Yngwie Malmsteen

Yngwie Johan Malmsteen is a worldrenowned 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 Sevenyearold 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 neoclassical genre to the world of rock In 2009 Time magazine rated Yngwie Malmsteen as among the 10 greatest electric guitar players of all time