Yngwie Malmsteen. By that point, Van Halen were five albums deep into their career, having turned the guitar world on its head with “Eruption” and Eddie’s superlative tapping exploits in 1978.

In a new interview with Classic Rock, Yngwie Malmsteen has looked back on his near-meetings with Eddie Van Halen – and claimed the late electric guitar legend felt threatened by him. While ...

What stands out the most about Eddie Van Halen’s playing — more than ... Not Jimmy Page, not Eric Clapton, not Yngwie Malmsteen, nobody. Every single person who picked up an electric guitar ...

The undeniable prowess of guitarists like Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Yngwie Malmsteen or Buckethead would only make them heroes to a much more limited fan base. Eddie Van Halen was an heir to ...

ended up being of the most emotionally charged pieces of music he’d ever written… You may like “He went into this trance state as he played”: A close encounter with the genius of Eddie Van Halen ...

It’s Yngwie Malmsteen, checking in from the sleek ... hyper-fast heavy-metal guitar-playing in a neoclassical style. In 1978, Eddie Van Halen completely rewired the schematics of presto guitaring.

Yngwie Malmsteen + Glenn Hughes Team Up for Late Summer U.S ... Wylde Found His Ozzy Guitar Style by Subtracting From Randy Rhoads, Ygnwie Malmsteen + Eddie Van Halen ...

Only an idiot competes with Eddie Van Halen.” So said Steve Vai to ... tour — might impress you with his bluesy fusion, and Yngwie Malmsteen with his neoclassical chops. But Vai combined ...

few come more self-assured and mercurial than Yngwie Malmsteen. Born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck, the Swedish axe whiz came of age in the mid-‘80s on the heels of Eddie Van Halen and Randy ...

Merging the worlds of Metallica and Van Halen, Metallica's James Hetfield ... with name tags of prominent shredders such as Yngwie Malmsteen, Jake E. Lee and George Lynch.