Ymgwie is my age, and when he speaks about things from the 70s, etc, it makes sense to me. Like everything in life we have to choose what we are going to do, and commit to it. People like Yngwei have an obsession with being the best, and that's why they become the best and bring value to our lives. They are rare, and that's why we love them. Yngwei included!

It would so hard to interview guys like Yngwie and not just nerd out over the ideas, the playing, the execution. it's all insane

BEST interview I've seen with him. You mixed it up with him, asked great questions, and let him speak. This was excellent. Worth multiple watches. Yngwie seemed really natural, relaxed, and seemed to really be enjoying it. I enjoyed this IMMENSELY. VERY interesting conversation.✌

I hate it when people say Yngwie is an arrogant jerk. Every interview I've ever seen him he is a sweet guy

Incredible to see Jonathan talk with Yngwie, such a fan just like us.

probably one of the best interviews of him I've ever seen, congrats man!

Saw Yngwie on 12/4/21 at The Apollo in Belvidere, IL, what a show. Let me tell you, I was not prepared to be blown away. If you think he ever "left", I am here to tell you the dude is back in a big way. Lean, mean and humble with ridiculous chops, the Swede is here to remind you what made him famous. Two weeks later, I am asking myself how this is possible at 58 yoa...he looks 35. Do not miss his show-it is a must see. By the way, an intelligent interview with great chemistry. Easily one of the best I have seen in years with Yngwie. Thanks!!

best interview Ive seen ..he seems to open up a little more when theres a skilled interviwer with good questions.

That was an incredible story about the Russian shows. Kudos to the interviewer there, he knew his shit

This is the the most interesting interview/conversation with Yngwie I’ve ever seen!

Master Yngwie.... always has been.... always will be.

I'm a simple man, I see and YJM interview, I click

What a legend. (stupid comment but that word comes to my mind every time I listen to him)

The Maestro himself

Interview chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:48 Yngwie on the passion and intensity of 'Parabellum' 1:57 How Yngwie works on an album 6:33 The key to great Improvisation 9:48 Yngwie explains the first time he heard himself recorded 11:00 The importance of recording yourself when playing 11:47 How an unknown tape speed helped Yngwie push his playing faster 13:43 What challenges YJM? 16:03 Hundreds of unheard Malmsteen tracks is the vault? 16:56 YJM's on Cameo 17:35 Picking up vintage guitars over the years 18:50 Old guitar = Mojo? 19:24 Why Yngwie doesn't play 'The Duck' anymore. 20:17 Scalloping the neck on vintage Strats 21:44 Not being dependant on one instrument 22:00 What happens if you drop one of YJM's guitars? 23:44 Yngwie and a 7-string? 24:19 The origin of "more is more" 25:00 'Inspiration' turns 25 years old 25:45 'Inspiration' part 2, a classical version? 26:29 What tracks would make the cut of 'Inspiration' part 2 27:49 The incredible story of how Yngwie's '80s shows in Russia came to be 31:47 Yngwie's opinion on the "Winds of Change" CIA rumour 32:20 What does Yngwie like to do on his days off?

So glad I got a chance to meet him very nice and down-to-earth.

For a guy everyone says is arrogant and egocentric. He's far more interesting and interactive with the interviewer than most any other guitarists I've seen.

Yngwie is so awesome. The master of guitar! Thanks for this great interview

This was by far THE most amazing interview with Yngwie, like EVER!!!

Great interview. I remember watching the Leningrad concert guitar solo when I bought the VHS in 1990: still remains, for me, one of the most astonishing uses of the electric guitar ever. Also, I love Yngwie's cover album, 'Inspiration'. Even the artwork is amazing: stormy night, ancient ruined Doric columned temple, and a rainbow!

I always find it interesting and fascinating to listen to Yngwie Malmsteen talk.

Man! Yngwie its a very carismatic guy! This interview its far one of the best that I ever seen... The questions are deep, even the chemistry between Jonathan and Yngwie are amazing! And man the history of his father... Oh man, Amazing!! The entire interview its amazing! We need more of the maestro.. Well, more is more actually hahaha... Thanks for sharing this!

Yngwie's new album is fantastic and aggressive, Yngwie is like a family member to me only much more influential, for 30 plus years my entire life had his music as a soundtrack, not to mention if it wasn't for Yngwie i'd never pick up a guitar i am certain of it. The interviewer looks and sounds like young Doogie White.

Fantastic interview! Finally different questions and a totally different vibe. You need to do more interviews with him. Great to see him so jovial 👌

This is such a great interview Jonathan. This is the most I’ve seen Yngwie relaxed in an interview.

I am really happy he is still around and producing music. Been a fan since Rising Force.

Brilliant interview Jonathan. It’s easy to see you know your stuff and It’s clear that Yngwie appreciates your thoughtful questions. Best interview with him on the tube apart from the last one you did with him. 👏

I read and heard a lot of interviews with Yngwie in the past. Here I learned some new aspects about him and his playing. Chapeau, Jonathan.

He must have mellowed with age. His comes across so mellow and friendly these days.

“Vivaldi is great everything he did was great.” - Yngwie Malmsteen

One of the most charismatic and powerful artists i've ever seen live in concert. Amazing energy.

Great interview, nice to hear a prepared interviewer asking a bit different that the usual things. Hope you get credits when Yngwie makes a classical record 😊

Some years ago, watching him tour with all his Marshall stacks and playing a menacing Halloween theme...man, that was something else!!

Great interview. Can't wait to hear Parabellum.

Fantastic interview to Ywj Malmsteen The Great.

I saw Yngwie play on 3rd July 2014 in Los Angeles. To this day, one of the craziest concerts I have been to.

Great interview! Having been an Yngwie fan since the 80s I’m often bored hearing interviewers direct him to the same old stories and responses but this was refreshingly different. You’re obviously a big fan and found the perfect balance here. Loved your reference to the Inspiration album. Brilliant LP but one of the appeals to this is the amazing vocal contributions from the guests. I’ll always love Yngwie and while I enjoy bits of the new record I still crave the older stuff with the great singers. Thanks for the interview though ... brilliant.

Finally, some one asking different intelligent questions. Great interview Jonathan, and to you as well Yngwie.

Thanks for this great Interview ! Probably the best and most interesting Yngwie Malmsteen's interview I've heard in a long time. Congrats keep it up 👌

Yngwie called Jonathan “bro” 😎cool.

It’s great to know he is doing awesome and still staying busy ,I wish he asked him how he is doing on his health, We have lost many a great and iconic players lately it seems

What a great interview. Thanks for this great questions too. Yngwie rules! What a nice bloke.

This was an excellent interview with Yngwie. Great work Jonathan!

Yngwie is CANDID ,That's why i love yngwie . 62 Marshall to a Neive preamp into an Apollo . tells it like it is .

Thanks for a great interview! Good questions 👍 I would love to hear inspiration 2 ...

One of the best Yngwie interviews ever... Thanks Jonathan \m/ !!!!

More is more!

Informative and insightful interview. Greetings from Melbourne Australia!

One of the best interviews with Yngwie that's ever been done. Great job👏 Yngwie du e gryyym 🎸🇸🇪

What an amazing interview - what a great guy !

So exited about the new album and his singing is fkn amazing

Very good interview, you made ym open up and tell cool stories

Great interview by someone who knows the subject, who probably likes Yngwie's music and asks interesting questions

Great interview, Jonathan. Thank you.

Great Interview!!! Awesome anecdotes like the origen of "More is More" and how he got the gigs in URSS.

brilliant interview, thank you for not asking the same old questions everyone always does. yngwie seemed pleased and very pleasant too.

That Russian story involving his dad is quite interesting.

what a great interview!!!! at last something different from yngwie besides the well-known stuff we heard a million times :) much respect for jonathan. yngwie is a down to earth very funny and intelligent dude who always knows what he wants in a second. that's why many people don't understand him. i know this first hand because i'm like him

Thanks for Sharing 💫 Great Interview, Be Blessed:⚡ 🎶♾️🌎☮️🕊️🎶🎵 💜

Love it.. Yngwie, still THE man

Man, I don't want to turn this off! But I can't afford to go to work unless I go to work, so off I go! The comments on improvisation are gold. I'm a visual artist, not a musician, but I can so relate to a one off approach. Great interview!

Yngwie is absolutely right by telling to improvise the solos for recording thats the way to give the full heart and not the head into the solos, im always doing it this way and what he says about it and also the listening and doing them again is absolutely correct!he can be so wonderful honest in some interviews, he is telling often my thoughts, this is so stunning! Greetings from Germany, KREUZZER!

The background story on his Soviet "incursion" is one of the most fascinating I've ever heard, thanks for that. I cannot remember having seen a more interesting interview with him, honestly... well done.

Always like listening to yngwie nice interview

Great interview. Good to hear some fresh questions. Can’t wait to receive his new disc.

One of the best Yngwie interviews

Brilliant interview ❤

Finally someone who asks him the right stuff🙌🙌

great interview. Tank You!

Amazing interview, good chemistry between the 2 man. Yngwie is intelligent not arrogant. Intelligent people are often misunderstood. I love this man and he looks amazing. I am 4 years older and can tell you thats the truth. Great Great guitarist. I do love Bach too.

Best Yngwie interview I've seen in a long time! Great stuff!

Best Interview with Yngwie Ive ever seen!!

I love Yngwie's music since i first heard it back in '85... and that was the first time i ever heard Alcatrazz No parole..., Rising Force 1st album and even Steeler...so it was all at once and then Marching Out and Trilogy the year after etc. With that said, i've known his albums one after another, some i like them more and some i like them slightly less. Him singing all the songs is something i still don't understand when you have so many great singers in your past and available but that's him, that's the way he likes it now, and that's how it will be in the future i guess. Anyway good interview.

YNGWIE wow! G3- Satriani,Vai,... then that moment happens when you hear Malmsteens guitar...WOW!!! I like the way Zakk said it , "the best of the best were all benching 4-500lbs. and YNGWIE came in benching 1200 lbs. yeah... It's a great time to be alive! TKS YJM

Very good interview. Thanks.

Very cool interview 🎸

The new record rips. Fantastic interview.

Always great to hear Yngwie talk about his playing & music....Instant composition is an interesting way to describe his soloing. As for the less is more/ more is more debate whenever I hear the movie AMADEUS (1984) with Mozart when I hear that clown say...'Too many notes Mozart,,,just lose a few' I always laugh thinking of these people who try to criticize Yngwie ....What they don't understand is that Yngwie's speed is part of his EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION thru his instrument .....Restrict that with someone prescribing how many notes to play & you'd be restricting his emotional expressiveness....Very Good question asking him about hearing himself on tape for the first time.....What Yngwie describes is exactly what I felt when hearing myself back on tape ....Same urge to make it sound better all the time....I remember hearing that when he was young Yngwie used to work in a guitar workshop actually carving scalloped fingerboards....He was very much into modifying his instrument like ED (EVH) was.....When he was a kid before he carved out his own path as a player his natural ear was so good that on MADE IN JAPAN album he could take Blackmore's guitar off the right channel of the vinyl stereo player & Reproduce note for note EXACTLY what was originally played on there so his mates couldn't tell the difference. He would say...Actually, its ME not Ritchie , & they'd go 'Dont believe you, you're nuts' ! ..lol...But it WAS Yngwie......Though great at what he does I don't think Ritchie could reproduce some of the technical stuff Yngwie does though...omg...lol

Great interview. The Russian story was crazy!

Magic moments, agreed. Generation Axe. Vai, Malmsteen. Vai reaction to Malmsteen, awesome!

Yngwie it’s always welcome on my KZfaq feed!…

Crackin' interview!!! \m/

AND his dad was 007 material, WHO got him some gigs behind the iron curtain. He seems down to earth. When you can peel off casual Paganini style runs and chat, that's not natural..

Fantastic interview!!!

I so wish Yngwie went back into proper production. Parabellum is not bad, but honestly, it would be a masterpiece if it had the vocals and production of let's say Magnum Opus or Seventh Son.

I’m pretty sure most of you English speaking fans have missed a very funny little detail on the fire and ice album.The viola player was apparently a hassle to work with.Per Högberg is his real name.Yngwie’s revenge was to give him a new name in the credit list.It’s all up to you now to google why Per Bögberg is so funny for us swedes.Ok not a politically correct joke but hey it was 1992. :)

Excellent, down to earth interview, thanks.

Awesome interview

Great interview, not the regular questions!!

Great interview

Question to Gi that I've been wondering about. At what stage did Yngwie start routinely using economy picking (beyond the obvious use within sweeps)? I'm not sure on his earliest stuff he was doing it, but he certainly was by a certain point, any ideas at what point? Or was he in fact doing it from the start (in terms of his recorded output)?

cool Interview, i really enjoyed it! Greetz from Germany!

I recall a soviet sub parlaying through ytre arne Norway as the air raid sirens went off as a kid living there . little did I know , yngwie was doing his thing as a kid next door in sweden.

Jonathan mighty credit to u best interview bar none:)

único Neoclasical stilo 🔥🔥🔥

Good questions, man!!!

If you have a chance again to ask him a question, I'd like to know, who strings and sets up all his stash of guitars at home?

Hes just a lad honestly. Love the guy

👑 King

Awesome video my friend ! Big Like!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍💯👏👏👏👏👏👏👏