
for, The Collection, I loved "Far Beyond the Sun", "I'll see
the light, tonight" and the cover of Hendrix, Spanish Castle Magic, ( whom
I was already fan). I thought amazing that way to play classical music on guitar).
Then, I began looking for his albums, then I bought "Magnum Opus"
and "Inspiration" (at the same time) and I became a fan of him and
I also incorporated his style to my way to play guitar.
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This
is Erik's history. He's from San Francisco, U.S.
The
first time I heard Yngwie, I was 18 years old. I had a 1968 Camaro with a 396
(a very powerful engine). I had many speeding tickets because I was very crazy
and passionate in those days. I had sworn to my motherthat I wouldn't drive
fast anymore so she wouldn't worry about me. Then, I went to a drive in movie
with my girlfriend (I can't remember her name now). We used to go to the drive
in just to hang out and everything. We'd talk
through the movies and drink beer and hang out with our friends. My best friend
who was in the car next to me knocked on my window for a beer (I had an ice
chest in my car) and when I opened the window to give it to him, I heard this
amazing guitar. I imediately said, "Hey! Who the fuck is that?" because
I was blown away. He said, "Yngwie". I just looked at him with the
beer in my hand and said, "I will only give you this beer if you loan me
the tape". He laughed and
said yes. That night on the way home, after I dropped my girlfriend off at her
parents house, I drove home listening to Yngwie. I got to the solo in the first
song and got so excited that I pushed the throttle to the floor and burned the
tires getting on the freeway. I didn't get caught driving fast that time. I
told myself that I can't listen to Yngwie and drive because the music makes
me dangerous!