YNGWIE MALMSTEEN - Memories Of HENDRIX
August 21, 2005, 18 years ago
Swedish guitar hero YNGWIE MALMSTEEN spoke to Hugh Ochoa from Modernguitars.com recently about a number of topics including his current album, Waking The Fury and his main inspirations. Malmsteen explains how JIMI HENDRIX changed his life:
"Ok, to make this so it's proper, what happened was, I was the youngest kid in my family. My older brother and sister were really good musicians. And they started playing at a very early age. So, my brother played piano, drums, guitar, bass, accordion, everything. My sister played very good piano, sang. She still sings really good. She plays classical flute, in an orchestra, and all that stuff. So, my mom really wanted me to be a musician. She gave me a guitar on my fifth birthday but I didn't start playing till I was seven. And the reason I wanted to start playing was because they showed on the news, "Today, Jimi Hendrix died." It was September 18, 1970. Then they showed him setting his guitar on fire at Monterey. I didn't hear any music, I just saw this guy burning his fucking guitar, man. And I said, "That is soooo cool, man." So I took the guitar off the wall and started to play 'cause I wanted to learn. Then eventually I got into Deep Purple and that was the biggest influence."To read the entire interview head to this location.
