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He was chilling out for a while in the 2010’s, I really think his management told him to keep up the ego thing since his ego gets more attention than his playing these days.The Karmic Law is not kismet. It is not fate but cause and effect. It is a taskmaster to the unwise; a servant to the wise.
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I wish that guy would do more blues. He was surprisingly good at it, IIRC.
As for the rest, well, I don't think he was that far off-base. When he hit the scene, single coil strats were not cool in rock/metal. He cracks me up. I'd never want to meet him, but I still enjoy listening to Trilogy now and again. Speaking of which, probably about time to give that a spin, so-to-speak.
Easily my favorite track on that record.
Last edited by Ken; 08-04-2021, 02:00 AM.
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Originally posted by RevDrucifer View PostHe was chilling out for a while in the 2010’s, I really think his management told him to keep up the ego thing since his ego gets more attention than his playing these days.
A few of us saw him before covid and he played a ~200 person club like it was Madison Square Garden. Yng is the king.
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Originally posted by Ken View PostI wish that guy would do more blues. He was surprisingly good at it, IIRC.
As for the rest, well, I don't think he was that far off-base. When he hit the scene, single coil strats were not cool in rock/metal. He cracks me up. I'd never want to meet him, but I still enjoy listening to Trilogy now and again. Speaking of which, probably about time to give that a spin, so-to-speak.
Easily my favorite track on that record.
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Originally posted by Chris View Post
Go see him live. Seriously fucking bad goddamn ass show.
A few of us saw him before covid and he played a ~200 person club like it was Madison Square Garden. Yng is the king.
There was a red Ferrari parked behind the venue with a larger U-Haul trailer in front of the venue that was just for the Marshall’s! It was supposed to be a clinic/Q&A thing, but only a handful of people knew that; it was mostly a bunch of drunk people in their 40’s and 50’s thinking it was an Yngwie concert. He’d stop and take some questions about guitar and people were asking him shit like, “How do you like living in South Florida?”, “When did you get your first Ferrari?”, after a few more questions along those lines you could tell he was perturbed and said something like, “I don’t mind answering these questions but this is supposed to be about fooking guitar, ya know?” He took questions like one more time then said fuck it and just did his thing. I don’t think a single guitar-related question was asked all night.
The volume of those amps though…..holy shit.
The Karmic Law is not kismet. It is not fate but cause and effect. It is a taskmaster to the unwise; a servant to the wise.
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More Yngwie gold
The Swedish speed demon reveals he was also offered gigs with UFO, David Lee Roth and Ozzy Osbourne, and addresses murmurs that he came close to joining Deep Purple
“When I actually lived in Sweden,” he began, “I was offered a gig in Kiss! They wanted to talk to me. They called me up, right, and the guy said, ‘Are you hot?’
“Then he asked me, ‘Are you six feet tall?’ And I’m metric, right? I’m 6”3, I’m actually quite tall, I’m 192cm. So I said, ‘No, I’m 192,’ and he goes, ‘What the fuck’s that?!’ So they never called back, so I didn’t end up with an Ankh on my face!
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Originally posted by Randy View PostMore Yngwie gold
The Swedish speed demon reveals he was also offered gigs with UFO, David Lee Roth and Ozzy Osbourne, and addresses murmurs that he came close to joining Deep Purple
“When I actually lived in Sweden,” he began, “I was offered a gig in Kiss! They wanted to talk to me. They called me up, right, and the guy said, ‘Are you hot?’
“Then he asked me, ‘Are you six feet tall?’ And I’m metric, right? I’m 6”3, I’m actually quite tall, I’m 192cm. So I said, ‘No, I’m 192,’ and he goes, ‘What the fuck’s that?!’ So they never called back, so I didn’t end up with an Ankh on my face!
I'd be more curious to hear his answer to the "are you hot?" question.
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Originally posted by beneharris View Post
I'd be more curious to hear his answer to the "are you hot?" question.
The thing I love about Yngwie's stories is that, even if it happened exactly as he described it, you have no idea how serious the person on the other side of the exchange was. Like he didn't even vet whether or not this voice on the other side of the phone was actually someone from KISS but they said they were so that's good enough for him.
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Originally posted by RevDrucifer View PostHe was chilling out for a while in the 2010’s, I really think his management told him to keep up the ego thing since his ego gets more attention than his playing these days.
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Originally posted by Randy View PostMore Yngwie gold
The Swedish speed demon reveals he was also offered gigs with UFO, David Lee Roth and Ozzy Osbourne, and addresses murmurs that he came close to joining Deep Purple
“When I actually lived in Sweden,” he began, “I was offered a gig in Kiss! They wanted to talk to me. They called me up, right, and the guy said, ‘Are you hot?’
“Then he asked me, ‘Are you six feet tall?’ And I’m metric, right? I’m 6”3, I’m actually quite tall, I’m 192cm. So I said, ‘No, I’m 192,’ and he goes, ‘What the fuck’s that?!’ So they never called back, so I didn’t end up with an Ankh on my face!
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