Yngwie Malmsteen 1986 Interview (72 of 100+ Interview Series)

[@RickyDownhillRDH]

Dang, he was SO young back then, I was one year from graduating HS at this point, and I was listening to everything he was putting out. Still love YJM!

[@岸正伸]

イングヴェイ・マルムスティーン氏… 悪く言う方々が多いですが、彼は至って真面目で正直だと思います。 毒舌っぽい言葉も、彼の自信に基づいた上での正論だと思うし、何事に置いても微塵も妥協しない所が素晴らしいと思います。 メンバーチェンジも、主として彼の高いレベルに付いて行けなかった人がバンドを去る状況というだけの事でしょう。 私はイングヴェイ・マルムスティーン氏を心から尊敬します。

[@Nazfunk]

hey guys instead of talking shit, appreciate the fact that hes still around releasing albums. Can you imagine what he's been through?! and hes still shredding. hes a fucking Maestro

[@VashStampede81]

Yngwie is somewhat arrogant based off of what I have seen, but also has a good heart and is a hell of a guitar player. I know one thing, Vai and Satriani do shows with him, and they seem like nice people who are easy going. I think that he just has an image that he likes to keep.

[@z1g]

Funny how people confuse confidence with arrogance, but I am sure you communicate in two languages on a daily basis.

[@Ogscottyp]

YJM was an extremely arrogant price in those days. It was his image. The song " The Fury" says it all. He laughs about it now looking back on his young, dumb cockiness, explaining on a long flight he was being bothered by the peasants on the flight when he jumped up and shouted " YOU HAVE UNLEASHED THE FOOKIN FURY!!!" 🤭

[@wattage2007]

I think he's pretty misunderstood. I reckon he gets annoyed that all people aren't hyper-competent like him and that the music industry has always been a sham and pretty much devoid of actual music for some time now. That's enough to drive someone as gifted as him insane!

[@StephenMacdonald-s7v]

he's A good player but he only does one thing. it's boring as fk

[@MusicissuperiorEVHROX316]

There’s no excuse for any of the stories I’ve heard about his terrible behaviour, but he’s a talent, and he deserves the respect of others.

[@hawkwind8468]

yngwie was a genius with the most insane innate talent..honestly what people think doesn't matter he's meant to play..that's that..a youngster here

[@CatInTheHat.]

So young and not much spoiled. Interesting.

[@ninometalyears]

Yngwie talking about trilogy album...this is historic!

[@dwill1970]

thanks for the post my favorite era yngwie TRILOGY

[@eclipszar9331]

Y.M. has a talent of GOLD! he's been true to what he knows best, and what he wants most in life MUSICALLY 👍 most definitely one of a kind.

[@JHG875]

he's cute...nice eyes, nice lips...

[@jbjohnson4728]

You must be white. It is quite, quite ordinary-looking.

[@JHG875]

JB Johnson hot is hot my dear...

[@tom12ta]

JB Johnson duh,how many black people listen to Yngwie?

[@davidjones2048]

@Ric Perry well that's because you're a culture of personality

[@thetruthhurts6652]

Sexist girl. He’s not an object he’s a human being.

[@tinfoilhatter]

that's where i reckon i first heard of malmsteen,was like in 1983 when i was a senior in high school...i don't know how i even kept playing after that!--i might've had a lot more confidence in my own ability,had i not heard this cat play...but the 'marching out' album was,my god,priceless,unique,and the greatest thing i ever heard!

[@playloud1622]

awesome interview man thanks 4 sharing cheers from Chile

[@shane1v]

Great video, thanks for posting

[@kingpuffs]

@philip2112 dude thanks for posting this i have seen most of the interview of his younger days so i stop looking for them... but today this made my day thanks

[@roathripper]

great upload, thanx!

[@skarp1999]

Wow...different Yngwie here! He seems so much more laid back and less arrogant than he is nowadays. Funny, he really started acting that way after Odyssey came out. Hmm maybe the car crash made him start thinking that way?0_o

[@PrinceWesterburg]

+Steven Vertucci Aaah, this was recorded before the car crash he had which mullered his brain an turned him into a seriously obsessive and sociopathic personality, as it does so many. Its good to see the original Yngwie, before he lost that fluid guitar playing. Lost? Yes, compare the first three albums with the stuff after that, i remember at the time everyone was like 'What is this s**t?' and people stopped listening, but he got a different audience after that.

[@PrinceWesterburg]

Thats right, I remember at the time he said he couldn't even hold a plectrum for six weeks! He was speeding in his Jaguar and someone pulled out in front of him. Thats why he's a Ferrari nut now - he wouldn't have crashed if he had one back then :o/

[@Mcrapansel]

his world got destroyed in that year... 1987, he had the crash and his mother died... kinda obvious why he changed his attitude. He went more in the fuck off direction which is totally understandable

[@PrinceWesterburg]

Aah, its to do with suffering serious trauma and I've seen it in several other people who have survived near-fatal bike crashes. Don't forget Yngwie used to go out to bars and start fights as a hobby long before the crash. I think he had it coming! LOLz

[@olivier883]

I think he have unlished his intern demons. I imagine him chained to a hospital bed with only himself and his thoughts. His manager left with his money, his haus crashed, mother Has passed away and there he was, alone, afraid, and just being angry on the whole world. That's when true Yngwie died and new one was forget out of anger and selfbelief pushed to the point of arrogance. Wow, I finally understand him. Peace my Brother.

[@kagatobi]

wow, i've never heard him talk so much so long...sounds more like a monologue than an interview...amazing

[@NisseEricsson]

This is so cool and rare. Havent seen this before. MOORE Yngwie footage please. You are great if you upload more.

[@killer408cid]

Yngwie's "arrogance" is just a show he puts on. He's just being a larger than life Norse god.

[@MrYngwie88]

thanks for posting this do you have more vedios with yngwie ?

[@beenay18]

just contemplating how beautiful Yngwie is looking

[@poindeml]

Again, explain to me what Trilogy means.

[@Dimitri759]

holy shit where did you get this awesome

[@haliaeetus8221]

The good ol' Sky Channel! Some old video cassette from someone's personal collection maybe?

[@NeonKnightXD]

People should stop judging him by his weight.. that's just stupid. He has given up smoking and drinking alcohol and tries to maintain healthier way of life. In the end he is a great guitarist and influence. He also has a sparkling personality :D

[@drewzz.1]

yeah, thats pretty stupid. u cant look like ur in ur 20s all of ur life. and his schedule i hella busy

[@guitarjeffmontgomery]

Yngwie is as exactly as he should be. If we were all the "correct way" we'd all be robots, eh?

[@sprycrab]

when he started tunning on eflat?

[@g_pazzini]

He is a genius.. For sure...

[@2patero]

TRILOGY THE MOST EPIC MALMSTEEN COMPOSITION!

[@metalheadneji]

He's a kick ass guitarist.

[@perpetual61]

@Philip2112 Where did you get this Awesome Footage ? I Love anything about Yngwie he's My Favorite Guitarist. This Rare you don't see him wearing a Vest anymore. I think he's either 23 or 24 here. He's so Hot ! Yes I'm a Female Fan & Lover of anything Malmsteen.

[@XSFlanger]

So it turns out, "you know" has been with him decades back too :D

[@catapei]

was this interview before or after his accident with his jag?

[@alex54954]

Before

[@Droamen]

@2patero agree. "Fire" ...that song is imposible to find on internet

[@vaiojunjun]

最高にカッコよすぎるでしょ！まさにギターヒーローって感じですね。

[@roost24]

What I have always like about Malmsteen, is his kind words about the USA.

[@tinfoilhatter]

i have to disagree,man,malmsteen deserves the respect of any ten other rock stars i can think of--and i'm a huge fan of so many of them! he's a total monster,and he ain't done yet--altho he's definitely got his own distinctive style that ain't gonna change a lot,-or so it would seem by now...but it's still hard to stay so damn good,so accurate,when you get old-it takes more than before! i agree that maybe he could use a fresh inspiration--who couldn't?

[@MrManKnowsBest]

No. His voice sounds exactly the same, the audio changes it a bit.

[@brunofigueiredo6697]

So... He could speak English very well back in those days, almost no accent. Did he forget the language?

[@metalmulisha0143]

is his accent more Swedish nowadays... now he lives in America?? 0.o

[@KeysOnFire17]

LOVE YOU MALMSTEEN!!!

[@ILoveYourHat69]

He was indeed humble here.

[@jorge1990garza]

i wish i was great at something so all the idiots could hate on me...in the mean time i'll just keep listening to good music likr Malmsteen's =)

[@SP2333]

Forever

[@LarryFleetwood8675]

I'm surprised Yngwie hasn't pulled this clip like he's been doing lately with anything he appears in including ones with no music (thus no rights of his), the silly boy.

[@かおり小寺-e2x]

若いね、いつの🎵インタビュー？

[@DannyPeel]

Is that John McLanes wife ?.

[@metlguitar02]

Listen to Perpetual Flame. It's a fantastic album.. one of my favorites and that's a newer one.

[@RebeccaSvennsonBeckyGirl]

I'm Scandinavian by birth and in America many caucasians that are not directly of Anglo - Saxon , but Germanic descendants Like Swedes , Norwegian or Danish are sometimes considered to have very wide faces and somewhat larger and round heads which makes our faces appear that much larger . Many of us are healthy and not fat and alot of us girls are tall in comparison to British , English, German and French girls . Alot of famous actresses and models are of Scandinavian descent like Mailn Ackerman and Kristanna Loken for example :) A wide face does not a fat person make ! Yngwie is not fat here , but Just a Swede and would be considered a good looking guy in any of the Scandinavian countries not to mention the Netherlands . Someone said that one lady must like his looks . because he is white ? Lets focus on his playing perhaps . He is arrogant I admit , however I fail to see his being fat or inept ? Namaste Rebecca

[@RickyDownhillRDH]

Rebecca Svennson I dated a beautiful, tall German girl for a few years, and she had a giant head. Good thing it was a beautiful, giant head!! :)

[@RebeccaSvennsonBeckyGirl]

You understand me then , Sir

[@RickyDownhillRDH]

I guess I do! :)

[@themrchimpie]

+Rebecca Svennson scandinavian people are mixed with sami so they often look asian-like.

[@harveydents]

does anyone know where i can find the MTV commerical in the 80s with yngwie playingguitar and talking about his love of the guitar??? that was my first exposure to the god!

[@MrYngwie88]

A YOUNG YNGWIE

[@yellowlightingbolt]

First time I heard him mentioning Bach as an influence. He always credited Paganini and violin music as major influences but I never heard him doing so with Bach. Interesting.

[@Noils]

"headlining of course."

[@MistressTrikot99]

I Love you Yngwie XXXX XXXXX

[@carolitaornelas6884]

I think Yngwie was 23 here depending if this was after June 30th which is his birthday. He was a Fox here that hair, those eyes lips and attitude.

[@cabitothekid]

i believe as soon as he left alcatraz....when rising force started i think..not sure...but in steeler and alcatraz oit was standar tuning

[@colico14]

It's amusing how he speaks about this stuff as though it actually really matters. Please. I don't think I can name one song of his and I've been listening to, writing about and playing music for some time, now.

[@svenzia]

Fan va coolt - Yngwie is such a boss.

[@colico14]

Thanks for the compliment, BTW. I usually get my ties at Nordstrom or. I like DKNY, Kenneth Cole, Joseph Abboud, Calvin Klein, etc. I like checking out the deals at The Rack, too. You can find some really great buys. Cheers!

[@blurginouliz]

R you his relative or something?

[@colico14]

I don't have a "negative attitude" about musicians at all; I merely tend to take an unfavorable view of individuals with egos that threaten to overshadow their own (sometimes rather meager) accomplishments. Sometimes, you have to remind such individuals that they are not as great as they seem to think they are. It's good stuff for the soul and helps to ground those with tendencies to get caught up in their own delusions of grandeur. My opinion and nothing more.

[@mostlycrazyallthetime]

Lol tell the greatest guitarist ever that's he is not as good as he thinks he is.... you cant make this shit up

[@kingv911]

"Headlining...of course..." Those were the days.

[@whiskskyWildchild45]

@MrWestdene1972 ya rosewood and maple era for sure thats why the 80s had great riffs you remember and solos no matter how crazy it is now the sound the tone is too warm so the tone is sucked out by all the distortion

[@HorridFroth]

Yeah, it's three. We get it Yngwie...

[@tinfoilhatter]

y'know who was great tho-was shawn lane,man! and i never even heard of the cat til he was long dead! omg,he was a legend,among the knowledgeable guitar community-and rightly so! he was like another malmsteen,but more versatile or something..just outta this frickin WORLD! imagine what his later albums would be sounding like now...better than ever..some artists are like that,they get better even while they get old-it's rare-but al dimeola seems younger now than 30 yrs ago--it's like what planet...

[@KeysOnFire17]

Yes I am, my grandmother is the Aunt of Yngwie's mother :) We are like cousins por something like that :)

[@colico14]

OMG!!

[@jimDMC4ever]

actually he used to be great... but i agree with you. his songs now are not as good as they used to be and that's really bad... i really love Malmsteen because of his first albums... you are so right!

[@kagekapermadi1962]

Yngwie jenius

[@cabitothekid]

he was humble here...

[@philip2112]

@MrYngwie88 One to come (Odyssey era)

[@summonersummoner9536]

3:17

[@MrYngwie88]

@philip2112 post more if you can love yngwie he is the best

[@xtazxvegasx]

kinda weird, it's like he doesn't really have an accent in this.

[@AllegroDigital]

It's rather disappointing to hear that you're a music teacher yet have this kind of negative attitude toward musicians. Of course he speaks about this stuff as though it actually really matters. It's how he makes his living. It is his life. It allowed him to see the world and it's how he managed to capture the attention of millions of people around the world. I couldn't name a Justin Beiber song, or a Jay Z song... but it doesn't mean that these are people that don't matter.

[@renevormer]

@MrWestdene1972 Absolutely agree with you!

[@chewymids]

"Headlining, of course."

[@tinfoilhatter]

wow,that was a compliment tho,to joe-and true!

[@cabitothekid]

is still goood music but remember...back then all those arpeggios and minor scales and neoclassiocal influence were the new thing....now where else is he gonna go? he is in the top...is bad he cant foind new stuff to do but still is always nice to hear from yngwie...

[@Luis5KMaldonado]

"and then we go on the road in japan, i guess for a month or so, Headlining of course"

[@tinfoilhatter]

why,what'd he do,what'd he do? no,don't tell me! he didn't beat up girls did he?

[@c4bb4g3]

It sounds like he had less of an accent back in the '80s than he does today.

[@gustavoterzaghi2352]

"... and then i joined another band.. or so to speak" haha

[@LearnThatTheme]

Being voted #1 doesn't imply that a comment is 100% true. It's just your opinion. My theory is that a bunch of guys like you voted it #1 because it's easier to hate on Yngwie that to appreciate his overall contribution to the guitar world. I still don't see you making youtube videos with inspiring licks and riffs, so maybe you go and work on that... you freakin' fartblaster :P I'm outta here.

[@AshThunor]

He's right about Bach man.

[@ZombieHeavyMetal]

@harveydents maybe this???? 0ruBmd8-YdI&feature=related

[@miyavizim]

OH BOY HE WAS THIN

[@Federico-fz3fj]

So..You know.

[@X79Nitro]

yngwie's fav word is YOU KNOW......

[@holymagikarp22]

oh god hes so cute!!!!

[@thenorsewarriorofglory6824]

All of you people saying yngwie is a ego filled person, he comes from sweden or somewhere or und there and is probably 91 percent norse or scandinavian blood cuz vikings went over the whole celtic area and mated with people. So he probably has the pride and boastfullnes of vikings. ( VIKING was a job title, the word VIKING is what sea raids are called. So people just started calling them Vikings!!! HAOPY TO HAVE THEM IN MY BLOOD!!!

[@JinthorSama]

He no talk so gud

[@TheMaxPower82]

Back then he was really amazing.... I love the early records. I still like him but he's not as good as he was in his 20's.

[@pablodemm]

"you know"

[@tatemalmsteen]

He is always a perfect genleman.I hear all these horror stories about him being an egotistical jerk in interviews but I can't find one.I have searched the internet and magazine archives and I can't find any interview where he is a jerk.

[@OrgasmicAbortion]

I think he`s likes the number 3

[@colico14]

I'd say twenty years constitutes a fair amount of time, yes. I'm a music teacher, but rarely, actually never have I had much exposure or interest in polka, traditional European-style, or otherwise. I don't have anything against it, but I'm quite certain it is a legitimate form of music, as Mr. Malmsteen's is. I just don't happen to particularly care for that style of playing. I happen to prefer rhythm-oriented guitar playing-clever chord progressions, grooves and great, hook-y riffs, etc.

[@hullan666]

Wow, what happened to yngwie. A totally different person here. Anyone else also think that his english was way better back here than it is nowadays? In recent interviews he's actually speaking really sloppy... sad what alcohol can do to you

[@tinfoilhatter]

no doubt,man! respect your elders! this guy is still the most dangerous guy with six strings---forget about it! so what if he plays better sitting down--so do i!

[@colico14]

I will concede that I could have rephrased what I wrote, to say "really matters as much as he thinks it does", instead of "really matters." Of course it matters, but not nearly to the extent he would like to think, otherwise he would not have as many detractors as he does. Additionally, his music has not dated particularly well at all and will likely forever be mired in the 1980's-not the most flattering way to be regarded, again, my opinion.

[@AWGMJANS]

Yngwie is truly amazing as a guitar player. As a person he always seemed kinda like an arrogant basterd to me. I recently read his book "Relentless". I got even more respect for this guy. Not just as a musician but also because of his strong character. Carry on Yngwie! Time to get back to the Netherlands for some gigs!