Yngwie Malmsteen

I've just read all the posts and it looks like my response has already been covered. Sorry to be redundant. But I'd like to add that Holdsworth doesn't alternate pick (he could lose his right hand and still be a virtuoso). That's not a criticism, Holdsy's my favorite. Zappa, as a guitarist is not comparable to any "shredder" or virtuoso. I love Frank but he is not a "technical" player. Vai is mostly legato, Yngwie's alternate picking technique is far superior. I don't mean to come off as a nitpicker, I like all of these players for their strengths. Just responding to the earlier post.

Avantgardehead wrote: He was very annoying when I watched the G3 DVD he was on. His constant show-off ruined the Hendrix song all three of them did along with "Rockin' in the Free World". LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT MEEEEEEEEEE!! *pushes Joe Satriani out of the way and head-butts Steve Vai*

and you all still doubt he is prog

Zargus wrote: "donut...?"    "YOU UNLEASHED THE �%#ING FURY! /ROAR! "

ahahah!

i saw malmsteen in concert a while back...not because i like his music but because i find him entertaining.

before the show, the opening band was finishing up their last song. apparently they had gone over their time limit or something, because yngwie walked right up to the soundboard and turned them off in the middle of the song. then he proceeded to blast classical music for the next HOUR AND A HALF before coming on stage. at that point i lost whatever little respect for him i had ever managed to find.

personally i find his music extremely boring. he has skill, but ripping through arpeggio after arpeggio is not good guitar solo writing. and just because he wears puffy shirts does not mean he's progressive. his type of music might have been innovative but it's a dead end. you can't shred arpeggios to much faster than that and there's really nowhere to build off of it. though he may have been influential, i think his own arrogance really shows in his music and his boring "all eyes on me" approach to guitar.

The time has come for Richard Clayderman....

Why not add Joe Satriani and Eric Johnson next, that way we could have all the G3 guys (that I know of).


Edited by Avantgardehead - January 19 2008 at 02:16

The T wrote:   Calm down... nobody calls you anything... relax...enjoy your stay at PA. It IS possible to have a discussion with you... so let's keep it musical... don't feel offended or something when there was no intent to do it...     I'd go even further... Sorry if you thought I was acting "superior"... But about the Metallica thing, let's soon have a discussion so that you can understand what I said.

Malmsteen is hilarious, but annoying. And fat, very very fat...


Edited by Avantgardehead - January 19 2008 at 02:11

alright... we can cool the testosterone here...  take it outside and lets stay on Malmsteen.  

micky wrote: Atavachron wrote: well not quite, Ivan, his first three albums (at least) compositionally progressed classical metal *far* beyond Blackmore and Gary Moore (both of whom appear on PA in various forms), Roth or Schenker...  but it's up to others whether he actually ever appears here and it doesn't really concern me either way word brother David.. and my point....  a decade before.. that kind of merging would be considered prog.. without a doubt..

1. Bach
2. Vivaldi
3. Paganini
4. Beethoven
5. Bruch
6. Brahms
7. Pucini
8. Ravel
9. Etc.

Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - January 19 2008 at 02:22

The T wrote:   It's obvious that, while you surely know your avant-garde, your concept of progressive-metal is limited... and also, that you haven't heard Metallica.

Oh yes, I really don't know anything about progressive metal. Not at all. And I was just guessing about Metallica having neo-classical solos. In fact, I didn't even know they had neo-classical solos because I've never listened to them in my entire life. Please, oh Master of Progressive Metal, teach me about this incredible music that I've never heard because I need to expand my concept therein.



Give me a break, I don't care who you think you are, but you have no right to tell me what I do and do not know. Do you know me? Obviously not, so just back away and go feel superior somewhere else, son.

And also, upon second thought, I guess the neo-classical solo part does apply to both artists. Unintentionally hilarious!