Randy and Yngwie
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 9:53 pm
I always thought that the main rival during Randy`s life was Eddie Van Halen, although there were many guitarists around too many to mention.
One thing i wasn't aware of was how far back Yngwie Malmsteen actually went, first with his " POwerhouse" Demos around 1978! ( at 15 years old!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKnrOwhx3sc
And still in Sweden with the same band apparently this was filmed in 1982 at 18 ! ....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON1W1LoisO0
And here in 1982 aged 18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjHnR0CEqxE
He finally came to the us in 1983.
Obviously Randy was playing large venues and arenas by 1981 but it seems Malmsteens playing was developed by 18. The other thing is that Malmsteen was present at the Randy Rhoads memorial thing , wrote an afterword in the book and also did a cover of Mr Crowley. I suppose Malmsteen mustve been aware of Randy back in 1981 but the weird thing is i cant find any evidence that Malmsteen was actually influenced by Randy , since he always claimed it was Ritchie Blackmore that influenced him with the classical side of things.
Bit confusing.But interesting........
One thing i wasn't aware of was how far back Yngwie Malmsteen actually went, first with his " POwerhouse" Demos around 1978! ( at 15 years old!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKnrOwhx3sc
And still in Sweden with the same band apparently this was filmed in 1982 at 18 ! ....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON1W1LoisO0
And here in 1982 aged 18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjHnR0CEqxE
He finally came to the us in 1983.
Obviously Randy was playing large venues and arenas by 1981 but it seems Malmsteens playing was developed by 18. The other thing is that Malmsteen was present at the Randy Rhoads memorial thing , wrote an afterword in the book and also did a cover of Mr Crowley. I suppose Malmsteen mustve been aware of Randy back in 1981 but the weird thing is i cant find any evidence that Malmsteen was actually influenced by Randy , since he always claimed it was Ritchie Blackmore that influenced him with the classical side of things.
Bit confusing.But interesting........