Originally Posted by: 3fingeredbluesI'm sure if he ever wrote a biography the title would have to be "Yngwie J. Malmsteen - A legend in my mind"

lmfao - y'know, you're probably not so far off the mark. What's the quote? "If his p***s was as big as his ego he'd need three legged trousers" ?...(sure I'm paraphrasing there, but hey - artistic licence and all that).

And I agree about the lack of growth - he's not had the staying power of other "great's" from the same era. Rising Force is great, for what it is. I have it, I listen to it occasionally, but since owning it I've never felt the need to buy any of his other albums...yet I always keep an eye out for Satch and Vai...

To the fans - I'm not knocking Malmsteen, it's just I've grown out of the effect his playing had on me.