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| Name = Yngwie Malmsteen | |||
| Type = Solo artist | |||
| Img = Yngwie2021.png | |||
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| Landscape = No | |||
| Birth name = Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck | |||
| Born = [[June 30]], 1963, (age {{Age|1963|6|30}})<br>Stockholm, Sweden | |||
| Occupation = Musician, songwriter | |||
| Instrument = Guitar | |||
| Active = 1978–[[{{CURRENTYEAR}}|present]] | |||
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'''Yngwie Malmsteen''' is a swedish metal guitarist. Born on [[June 30]], 1963 as Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck, he went on to pioneer the heavy metal subgenre, becoming well known in these circles for his neoclassical style of playing. | |||
'''Yngwie Malmsteen | =Connections to Weezer= | ||
[[Image:Aloneii 15.jpg|thumb|Picture of Rivers' posters from his high school dorm|250px]] | |||
[[Image:Map of Weezerland.JPG|thumb|The Pinkerton map|250px]] | |||
Malmsteen has been a big influence on [[Rivers Cuomo]]'s playing style, admitting he first moved to LA in '89 to become a virtuoso like him. <ref>https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Guitar.com_interview_with_Rivers_Cuomo_-_September_15,_2005</ref> | |||
==Pre-Weezer== | |||
Starting in high school, where Cuomo would hang posters of the musicians that inspired him, which included Paul Gilbert from Kiss, the Scorpions, and Yngwie Malmsteen. This can be seen on the pictures shared on the [[Alone 2]] booklet. | |||
Rivers has also admitted that he used to play on a Malmsteen cover band prior to Weezer. <ref>https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Blender_interview_with_Rivers_Cuomo_-_Jan/Feb_2006</ref> | |||
==Pinkerton== | |||
Rivers has stated on an interview in [[The Howard Stern Show]] that the [[Pinkerton]] map on the CD tray includes the names of those who influenced him during the recording of the album, this includes Malmsteen | |||
==Maladroit== | |||
Rivers Cuomo appears wearing an Yngwie Malmsteen t-shirt on the cover of [[Guitar World interview with Rivers Cuomo - May 2002|Guitar World Magazine]] in 2002. | |||
==EWBAITE== | |||
On an AMA done to promote the 2014 album [[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]], Cuomo was asked about what his favourite Yngwie song was, to which he replied Far Beyond the Sun. <ref>https://amahighlights.com/rivers-cuomo/</ref> | |||
==Van Weezer== | |||
On an interview with Michael Astley-Brown of Guitar World Magazine, Cuomo talked about how when they were recording the [[Blue Album]] he would play ''"some Yngwie Malmsteen shit"'' that would impress Ocasek but that this style of playing was never put into tape until [[Van Weezer]]. <ref>https://www.guitarworld.com/news/weezers-new-album-is-called-van-weezer-and-its-all-guitars-and-shredding</ref> | |||
=Media= | |||
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