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Yngwie Malmsteen

Yngwie Malmsteen

Acting

01963-06-30 (age 62)Hässelby-Vällingby, SwedenMale
IMDbaka Yngwie Johann Malmsteen, Yngwie Johan Malmsteen

Biography

Yngwie Johan Malmsteen is a world-renowned 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. Seven-year-old 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 i…

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