Oh god..

[_tom_]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIUnvAFbsK0&search=fred%20durst

HAHAHA!

Another great find was this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1_fcG5x93Y&search=sweet%20child%20o%20mine%20cover

Just proves that nu-metal is for people with no talent  :lol:

[Crazy_Joe]

lol is all i can say to those

[indysmith]

NU METAL RULES!!! who needs talent?

[schmendict]

Bwahahahahaha.
Linkin Park's guitarist was all like,
"Oooh, now we're on stage i don't think we should do it..ooh...no..."

FAIL

[_tom_]

Hahaha another classic, Yngwies Dropkicks from hell on the G3 Denver DVD:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtnhoYHMfBc&search=G3%20yngwie

I need to photoshop a trail of flames on his foot if someone can get a good screenshot of it  :lol:

[Elliot]

That's cool - shredders are just bedroom air guitar geeks with talent  :D

[Bainzy]

lol what a bunch of talentless bums

[Muttley]

lol what a bunch of talentless bums

I hope you're not including Yngwie in that statement.  ;)

Muttley

[indysmith]

lol what a bunch of talentless bums

I hope you're not including Yngwie in that statement.  ;)

Muttley

I'll include him in that statement - yngwie sucks

[Dakine]

Yngwie does what he does, but probably does it better than just about anyone on the planet.
I can't stand ALOT of music. BUT, that does not mean it is not relevant or someone loves it.
Punk, what the F*CK was that all about!!!!!!!!!! Sex pistols, hmmmm, first manufactired Boy Band. However, their legacy remains to this day.
I cannot stand to listen to Mr.Malmsteen, but would hazard a guess he could Wipe the Floor with ANYONE here.
Then again, I guess many live with their heads in the clouds and think they are better than many others (Axl for instance). Point is, don't like it, turn it off. Talent is subjective, but some talent, like the style or not, is undeniable! IMO

[Muttley]

lol what a bunch of talentless bums

I hope you're not including Yngwie in that statement.  ;)

Muttley

I'll include him in that statement - yngwie sucks

He doesn't "suck".  You just don't like him.  BIG difference.

[Dakine]

Case of typing with fingers before engaging brain and thus coming over looking rather silly again maybe?

[Muttley]

Yngwie does what he does, but probably does it better than just about anyone on the planet.
I can't stand ALOT of music. BUT, that does not mean it is not relevant or someone loves it.
Punk, what the F*CK was that all about!!!!!!!!!! Sex pistols, hmmmm, first manufactired Boy Band. However, their legacy remains to this day.
I cannot stand to listen to Mr.Malmsteen, but would hazard a guess he could Wipe the Floor with ANYONE here.
Then again, I guess many live with their heads in the clouds and think they are better than many others (Axl for instance). Point is, don't like it, turn it off. Talent is subjective, but some talent, like the style or not, is undeniable! IMO

Exactly.

Yngwie (despite some nasty press he's had in the past to the contrary) is also a really nice guy.  A friend of mine has met him a couple of times in the past, and I'm sure he won't mind me posting the story:

It was December 3rd, 1996, and a cold, snowy night in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England. Yngwie was playing a guitar clinic there to a small, but sold out (around 250) audience. There was much excitement in the air, and many a discussion between the Yngwie fans and guitar fans, and an air of expectation. Well, we all went into the venue and sat down in front of the small and makeshift stage, and a few minutes later Yngwie came walking in, to much applause. He sat and introduced himself, and everyone was quiet.

Well, for the next hour Yngwie played a bewildering array of new and classic material, pausing between each piece to answer questions from the audience, and then taking general questions at the end. It got to the point where the same one person kept asking odd questions, so Yngwie said "Well, I'll be at the bar if anyone wants to ask more questions", so we all adjourned.

Yngwie proceeded to sign autographs for everyone, with no refusals, no matter how many items any individuals may have had to be signed. As it happened, I was the last in line for autographs. I had some rare Japanese items with me, and Yngwie took great pleasure in reading through the liner notes and photo booklets. I had a chat with him about various things from in there, and he was impressed at my knowledge of all things Malmsteen, so he asked my name and signed it on my "Magnum Opus" photo booklet. Then he asked "Am I finished?" as I went to shake his hand, so I pulled him to his feet and he got himself a beer.

For the next two hours he stood with his beer inside a circle of people, myself included, all asking him questions about certain things, including people who were deliberately trying to provoke an extreme reaction by asking him about bands you just KNOW he wouldn't like (Pearl Jam for instance....he said he thought Eddie Vedder sounded like a sheep, and proceeded to do a very funny impression...also the Spice Girls, but they were a Britain-only thing at the time so he hadn't heard of them).  One girl was all over him.  She was a nice looking girl with a nose ring.  Yngwie said, "You're a very pretty girl, but you need to take that shite out of your face."  Even she laughed at that.

Anyway, the time soon swung around to 11pm, throwing out time in most bars in England, including this one. Yngwie came up to me (I was wearing a Fan Club T-shirt), and said "Hey, Malmsteen's Militia man, you wanna come back to the hotel and hang out?". Well, of course I was stunned but of course I said yes! So Yngwie, his guitar tech and manager got in one taxi, and I (along with three other lads who had been invited) got in another taxi, and we were off to the Vermont Hotel in Newcastle.

Well, when we got there, Yngwie and his crew disappeared upstairs, leaving us thinking that this was the end of the road, but no, a few minutes later he came back, went to the barman and said "You see these guys that came in with me? Put all their drinks on my bill.". A very nice gesture, I thought. We hung around in the bar for an hour or so.  Strangely, Loaded magazine were there with Jo Guest and Kathy Lloyd!  The girls wanted to know who this bloke was, so I explained it to them, and they seemed none the wiser!  Quite nice girls though, liked their beer.   :D   The Loaded blokes were mortal, falling around with their bottles of champagne going "Want some beer mate?".  Tits.

Eventually Yngwie said "I've got a demo of my Concerto in my room, do you guys wanna come and listen?". I was absolutely amazed. Not only was I hanging out with my idol, but this was the kind of thing you don't even dream of. So off we went to Yngwie's room.

We got there, and immediately Yngwie phoned room service and ordered us all several bottles of beer and sandwiches, another nice gesture. Listening to the demo of his Concerto was one of the highpoints of my life, it was truly amazing, and Yngwie was very grateful for our praise and feedback. He made us promise not to reveal the title (back then it was just called "Millennium") and I stuck to my word! After that, we listened to music, got to hold and even play around with his guitar, and just generally have a laugh like lads out drinking do. At one point I was doing this funny little thing I do, it's hard to explain but I can play tunes by making squeaky noises with my mouth. It sounds silly, and has to be seen to be believed. Well, Yngwie asked "What the hell was that?", so I told him and said I could "play" anything. He asked me to play "Black Star", and I did, and he fell off the back of his chair laughing!! It was a funny but cool moment, and more tunes followed.  Yngwie really was just like one of the lads for most of the night, drinking beer, having a laugh and being silly.  In fact, we were performing Monty Python sketches on and off throughout the night!  Perhaps not what you'd expect of a musician, but definitely what you'd do with a drunk bunch of lads!  The other lads were telling him he should go and find the Page 3 girls' room (s) but he kept saying "No man, I love my wife".  I don't know why I was surprised by that, but I suppose he'd had enough of that scene when he was younger.

Of course, the night had to come to an end, but it was our decision to leave, knowing Yngwie had to be elsewhere the next day, so at 5:30am we said our goodbyes and thanks and left (he'd never once asked us to leave), after a marvellous, memorable night.  I got home as my dad was going out to work which was funny.  I was supposed to be at work that day but I wrote a note for my mam to phone in.  When I got up later on I couldn't even read it!   :D   The coolest part was that when I met him again in 1998, he remembered me because of my silly party piece, and had me go on the tour bus to "perform" in front of the whole band! Very bizarre, but a good laugh.  My mate and I spent an hour and a half on the tour bus, and again Yngwie was reluctant to let us leave.  Great stuff!

Anyway, on both occasions he was great fun to hang around with, and not arrogant at all.  Outspoken and honest, certainly, but a good laugh.

Now I sound like a right fanboy!   :D

[indysmith]

bloody hell boys, I'm changing my signature just for you...

[Bainzy]

lol what a bunch of talentless bums

I hope you're not including Yngwie in that statement.  ;)

Muttley

Course not, sorry should've quoted Tom's first post  


Yngwie pwns  8)