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Швеция  16 дек 2022 : |
MUSE Frontman MATT BELLAMY Reveals Appreciation For YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: 'I Got Into' His Music 'In The Early '90s' |  23 авг 2022 : |
Would YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Ever Consider Joining Another Band? He Responds |  21 июл 2022 : |
Watch YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Perform In Tilburg |  24 май 2022 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Accuses 'Sick' JEFF SCOTT SOTO Of Making Up Stories To 'Stay Relevant': 'Stop Stalking Me And Get Help' |  16 май 2022 : |
Watch YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Perform At M3 ROCK FESTIVAL |  10 май 2022 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN On Why He Doesn't Hire Singers Anymore: 'They Seem To Think They're ELVIS PRESLEY' |  23 мар 2022 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN - "I Have To Clear Something Up... You Cannot Sell My Music" |  22 янв 2022 : |
STEVE VAI Says Performing 'Black Star' With YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Was 'Challenging': 'Nobody Can Play Like Him' |  3 янв 2022 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Issues New Year’s Video Message - “I Would Love To See You Guys Again Soon In 2022” |  12 дек 2021 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Postpones Shows On U.S. Tour |  25 ноя 2021 : |
Watch YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Perform In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |  23 ноя 2021 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN On Living Through Pandemic: 'The Whole Thing Is Very Surreal' |  16 ноя 2021 : |
Drummer ANDERS JOHANSSON Looks Back On YNGWIE MALMSTEEN's Odyssey Album - "The Label Wanted The New BON JOVI" |  27 окт 2021 : |
JOHN 5 Withdraws From YNGWIE MALMSTEEN U.S. Tour 'Out Of An Abundance Of Caution' |  13 окт 2021 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Reflects On 1988 'Air Rage' Incident: It's 'Still Funny As S**t' |  7 сен 2021 : |
EUROPE Drummer IAN HAUGLAND Looks Back On Auditioning For YNGWIE MALMSTEEN's Band - "We Jammed On A Couple RAINBOW Songs; I Didn't Take The Gig" |  18 авг 2021 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN - "After All These Years, I'm Still Inspired" |  16 авг 2021 : |
Watch YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Perform In Houston |  10 авг 2021 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: IAN GILLAN Doesn't Seem To Like Me |  5 авг 2021 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN - "I Could Write A Death Metal Or Country Song, Or A Reggae Song In 10 Minutes, But That Doesn’t Excite Me" |  27 июл 2021 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Gets In On NFT Craze With 'Parabellum NFT Collection' |  26 июл 2021 : |
Does YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Belong In ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME? |  24 июл 2021 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: 'I Deliberately Don't Listen To Music At All' When I'm Writing |  13 июл 2021 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Won't Change His Music For Anyone |  12 июл 2021 : |
Watch YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Cover DEEP PURPLE's 'Smoke On The Water' At Serbia's ARSENAL FEST |  9 июл 2021 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Drops Another New Song, '(Si Vis Pacem) Parabellum' |  8 июл 2021 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: 'I Don't Collaborate With People' |  6 июл 2021 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Explains Why He Never Collaborated With RONNIE JAMES DIO On Original Music |  2 июл 2021 : |
GRAHAM BONNET Claims YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Tried To Strangle Him Nearly Four Decades Ago: 'He Grew Into A Monster' |  20 июн 2021 : |
How Does YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Keep From 'Retreading The Same Ground' With His Music? He Responds |  16 июн 2021 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: Why I Don't Need A Producer Or A Co-Writer |  16 июн 2021 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Performs "Power And Glory (Takada's Theme)" |  6 июн 2021 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Drops Another New Song, 'Relentless Fury' |  2 июн 2021 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN On Being Compared To EDDIE VAN HALEN: 'In Any Art, There Will Be Trendsetters' |  1 июн 2021 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Says His New Album 'Parabellum' Is 'Completely Devoid Of Compromise' |  10 май 2021 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Announces 'Parabellum' Album Details; 'Wolves At The Door' Lyric Video Available |  19 апр 2021 : |
MARK BOALS Blasts YNGWIE MALMSTEEN's Attempts At Singing: 'Unfortunately, I Can't Unhear It' |  17 мар 2021 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Announces 'Parabellum' Studio Album: 'It's Pretty Extreme,' He Says |  11 мар 2021 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: 'No One Tells Me What To Do; I Am The Sole Decision Maker In All Matters' |  5 мар 2021 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN; Fully Live! The Very Best Of - Las Vegas Livestream Show Announced |  12 янв 2021 : |
Vocalist GÖRAN EDMAN Looks Back On Working With YNGWIE MALMSTEEN - "To Be On Those Two Albums, It's Still Getting Me Work Today" |  29 июл 2020 : |
JEFF SCOTT SOTO: 'You Don't Really Work With YNGWIE; You Work For YNGWIE' |  8 июл 2020 : |
TIM "RIPPER" OWENS On Working With YNGWIE MALMSTEEN - "I Had A Great Time Touring With Him; I'd Sing With Him Again" |  24 май 2020 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER Says YNGWIE MALMSTEEN's Current Stage Setup 'Doesn't Work': 'He's Gone Into A Weird Direction' |  17 май 2020 : |
JEFF SCOTT SOTO Would 'Love' To Work With YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Again |  3 мар 2020 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Admonishes Lighting Technician At Monterrey Concert: 'Stop F**king Around' (Video) |  1 янв 2020 : |
Watch YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Perform In Fort Lauderdale |  3 июн 2019 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Talks Being The First Guitarist To Get A Signature Model Fender Stratocaster - "My Rising Force Album Saved Their Company" |  21 май 2019 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Says His Former Singers 'Would Always Cause Trouble': 'They Would Always Be Acting Like They Were Special' |  20 май 2019 : |
Watch YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Perform In Fresno |  18 апр 2019 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: 'I've Always Had A Very, Very Strong Vision Of What I Wanna Do' |  16 апр 2019 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Attempts To Smash World's First 'Unbreakable' Guitar (Video) |  15 апр 2019 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Says Other Guitar Players Never Influenced His Style |  4 апр 2019 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Streaming All Tracks From Blue Lightning Album; Includes JIMI HENDRIX, DEEP PURPLE, ZZ TOP Covers |  26 мар 2019 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Discusses His Inspiration For 'Blue Lightning' Album In New Trailer |  23 мар 2019 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Launches Official Lyric Video For "Blue Lightning" |  1 мар 2019 : |
Listen To YNGWIE MALMSTEEN's Cover Of THE BEATLES Classic 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' |  26 фев 2019 : |
Video: YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Performs At MONSTERS OF ROCK Cruise Pre-Party In Miami |  1 фев 2019 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Premiers Official Lyric Video For "Sun’s Up Top’s Down" |  1 фев 2019 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Pays Tribute To DEEP PURPLE, THE BEATLES, JIMI HENDRIX, THE ROLLING STONES On 'Blue Lightning' Album |  25 дек 2018 : |
JAKE E. LEE On YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: 'I Never Said He Was A S**t Guitar Player' |  29 ноя 2018 : |
Watch YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Sing DEEP PURPLE's 'Burn' At Bethlehem Stop Of 'Generation Axe' Tour |  24 сен 2018 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: Video Of Santander, Spain Concert |  5 авг 2018 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: Video Of Houston Concert |  9 авг 2017 : |
Watch YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Perform In London |  28 июл 2017 : |
JEFF SCOTT SOTO Finds YNGWIE MALMSTEEN's Comments 'Comical And Sad' |  28 июл 2017 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Is Not Interested In Working With JEFF SCOTT SOTO, JOE LYNN TURNER And TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Again |  14 май 2017 : |
Video: YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Performs In Newton, New Jersey |  20 фев 2017 : |
HELIX Post Rare Footage Of YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Jamming LITTLE RICHARD Classic With IAN GILLAN BAND |  18 май 2016 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN's 'World On Fire' Album Gets Release Date; Cover Artwork, Track Listing Revealed |  17 май 2016 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN |  16 апр 2016 : |
Generation Axe 2016 - STEVE VAI, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ZAKK WYLDE, NUNO BETTENCOURT, TOSIN ABASI Perform BOSTON's "Foreplay" Live In Denver; Fan-Filmed Video Posted |  12 апр 2016 : |
Video: YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Performs In Vancouver During 'Generation Axe' Tour |  7 апр 2016 : |
Video: YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Joined By STEVE VAI For 'Black Star' Performance At 'Generation Axe' Kick-Off |  26 фев 2016 : |
Video: YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Performs At 'Guitar Gods Festival' In Miami |  23 фев 2016 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Scraps 'World On Fire' Album Title After Being Called Out By SLASH's Bassist |  22 фев 2016 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN To Release 'World On Fire' Album In April |  21 фев 2016 : |
Video: YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, STEVE VAI And RUDY SARZO Perform VAN HALEN Classic At 'Guitar Gods Festival' |  22 окт 2015 : |
TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS: Why I Quit YNGWIE MALMSTEEN's Band |  6 июн 2015 : |
Video: YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Performs In Auckland |  14 май 2015 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: Video Footage Of Bucharest Concert |  2 май 2015 : |
Video: YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Performs At Brazil's MONSTERS OF ROCK Festival |  20 фев 2015 : |
Former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Keyboardist MATS OLAUSSON Found Dead In Thailand Hotel Room |  16 фев 2015 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Hard At Work On New Studio Album |  13 фев 2015 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Inducted Into SWEDISH MUSIC HALL OF FAME |  6 фев 2015 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Comments On "Disabled" Indonesian Guitarist YANA MULYANA - "I Feel Truly Blessed When My Music Touches Individuals" |  18 окт 2014 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Says New Bands Have No Chance Of Becoming Rock Stars |  7 июл 2014 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: Fan-Filmed Footage Of Beverly Hills Concert |  2 июл 2014 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Working On Live Album, DVD |  22 июн 2014 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: Video Footage Of Akron 'Guitar Gods' Performance |  20 июн 2014 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: Video Footage Of Englewood 'Guitar Gods' Performance |  23 май 2014 : |
Veteran Rock Bassist RANDY COVEN Dead At 54 |  12 апр 2014 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ULI JON ROTH, BUMBLEFOOT, GARY HOEY To Join Forces For 'Guitar Gods' Tour |  30 дек 2013 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN's 'Relentless: A Memoir' Available As Eight-Hour Audiobook |  12 сен 2013 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: 'The Music Industry Died Because Of The Piracy' |  29 май 2013 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: Anaheim Concert Footage Available |  7 май 2013 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN On Tennessee's WREG-TV: Interview, Performance Footage |  2 май 2013 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: Fan-Filmed Video Footage Of New York City Concert |  27 апр 2013 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: 'Relentless: The Memoir' Promotional Video |  9 фев 2013 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN On Spellbound - "Most Of The Stuff That You Hear On The Record Is The First Time I Played It" |  2 фев 2013 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: 'I Make Music That I Love Because I Only Live Once' |  31 янв 2013 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN's Autobiography Due In May |  30 ноя 2012 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: Official Audio Samples Of Entire 'Spellbound' Album Available |  28 ноя 2012 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: Audio Samples Of Entire 'Spellbound' Album Available |  11 ноя 2012 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN - enthüllt Album Titel Artwork und Track List! |  19 окт 2012 : |
TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Does Not Appear On New YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Album |  18 окт 2012 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: New Album Release Date Announced |  16 окт 2012 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: New Album Title Revealed |  2 окт 2012 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN's 'Relentless' Autobiography Due Next Year |  16 авг 2012 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Selling Clocks, Lighters For Charity |  10 июл 2012 : |
RIPPER-Less YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Performs At Sweden's GETAWAY ROCK FESTIVAL (Video) |  15 дек 2011 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Honored By SHARPIE! |  15 ноя 2011 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Honored By MIAMI MARLINS |  25 окт 2011 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Performs On Swedish TV Show \'Moraeus Med Mera |  23 мар 2011 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: \'My Prayers Are With Everyone In Japan!\' |  18 янв 2011 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: NAMM Performance Footage Available |  8 дек 2010 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Answers Fan-Submitted Questions |  25 ноя 2010 : |
Singer TIM \'RIPPER\' OWENS Says He \'Knows Nothing\' About New YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Album |  9 ноя 2010 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: Audio Samples Of Entire New Album Available |  14 окт 2010 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: \'Relentless\' Artwork, Final Track Listing Revealed |  9 сен 2010 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: New Album Title, Release Date Announced |  27 авг 2010 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN In The Studio |  9 июн 2010 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN To Release \'Raw Live\' DVD |  23 май 2010 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: DIO Was \'Without A Doubt The Most Brilliant Of All Rock Sirens\' |  21 апр 2010 : |
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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: Audio Samples Of Entire \'High Impact\' Album Available |  1 дек 2009 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN\'s Cover Of MICHAEL JACKSON\'s \'Beat It\'; Audio Sample Available |  8 ноя 2009 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Covers MICHAEL JACKSON Classic \'Beat It\' On \'High Impact\' Compilation |  27 окт 2009 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: New Compilation CD To Feature \'Big-Surprise Bonus Track\' |  2 окт 2009 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: \'Live In Korea\' DVD Details Revealed |  13 мар 2009 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: \'Angels Of Love\' Audio Samples Available |  3 мар 2009 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: More \'Angels Of Love\' Details Revealed |  27 фев 2009 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: \'Live Animal\', \'Live In Budokan\' DVDs To Be Released In March |  22 фев 2009 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN To Release All-Instrumental Acoustic Album In March |  2 сен 2008 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: New Album Details Revealed |  4 май 2008 : |
Former YNGWIE/LOUDNESS Singer MICHAEL VESCERA To Release Solo Album; Samples Available |  1 мар 2008 : |
TIM \'RIPPER\' OWENS: 'I Couldn't Be More Excited\' About Working With YNGWIE |  28 фев 2008 : |
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: Complete New Lineup Announced |  27 фев 2008 : |
TIM \'RIPPER\' OWENS Is The New YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Singer |  6 авг 2007 : |
Ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Singer To Perform In Russia With SANTANA Tribute Band |
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24 май 2022

YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Accuses 'Sick' JEFF SCOTT SOTO Of Making Up Stories To 'Stay Relevant': 'Stop Stalking Me And Get Help'
 Ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN singer Jeff Scott Soto, who has had an acrimonious relationship with the legendary Swedish guitarist in recent years, claims that Yngwie threatened to cancel his concert Thursday night (May 19) in Agoura Hills, California after finding out his former bandmate was in attendance.
Late last night, Jeff took to his social media to write: "Hey my peeps, here's a fun little diddy for ya! I went to the Canyon Club tonight, my local watering hole for the past 21 years, it's like my Cheers where everybody knows my name...I actually went to see one of the support bands who were killer btw, I hesitated on going because my former ahem 'boss' was headlining but I was not planning to stay anyway...well, word got to him I was in the house and I was kindly told as long as I am present, the show would be cancelled... Now I've seen it all!
"I left as planned but it's kind of funny, I just had to share the ludicrousness (not a real word but seems to fit the detail) that continues in 2022, I laughed all the way home!' Jeff added. "I'm sure this will be shared like crazy but I couldn't help but sharing it with you all, good times!"
Earlier today, Malmsteen disputed Soto's account of what happened in Agoura Hills, writing on his Facebook page: " Hmmmm…. I think some people are making up stories to be in the media again. Kids, don't believe made up BS from people who are trying to stay relevant! He's not important for me to cancel my show to my fans. On the other hand I was told by my agent that he snuck in there without paying so the security threw him out. Certain people make up stories… turn up at my show, get kicked out by security because they snuck in the venue WITHOUT PAYING, then turn around make up a story to try and grab media attention… some people are sick. STOP stalking me and get help ".
When one fan questioned Yngwie about his claim that Jeff has to struggle to appear relevant on the scene today and challenged Malmsteen to "compare audience response to said projects and releases to what [Yngwie has] accomplished during the same period," Malmsteen responded: "Hmmm Let me think In the last 15/ 20 years … I have been on the American billboard chart every single time I have released a record including my last one! being playing theaters, promoters are happy. On top of that I have made mega deals including signature models with Major companies such as Marshall, Fender, ovation, Dunlop, Seymour Duncan, Lewitt microphones and the list goes on. On top of that I have won awards for the most magazine covers ever in the history of certain guitar magazines. Would you like me to carry-on?!? None of this matters to me, however what does matter is an intent to smear an attack me and my reputation for the last 40 years. Everything this man says is a lie with the intent to do damage. I have not once spoken about him and nor have any interest to simply because he’s not important to me. And yet he can’t stop talking about me on a regular basis! Making up stories because he has not had any relevant success on his own he tailgates on other people. He needs to just MoveOn and stop stalking me. Oohh I almost forgot I have over HALF A MILLION listeners on Spotify every month alone! His let me look it up… oh no ONLY 40k! Yep he needs to keep slandering me a bit more."
Soto has since returned to social media to respond to Yngwie with the following missive: "I will put this to rest after clarifying a few things.
"God forbid ANYONE thinks I am trying to drum up press, especially by berating someone in the process.
"I post my past on social media to celebrate and share the pride I have for my musical endeavors the past 4 decades. I don't and don't need to ride anyone's coattails, stalk or trying to drum up press for myself, I have my music and the current things I partake in to do this. Everything else I share is a celebration, nothing more, nothing less.
"I went out to a venue I frequent for the past 21 years, I have played this venue more times than I can remember or count and know all that have been and still there since I walked through those doors the 1st time in 2001. I have not 'snuck in' to a show since 1988 when I heard of an intimate jam Prince was throwing at an undisclosed location which I found out about and finally made it in 15 min before he was done playing. That said, if I have to sneak in to a venue or not pay to get into one for ANYONE, I simply would not even be near the building, I am 56, not 16!
"Lastly, I went to this venue to see someone play who is very near and dear to me. When I found out who the headliner was, I decided it best not to go as I didn't wanna ruffle any feathers in any way. Then I decided I will go but leave before said headliner begins as I had no interest in seeing that part of the evening anyway.
"If anyone has been paying attention to interviews, award speeches and even my own social media where I have stated numerous times all I want in my life is peace, no enemies, no animosity ESPECIALLY with ANYONE in my past, they will know my intent is ONLY about leaving this planet with no water under the bridge. I extend olive branches, continue to celebrate my past with a positive spin and make sure everyone knows I wanna hug it out with anyone who has or has had any issue with me. If this is 'sick' then institutionalize me immediately!"
Five years ago, Soto, who sang on Yngwie's first two albums, 1984's "Rising Force" and 1985's "Marching Out", engaged in a war of words with the Swedish guitarist over the fact that Malmsteen claimed in an interview that he "always wrote everything," including the lyrics and melodies, and simply hired various vocalists to sing his material.
Back in 2017, Soto told the "US American Made Guitars" show that "it's false information" to suggest that he contributed nothing to Yngwie's early albums "because we co-wrote [some of] those songs together. I actually authored those songs," he said. "For him to say, 'I wrote every lyric, every melody,' it's absolute falsity. And he's speaking out of whatever anger or whatever throwaway conversation he might be having, but when it's put on text, it comes across as very crude and very arrogant. So, of course, I don't take that kind of stuff too personally."
The singer went on to say that faulty memory may be at least partly to blame for Yngwie's comments. "Yngwie's written so much of his own stuff, he's written so much on his own when it comes to lyrics and melodies through the years," he said. "Maybe the past eight albums… I don't even know how many albums he's put out, but for that many albums he's put out, clearly his memory is fogged on the albums that he wasn't doing all of that."
He continued: "Joe Lynn [Turner] was a very strong collaborator on the album ['Odyssey'] with he did with Yngwie, as was I, as were some of the other singers that were involved with him. Maybe later on that changed and the other guys were basically just used to sing his words. And I was as well on some songs. I mean, 'I Am A Viking', I didn't write one word or one melody on it. But the stuff that we did together, that's stuff that we did together. And there's some stuff I did on my own that's on there — he didn't add or remove one single thing from it. So, again, it's selective memory. It could be he doesn't wanna talk about me, he's got a bad taste in his mouth about me, so he's gonna do everything in his power to make sure that everybody knows how downplayed my role was in his life and his career."
As for why he thinks Malmsteen has been making disparaging comments about him and other former singers in the press, Soto told "US American Made Guitars": "If anybody knows anything about Yngwie's… the business end of things, his wife is managing him. And through the years, she's gotten more control over the people in his life, the people that were in his life, and it's really sad to see that a lot us have been kind of locked out. Slowly but surely, everybody that was in his past, including his band, including myself who actually retained a great friendship and relationship with him, were just dialed out. And we were just kind of pushed to the wayside for whatever reason, whatever paranoias there are. I really don't understand it. I actually had a great relationship with both of them, and I just saw more and more that they were just pushing everybody away. They wanted their inner circle to be so small, and I never did anything to interrupt that circle. But there were others around that I'm very close to, and was very close to, one of them being Marcel Jacob, who was the bass player that was in [Yngwie's] band when I was in the band. We had a band together called TALISMAN for about nineteen years until [Marcel] took his own life back in 2009. But he and Yngwie had a bit of a conflict and they dangled that over my head for a couple of years until Marcel actually passed away in 2009. When that happened, I assumed, like everyone else that knew Marcel, the guys in the band EUROPE, so many people, whether they were big or small, acknowledged Marcel's passing. Everyone expected Yngwie to do the same, and when he didn't, it rubbed everyone the wrong way, including myself. We tried to at least just get a statement or an acknowledgement of it, and when he was not only not doing that but actually hanging up on people, blocking them or changing his number so nobody can reach him anymore about it, to me… I made a statement, and that probably got back to their camp, that said, 'To me, Yngwie is dead.' I don't wanna know or hear from him."
Soto added: "Marcel was one of my best friends, and if you can't put water under the bridge when somebody has passed, to me, that's just the weakest, juvenile way of dealing with life. And it must have gotten back to his camp, 'cause all of a sudden I was cut out."
In the days after Yngwie's original interview with Metal Wani was published on BLABBERMOUTH.NET, several of the guitarist's other former singers — including Joe Lynn Turner and Tim "Ripper" Owens — responded on social media, with Turner describing Malmsteen's statements as "the rantings of a megalomaniac desperately trying to justify his own insecurity." This was followed by a retort from a member of Yngwie's management team, who wrote on Malmsteen's Facebook page that the three vocalists "came out enraged, spitting insults and profanities" at the guitarist because "Yngwie said something that they didn't like." The management representative added: " It's very unfortunate that these past hired vocalists must resort to mudslinging and insults to elicit any kind of media attention towards them. Such classless, puerile words are ungentlemanly at best and absolutely disgraceful at worst."
Hey my peeps, here's a fun little diddy for ya! I went to the Canyon Club tonight, my local watering hole for the past...
Posted by Jeff Scott Soto on Thursday, May 19, 2022
Hmmmm…. I think some people are making up stories to be in the media again 🤨 Kids, don’t believe made up BS from people...
Posted by Official Yngwie Malmsteen on Friday, May 20, 2022
So I have heard from many people that a certain person also stalks Neal Schon, oooffff… Get help and leave us alone!
On a nicer note, let's celebrate hitting more than half a million listeners on Spotify alone 🙏🏻🔥 https://t.co/nDddlw6vCf
— Yngwie Malmsteen (@OfficialYJM) May 20, 2022
I will put this to rest after clarifying a few things, God forbid ANYONE thinks I am trying to drum up press, especially...
Posted by Jeff Scott Soto on Friday, May 20, 2022
So I have heard from many people that a certain person also stalks Neal Schon, oooffff… Get help and leave us alone!
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