Malmsteen was born Lars Johann Yngve Lannerbäck in Stockholm, Sweden, the third child of a musically-talented family.[2]
Malmsteen has stated that Jimi Hendrix
had no musical impact on him and didn't contribute to his style, but
the fact of watching at age seven the September 18, 1970 TV special
where Hendrix smashed and burned his guitar made Malmsteen think: "This
is really cool".[3] To quote his official website, "The day Jimi Hendrix died, the guitar-playing Yngwie was born".[4]
At the age of 12 he took his mother's maiden name Malmsten as his surname, slightly changed it to Malmsteen, and Anglicised
his third given name Yngve to "Yngwie". Malmsteen created his first
band "Track On Earth" at the age of 10, consisting of himself and a
friend from school on drums (Armin).
As a teenager, he was heavily influenced by classical music, particularly 19th century violinist composer Niccolò Paganini,[5] and also discovered his most important guitar influence: Ritchie Blackmore. Uli Jon Roth is also cited as a significant influence, as is Brian May of Queen.
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