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Yngwie Malmsteen is arguably probably the most technically accomplished hard rock and roll guitarist to emerge through the ’80s. Merging a stunning technique honed over many years of obsessive practice having a like for such traditional composers as Bach, Beethoven, and Paganini, Malmsteen’s distinctively Baroque, gothic compositional design and lightning-fast …

Although some metalheads most likely assume that Swedish guitar shredder Yngwie J. Malmsteen’s initial U.S.-structured band was Alcatrazz, he was a short person in another obscure Los Angeles-based metallic band called Steeler. The group also included upcoming Keel frontman Ron Keel (bassist Rik Fox and drummer Tag Edwards also curved …