I agree - Noone doubts malsteens technique and success. back in his days he might have been god on the guitar (which is not true, because there where other damn fast guitarrists too - but however), but back then you also had a Commodore C64 and it rocked - and what is it nowadays? a relic.

And for the songwriting aspect - his music is apart from a few bright moments just boring and carries very little of something that is called "musicality". No matter what you might think of his songs - fact is - and every musician who has a little mature experience will aknowledge this: they are musically worthless. He´s a major back rippoff. he´s done nothing new - he just played it 1000 times as fast - so whats the deal about it? just because i was the first person who farted into a microphone and recorded it, does the make me a great musician? especially guitarists always get blinded by the thrill of speed. more often than once those dudes are greenhorn-guitarrists who are impressed by the technique - and it seems impossible to make them clear that thats just the tip of the iceberg. music happens elsewhere - part of it is speed - but only a small part. you could give me 1000 malmsteens plus 100 al di meolas - i would not take them - been there - seen that.

Infact there are only two things a man needs in life - a toohbrush and Jeff Beck.

And maybe someday you might think back and realize that this was not just senseless malsteen bashig. ;) Dont get this the wrong way - if malmsteen is your god and the only thing in your musical universe, then be it so. Its your musical universe not mine - i keep on expanding.

[Edited by Azrael on 01-13-2003 at 11:19 AM]