The global rock guitar community will undoubtedly mark
October 14, 2008 on their calendars, as this is the exact date that Yngwie Malmsteen will be issuing his latest studio triumph, Perpetual Flame. The album will the first-ever Yngwie album to be released via Rising Force Records (distributed via Koch), while the album also marks the debut on an Yngwie album by ex-Judas Priest/Iced Earth frontman, Tim 'Ripper' Owens.
In Part One of our exclusive Michael Romeo Interview: ‘A Perfect Symphony’, Michael and I discussed his early days and influences as a player, and he gave us the low down on both the formation of Symphony X and the first phase of their career. Now we look at the last few years - a time when Symphony X have been going from strength to strength in the International arena culminating in the recent sold out Headlining European Tour.
Yngwie Malmsteen, one of rock's premiere virtuoso guitarists, is confirmed to play the London Guitar show, part of the London International Music show, on Saturday 14th June.
There has been much
debate in the pages of All Out Guitar recently as to who are the hottest
players in the world right now and who is the future of shred. Some of the names to pop up in these
discussions have been Michael Romeo, Andy James, Guthrie Govan and older names
such as Andy Timmons, Greg Howe, Steve Vai and of course Yngwie. Youtube is
also a constant source of clips of the latest bedroom shredder or guitar show
clinician.
Today's Elevenses Throws Eleven Quick Questions At 'The Neo-Classical King' Yngwie J. Malmsteen!
Yngwie J. Malmsteen is one of rock's premiere virtuoso guitarists. His grammy nominated 1984 debut solo album, 'Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force', established seemingly overnight the musical genre now referred to as 'neo-classical' rock. Yngwie is a legend in both style and technique, has released 16 solo studio albums and toured the world many times over.
Today's Elevenses Throws Eleven Quick Questions At 'Prolific Neo-Classical Guitarist' George Bellas!
George Bellas is one of the most prolific and innovative composers and guitarists of our time. He has performed and recorded with Moggway, Uli Jon Roth, Paul Gilbert, Dean Castronova, Jeff Scott Soto and Eric Martin to name but few. In February 2008 George's new instrumental album titled "Planetary Alignment" will be released worldwide by the Lion Music record label.
Today's Elevenses Throws Eleven Quick Questions At 'The Neo-Classical Specialist' Joe Stump!
Joe Stump is one of the leading lights on the modern neo-classical scene, having built up a manic fan base around the world thanks to his solo albums and band The Reign Of Terror and his latest project Holy Hell. Joe is also the Metal specialist at the world acclaimed Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA.
Mario Parga is a UK guitarist of Spanish extraction who I first encountered back in the late 80's at one of the very early Guitarist shows, demoing for Ibanez if memory serves me correctly. He was one of the first UK based guitarists who really had those exotic (at that time) 'shred' techniques really down - and had some genuine star quality to boot.
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