Yngwie Malmsteen interview on a TV show called "Radio 1990" (Filmed 11/27/85)

Note, this was not filmed in 1990. "Radio 1990" was just the name of the show. This interview was recorded on 11/27/85 due to some clever math diagnosis in the comments below.

[@SteveRastaCahillconcertnetwork]

If you listen closely they mention that’s it’s Hendrix birthday which was 11/27/42 so this interview was done on 11/27/85. He played Portland,ME. on 11/24 iirc. I saw him a few times on this tour and taped him on 9/13/85, in Boston, 8/31/86 in Foxboro,MA. & 7/20/88 again in Boston.

[@claudiominotti4082]

Any way you could share those recordings in high quality (not compressed)?

[@claudiominotti4082]

Anyway, Hendrix Birthday was November 27, and that's the date of this interview (In fact he says tomorrow is thanksgiving, which happened on November 28, 1985)

[@SteveRastaCahillconcertnetwork]

@@claudiominotti4082 Hi Claudio my recordings do circulate in .flac form. If you’d like I could send you a link on WeTransfer to DL them. Please provide an email.

[@arnaldospiller]

@@SteveRastaCahillconcertnetwork Hi Steve, could you please send me a link to download such recordings? Thanks a lot, man! [e-mail]

[@MisterHuskey]

This is when I really got into him. Saw him on this tour opening up for AC/DC in Atlanta. I always recall how funny it was watching him open up for AC/DC playing at lightning speed, then AC/DC comes on and the speed came to a halt....very slow compared to Yngwie...lol

[@joeylyons4549]

Yep. I saw that tour too. Fly on the wall. Had front row at Louisville gardens. Had never seen anything like him. Show was like one long extended solo. We loved it

[@tasosdiaforetico7377]

Your lucky would have been brilliance

[@iceWaterProductions1]

We went to see Rising Force open for AC/DC in Houston. What a concert. I never forget that night nearly 40 years ago.

[@gwhiz3708]

@@joeylyons4549I grew up in Louisville and had a friend named Joey. We went to see Triumph at Louisville Gardens in 1979 front row center stage

[@heyjarrod]

Great interview!!! Yngwie was so young, about the same age as Eddie when he recorded Eruption. Two great innovators, two of the best ever. She was a great interviewer also, don’t see anything like that on TV anymore. Cool times back then, the interviewer would actually know about the Rock scene. 🤘🏻🎸🇺🇸

[@lucrebrazzi4069]

I don't think innovation means what you think it means.

[@phillamoore157]

My God…..the memories. If you were “of age” in ‘85-‘87, then you got to live through one of the greatest decades of America. I wish I’d gotten to know more of the 70’s, but at least I got to experience the 80’s. Thank you for posting.

[@Diggerdog2nd]

I watched this show all the time & saw this episode too when it aired. Also saw Yngwie open for AC/DC in 85. One of the best shows ever. Been listening to Yngwie for a year or so by that point & never seen or heard anything like him. Probably the last true originator of a new guitar style.

[@Peterplayingguitar]

She was a great interviewer.

[@edwardnardone7485]

blonde bombshell

[@chrisbarkerguitar]

Cool thanks for posting! Very rare interview, a prime Yngwie when he was the king of the six string. :-)

[@dalianmorjestein5593]

Awesome... god bless yngwie!!!

[@SteveRastaCahillconcertnetwork]

If you listen closely they mention that’s it’s Hendrix birthday which was 11/28/42 so this interview was done on 11/28/85. I saw him a few times on this tour and taped him on 9/13/85 and 8/31/86.

[@williamchiusano3185]

Its NOT BRAGGING if You Can BACK IT UP !! Yngwie is COMMITTED Has ALWAYS been

[@danielmacl950]

In the end he says in Swedish dance around the christmas tree naked 😁

[@RingOfRae]

just two very beautiful human beings chatting about beautiful things in life.... un régal!

[@unleashthefury111]

They showed the video for I'll see the light, so this is probably right before the Trilogy album. Amazing

[@christosalexiou8296]

He"s talking( around 2.55mn) about the new clip of the " second" album "Marching out " ... That makes clear this is late 85' ( very ) early 86'

[@mikaelbiilmann6826]

Yes, he also said that he would record his third album after touring with Dio.

[@StratsRUs]

It's funny how he sums his drive and ambition up so succinctly.With his humour. It's really cool.Thank you.

[@heyjarrod]

Yeah, this is right around the time I discovered him too. First year of high school, I had been playing about a year by then. And it was fun to go to Universal Studios around that time too, to see where they filmed the video, I’ll see the light-the Conan the barbarian set/attraction. I saw him play the Forum, a couple years after this interview. Then I just saw him last, about three years ago. He played at a smaller club here in Pasadena, CA. Crazy, still so awesome. He almost never stopped. Just shredded for 90 minutes straight. Small venue, so I kept walking over to the side of the stage to get some eye contact from the legend. Pretty wild! I ended up getting those first two rising force albums signed by Jeff Scott Soto too. That was back in the late 80s, he was at a local party. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🎸🇺🇸

[@big106razor]

This was part of Night Flight on the USA Network.

[@shawnduffy5766]

Back when they actually played music on the music stations!!!!

[@johnanderson2112]

I saw him in Memphis 11/14/85. It was hard to get into AC/DC after watching Yngwie

[@source5184]

What can you say, the mans a genius! HAIL YNGWIE!!

[@iceWaterProductions1]

It’s great how he mentions Jean Luc-Ponty and UK that’s Allan Holdsworth. Yngwie knows what the good stuff is. I’d bet less than 10% of typical metal heads know who Ponty or Holdsworth are . Please for the betterment of your own lives go seek out who these musicians are.

[@raffaele.eleonorafrazzi6387]

Thanks for sharing, great video !!

[@Tomislavski]

Thank you a lot

[@Rocker72]

Cool. Very rare this.

[@stevehunt914]

Ha! i saw it said 1990 and immediately went to correct you, but somebody else already got it sorted! Thanks for doing all the work lol. A couple of things from watching this,... god DAMN he was already preparing for his 3rd album by the age of 22. Its something i knew,.. but when you say it out loud, it hits differently. And,.. that lady interviewing him was AWESOME!! Its weird living in 2023 where hosts are merely attractive people seeking fame, instead of trained journalists skilled at bringing information out of their interviewees. I miss THIS Yngwie,... young, hungry, and still varied in his approach/material. He really was the King. There will never be another.

[@dino.manzella]

Yeah, I tried to point out in the name of the video that it was a *show* called Radio 1999*. I even placed in the film date in the name of the video. "TV show called "Radio 1990" (Filmed 11/27/85)"

[@guthrie1181]

Not a single mention of hip hop, and talking about Thanksgiving in a positive sense. We should adopt these qualities of the 80’s

[@m0rvidusm0rvidus18]

The rot was already set in. The place was still a degenerate liberal melting pot, just a lot whiter on the surface.

[@veganpower7825]

The rot came once those settlers showed up.

[@guthrie1181]

@@veganpower7825 You are a little off topic. Nonetheless the type of rot you are referring to was here long before the west showed up. War, slavery, depravity, rape, etc. were not unique to the settlers, and existed among the tribes of North America. I can sympathize with your position because I used to share it myself. It is what our “education” system shoves down our throats. Coincidentally I also was vegan for five years lol. Ten years ago I think we would have held many similar beliefs. As I got a bit older and matured I began to realize history has far more nuance, and that the days of cultural cohesion/ homogeneity are something to long for.

[@arthurmurfitt7698]

“tRump wOn!!!! 🍊 lol

[@Nghilifa]

Hip Hop is great, the modern stuff, not so much, but in the 80s and early 90s it was great. I hate close minded people like you, if people like you had your way back in the early 50s, rock wouldn't have survived until today, they called it "race music" back then and in the 60s. Only people who don't have it in them to innovate makes stupid statements such as you did.

[@davidmatela9868]

Awsome! When Yngwie ruled the WORLD 🌎 Paying tribute to HENDRIX.

[@seagullpoet]

Age 22.

[@cam-inf-4w5]

Yngwie in a red suit is what i wish my spirit animal was

[@SonnyGTA]

I met him. He’s the best!

[@seagullpoet]

She’s awesome. He’s in his prime !

[@DougWebbguitar]

Man he was young crazy . Good interview , classy lady , good stuff

[@KillerMcGinty]

This is from the show "Night Flight" on the USA Network.

[@williamchiusano3185]

This is AWESOME FOOTAGE In 30 plus years Ive NEVER SEEN THIS ... I KNEW when I met YNGWIE IN NYC he Would BE """IT""" Advice WORK UR ASS OFF and Be CONSISTENT ... Be RELENTLESS!!

[@akaiyui9300]

Kinda sad that Yngwie no longer does some of the stuff that he is saying here.

[@dino.manzella]

Like what?

[@dino.manzella]

@Salvador Limones Got it. Thanks for the details.

[@meatwad1]

Ooh, God. Kathryn Kinley. Mmm. I used to watch that show just to look her over.

[@apleasantsymmetry]

Wasn't she either dating or married to Paul Stanley of Kiss?

[@tonyflorez703]

King yngwie🤘

[@monocyte2210]

awesome this is a jewel

[@tricasterstrat]

Yngwie was cool and seemed more down to earth then. Nowadays he's kind of shut himself from the world and has limited his interaction with fans.

[@SuperSmerdiakov]

Yeap, he was consumed by himself.

[@rikmarlon]

Ego

[@АлександрБыков-м6ф]

Yngwie !!! Best of the Best !!! Forewer 👍👌🎸🎻👊💪

[@llluuuyyyooo]

Oh my Yngwie! Increible! Sadly, i think that maybe there is lotta more footage yet not released to the public, and if the idea is showing all it when, you know, then hope it never shows up. But ya, i really want bad to see the Day on the green full footage of Yngwie someday. YJM rules!

[@davidmatela9868]

I was at that Day on the Green, he was having a lot of technical difficulty’s but overall it was a great day. Still would be cool if they had that footage

[@cam-inf-4w5]

Back when now 40 years later there was a light at the end of the tunnel 40 years away and we all thought there was a bright future ahead (i was born in the 90s im js generally)

[@silverstone3228]

Holy schnitzel that's ultra rare

[@fatalstep1870]

This is from 1985, 86

[@shredguitar7680]

Has a Trilogy look to me

[@shredguitar7680]

85....he mentioned the AC/DC tour which was fall 85 lol

[@dino.manzella]

Guys, the SHOW is called Radio 1990. It's not from 1990. That was what they called it to sound futuristic.

[@platez81]

I just love it that Yngwie has Jim Careys suit on from Dumb and dumber :)

[@isacericsson7218]

"I will be Dansa runt julgranen naken"

[@yngwiemalmsteen5376]

that was unexpectedly civilized

[@geezberry8889]

lol

[@teresaortegacastro6094]

Hola yngwie

[@crashcrydmobjectiveagetwil3309]

very nice ✨

[@dino.manzella]

If you do not start making more sense, someone may just put you in that home I saw on 20/20 where they beat the inhabitants.

[@tasosdiaforetico7377]

English is super looked well a legend

[@dwill1970]

surprised how different he looks now almost looks like a totally different person in the face and posture btw he is the maestro

[@alpacino92780]

he speaking very clearly and very articulate here....how come his accent has gotten worse throughout the years.?

[@colinsmith5879]

It isnt, at all. The opposite actually. In Sweden they learn to speak with a British accent, but he's adopted the American accent after living here for many years.

[@alpacino92780]

@@colinsmith5879 i was making the comparison from this interview to the present day. I can't honestly remember any earlier interview where a British accent was noticeable.

[@lucrebrazzi4069]

He's quite the Brit here ainit?

[@ShiroiTengu]

Brain damage from the car accident in 87. All downhill from there really

[@Macho_Man_Randy_Savage]

lol seeing ''1990'' and thinking this looks like mid 80's Yngwie...then the RATT album made me look at the description lol His first two albums with RF were fucking fire, Jeff on vocals was awesome too. He was very cool in this interview, later he gets a lot more cocky and impatient...not sure if that's the accident... Still an amazing guitar player.

[@Nghilifa]

He got more money then, after Odyssey was released. Money sometimes does that to people.

[@shredguitar7680]

No way this is from 90....try 86

[@dino.manzella]

The SHOW is called Radio 1990, that's not the year it was filmed. They did this as a type of futuristic theme, I guess. Look at the wall behind them

[@THEHenrikOlsson713]

"Dansa runt julgranen helt naken asså!" 🤣

[@dino.manzella]

Verkligen

[@ciarajames5483]

why oh why didn't Yngwie play with Dio when i saw Dio?? love ya Ygnwie

[@SteveRastaCahillconcertnetwork]

Sorry Dino I’ve accidentally led you astray and Claudio corrected me. The correct date of this interview is indeed 11/27/85. I was thinking ‘8’ because I was thinking 9/1’8’/70 which was the day Jimi died.

[@dino.manzella]

Not a problem. I have corrected the title. Thanks for the update

[@SteveRastaCahillconcertnetwork]

@@dino.manzella 🍻

[@matforsbon]

His English was better back then!

[@tenbroeck1958]

That was an awesome interview. She seemed like a cultured lady. I loved that she had to say "The Hooters and the Fat Boys" though!

[@AnabolicFarmer]

Look there's Johnny Knoxville!

[@jarrodchan]

Anyone has any idea what he said in Swedish?

[@dino.manzella]

According to Daniel Maci in an earlier comment "In the end he says in Swedish dance around the Christmas tree naked"

[@jarrodchan]

@@dino.manzella 😂

[@xuxis2008]

His English was so much better back then...

[@lucrebrazzi4069]

🎸🎸🎸🎤 " IT'S THE FINAL NET COUNTDOWNNNNN !!!

[@aaastuff]

Now Malmsteen plays the same thing over n over again lol

[@shawnduffy5766]

He needs to stay the hell away from the mixing board!!

[@Hellenicheavymetal]

Sad but true

[@malmstring]

@@shawnduffy5766 And the drums.

[@lucrebrazzi4069]

Mixing bowl more like.

[@rikmarlon]

Miss this Yngwie. He's not humble and opened like that anymore.

[@dino.manzella]

Unfortunate, right? Sometimes I think the public is to blame in some ways. I mean,stardom does harden you. People asking for an autograph when he's out to eat or walking with a friend. It has to get tiresome. At that point, you just ignore everything in hopes it goes away. From the perspective of the fan, it's rude and not very becoming.

[@jl-zz9zs]

According to most people that knew and worked with him he was difficult and not humble from the beginning. Short interviews you never see it.

[@anderssvensson3894]

7:10 I know where I'll be dancing around the Christmas tree all naked ! "Dansa runt julgranen helt naken alltså" ( In Swedish )

[@ceciliaandersen3849]

Kathryn Kinley and Yngwie Malmsteen has the same hairstyle 😉

[@tomjulian7226]

I bet she got a piece of his Rising Force.....right up the keyster.

[@meatwad1]

She would definitely get a rise out of me.

[@EgoShredder]

Rumour has it she kept screaming, "don't let it end!"

[@luismarianocapristo6205]

fue a la peluqueria?? o salio de la peluqueria???

[@juniorpontes4620]

Yngwie "Fuck" Malmsteen 🎵🎼🎶🎸😎👊

[@shawnchu9434]

Whos the girl who interviewing him?

[@frostedhead]

Young Wee

[@ceciliaandersen3849]

7:12 "dansar runt julgranen helt naken alltså", in english "dancing around the Christmas tree completely naked"

[@beandipcartography]

The Malmster.

[@elvisperez9621]

Damn look at his necklace he really did sell his soul.

[@thekinarbo]

What is it? All-seeing eye?

[@EgoShredder]

Can't properly see it, so it could be anything even a Pagan symbol.

[@MetalGuitar124]

Dansa runt julgranen helt naken =D

[@arthurmurfitt7698]

Cocaine‘s a hell of a drug…

[@freaker126]

i like the lady, she's kinda hot. Though, she's somebody grandma today. :p

[@thomascastrovillo9256]

@The History Of Dog And Balls gilf

[@donh90]

@Fryx Ur WHAT! Your a grandson

[@EgoShredder]

She is probably only in her 50s so still young. Having said that there are many young grandmas out there.

[@hirawstra8edge137]

"Yngwie tell us about your band rising force" Yngwie then proceeds to talk just about himself.......and so it begins.

[@Nghilifa]

LOL. Well, in all fairness, they were always his backing band. He wrote all the songs, and most of the lyrics (except on Odyssey where JLT wrote most if not all of the lyrics) as well. He was the one with the record contract, not the members of the band.

[@hirawstra8edge137]

@@Nghilifa indeed but in all fairness, he was and still is an egoic control freak, that has fallen to the bottom of the barrel, the unique beautiful runs that only he could do, not to mention his massively underrated rhythm chops have gone to shit, he lives in the world of Yngwie 1988 making up s**t about others and creating fairy tales that never happen only in his head, hes a sad bloated mess in 2023 just like his music of 2023.

[@hunodeporaqui6905]

yngwie was a BOOM; but now is a plof !

[@fireinthepentagram]

Best Yngwie interview hands down!

[@cam-inf-4w5]

If Yngwie was 22 today jesus.....he would be a nobody and never get picked up.

[@EdwardMiner-vy1pq]

Uli Jon Roth literally makes his guitar sound a lot a violin more than anyone.