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Yngwie J. Malmsteen

Yngwie J. Malmsteen

Real/full name:
Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck
Age:
60 (born Jun 30th, 1963)
Place of birth:
Sweden (Stockholm)
Gender:
Male

Biography

At the age of 10, he took his mother's maiden name Malmsten as his surname, slightly changed it to Malmsteen, and Anglicised his third given name Yngve to "Yngwie"; finally, he chose to keep the initial of his second name, Johan.

Brother of Lolo Lannerbäck.
Married to April Malmsteen.

Trivia

Malmsteen played as a guest guitarist with these bands:
- Tone Norum (guitar solo on "Point of No Return", 1988)
- Erika (guitar solo on "Emergency", 1990)
- Human Clay (guitar solo on "Jealousy", 1996)
- Violent Storm (guitar solos on "Pain Is for Me" and "Fire in the Unknown", 2005)
- Åsa Jinder (guitar solo on "Tro hopp & kärlek", 2002)

In 2013, he published his autobiography, ...

Generation Axe

Guitars (2016-present)

Yngwie Malmsteen

Bass (?-present), Guitars (1978-1981, 1984-present), Vocals (2012-present)

1978 Powerhouse (Demo) Guitars
1980 Birth of the Sun (Demo) Guitars, Vocals
1981 1981 Demo (Demo) Guitars
1984 Rising Force Guitars, Bass
1985 I'll See the Light Tonight / Don't Let It End (Single) Guitars
1985 Rising Force Studio / Live '85 (Single) Guitars
1985 Rising Force Live '85 (Video) Guitars
1985 I'm a Viking (Single) Guitars
1985 Black Star (Single) Guitars, Vocals
1985 Marching Out Guitars, Vocals (backing), Moog Guitar Pedals
1986 Fire (Single) Guitars
1986 Trilogy Guitars, Bass, Taurus Bass Pedals
1988 Heaven Tonight (Single) Guitars
1988 Heaven Tonight (EP) Guitars
1988 Odyssey Guitars, Bass
1989 Trial by Fire: Live in Leningrad (Video) Guitars, Vocals (backing)
1989 Trial by Fire: Live in Leningrad (Live album) Guitars, Bass pedals, Vocals (backing)
1990 Making Love (Single) Guitars
1990 Bedroom Eyes (Single) Guitars, Vocals
1990 Save Our Love (Single) Guitars
1990 Eclipse Taurus Bass Pedals, Guitars, Vocals (backing), Korg Z3 Guitar Synthesizer
1991 The Yngwie Malmsteen Collection (Compilation) Guitars (electric, acoustic), Bass (tracks 1-2, 4-6, 8-11), Vocals (tracks 1-2, 4-6, 8-11), Taurus pedals (tracks 1-2, 4-6, 12-14), Guitar synth (tracks 12-14)
1992 Dragonfly (Single) Guitars
1992 Fire & Ice Guitars, Taurus Bass Pedals, Sitar, Strings arrangements, Vocals (backing)
1992 Teaser (Single) Vocals, Guitars
1993 Leo Fender Benefit Live (Video) Guitars
1994 Burning Guitars - The Best Music Collection (Split) Vocals, Guitars
1994 The Seventh Sign Vocals (backing), Guitars, Bass (as "Yngwie J.M.")
1994 Forever One (Single) Vocals, Guitars
1994 Live at Budokan (Video) Guitars, Vocals (backing)
1994 I Can't Wait (Single) Vocals (backing), Guitars
1995 Magnum Opus Vocals (backing), Guitars, Sitar
1996 Inspiration Sitar, Vocals (track 4), Bass, Guitars (as "Yngwie Malmsteen")
1997 Facing the Animal Vocals (backing), Bass, Guitars, Songwriting, Guitars (acoustic), Lyrics
1998 Live!! (Live album) Guitars
1998 Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E flat minor Op.1 Songwriting, Guitars (as "Yngwie Johann Malmsteen")
1998 Live!! (Video) Guitars, Vocals (backing), Vocals (lead on "Manic Depression")
1999 Alchemy Guitar Synthesizer, Sitar, Guitars (acoustic), Songwriting, Vocals (backing), Bass, Guitars
2000 Anthology: 1994-1999 (Compilation) Guitars, Vocals (backing) (track 1), Bass (tracks 2-5, 15-16), Drum programming (tracks 15-16)
2000 War to End All Wars Vocals, Bass, Guitars, Gong, Sitar
2002 Rising Force - Birth of the Sun (Compilation) Guitars, Vocals
2002 Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E flat minor Live with the New Japan Philharmonic (Live album) Guitars (as "Yngwie Johann Malmsteen")
2002 Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E flat minor Live with the New Japan Philharmonic (Video) Guitars (as "Yngwie Johann Malmsteen")
2002 Attack!! Cello, Vocals (backing), Bass, Vocals (lead) (track 10), Keyboards, Sitar, Guitar Synthesizer, Guitars
2002 The Genesis (Compilation) Vocals, Guitars
2005 Unleash the Fury Vocals (backing), Keyboards, Guitars (lead, rhythm, steel string, classical nylon string, synthesizer), Lyrics, Vocals (lead) (tracks 7, 9), Bass (fretted, fretless)
2008 Perpetual Flame Guitars, Vocals (lead) (track 10), Bass, Keyboards, Vocals (backing), Sitar
2009 Angels of Love Guitars, Keyboards, Cello
2009 Live in Korea (Video) Guitars
2009 High Impact (Compilation) Guitars (lead, rhythm, acoustic), Bass, Sitar, Cello, Keyboards, Vocals
2010 Raw Live (Video) Guitars (all tracks), Vocals (lead) (tracks 5, 20)
2010 Relentless Guitars, Vocals (lead) (track 4), Bass, Keyboards, Vocals (backing), Cello, Sitar
2012 Spellbound Guitars, Vocals, Bass, Drums, Keyboards, Cello, Sitar
2014 Spellbound Live in Tampa (Live album) Vocals, Guitars
2014 Spellbound Live in Orlando (Video) Vocals, Guitars
2016 World on Fire Keyboards, Guitars (acoustic), Vocals (lead), Cello, Bass, Vocals (backing), Guitars, Sitar
2019 Blue Lightning Bass, Vocals, Keyboards, Organ, Guitars, Sitar
2021 Parabellum Vocals, Cello, Sitar, Bass, Songwriting, Timpani, Guitars, Lyrics, Guitar synthesizer
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Alcatrazz

Guitars (1983-1984)

1983 No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll Guitars
1984 Live Sentence - No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll (Live album) Guitars
1984 Island in the Sun (Single) Guitars
1984 Metallic Live '84 (Video) Guitars
1992 Live Sentence (Live album) Guitars
1998 The Best of Alcatrazz (Compilation) Guitars
2010 Live '83 (Live album) Guitars
2018 Live In Japan 1984 (Complete Edition) (Video) Guitars

Hear 'n Aid

Guitars, Vocals (backing) (1985)

1986 Stars (Single) Guitars, Vocals (backing)
1986 Hear 'n Aid: The Sessions (Video) Guitars, Vocals (backing)

Steeler

Guitars (1982-1983)

1983 Steeler Guitars (lead) (as "Yngwie Malmsteen")

3rd Stage Alert

1984 3rd Stage Alert (EP) Guitars (additional) (track 5)

Derek Sherinian

2003 Black Utopia Guitars (tracks 1, 2, 6)
2006 Blood of the Snake Guitars (tracks 5, 7, 8, 9)

Johansson

1996 Sonic Winter Guitars (tracks 4, 6)

MVP

1997 Windows Guitars (lead) (track 12)

Saxon

1996 The Eagle Has Landed Part II (Live album) Guitars (lead) (CD2 track 6)

Violent Storm

2005 Violent Storm Guitars (lead) (tracks 2, 4)
2006 Storm Warning Guitars (lead) (tracks 2, 4)

3rd Stage Alert

1984 3rd Stage Alert (EP) Producer

Yngwie Malmsteen

1984 Rising Force Producer
1985 Rising Force Studio / Live '85 (Single) Producer
1985 Marching Out Producer, Mixing
1986 Trilogy Producer, Mixing
1988 Heaven Tonight (Single) Producer
1988 Odyssey Producer
1989 Trial by Fire: Live in Leningrad (Video) Mixing (as "Yngwie Malmsteen")
1989 Trial by Fire: Live in Leningrad (Live album) Producer, Mixing, Cover concept
1990 Save Our Love (Single) Producer
1990 Eclipse Producer
1991 The Yngwie Malmsteen Collection (Compilation) Producer (as "Yngwie Malmsteen")
1992 Fire & Ice Producer
1994 The Seventh Sign Producer
1994 Live at Budokan (Video) Producer (audio) (as "Yngwie Malmsteen")
1995 Magnum Opus Producer
1996 Inspiration Engineering, Producer
1997 Facing the Animal Producer
1998 Live!! (Live album) Mixing, Producer
1998 Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E flat minor Op.1 Producer (as "Yngwie Johann Malmsteen")
1998 Live!! (Video) Video editing, Audio editing, Audio Mixing
1999 Alchemy Producer, Engineering, Mixing
2000 Anthology: 1994-1999 (Compilation) Producer
2000 War to End All Wars Producer, Mixing
2002 Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E flat minor Live with the New Japan Philharmonic (Live album) Producer (as "Yngwie Johann Malmsteen")
2002 Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E flat minor Live with the New Japan Philharmonic (Video) Producer (as "Yngwie Johann Malmsteen")
2002 Attack!! Producer
2005 Unleash the Fury Engineering, Producer
2008 Perpetual Flame Producer, Engineering, Mixing, Strings arrangements
2009 Angels of Love Producer
2009 High Impact (Compilation) Producer
2010 Relentless Producer, Engineering, Mixing, Mastering
2012 Spellbound Producer, Engineering, Mixing
2014 Spellbound Live in Tampa (Live album) Producer
2014 Spellbound Live in Orlando (Video) Producer
2016 World on Fire Producer
2019 Blue Lightning Producer
2021 Parabellum Producer, Mixing
(show all)
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