Editing Yngwie Malmsteen (section)

==Early life==
Malmsteen was born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck in [[Stockholm]], Sweden, the third child of a musical family.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://megarockradio.net/2018/06/30/swedish-guitarist-yngwie-malmsteen-turns-55-years-old-today-steve-huey-of-allmu/|title=Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen turns 55 years old today. Steve Huey of Allmu…|website=Megarockradio.net|date=30 June 2018|access-date=7 October 2019|archive-date=7 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007205229/https://megarockradio.net/2018/06/30/swedish-guitarist-yngwie-malmsteen-turns-55-years-old-today-steve-huey-of-allmu/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://yngwie.org/faq/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930190937/http://yngwie.org/faq/ |archive-date=30 September 2007 |title=Yngwie Malmsteen FAQ |access-date=28 July 2014}}</ref>  In 1975, his mother reverted to her mother's (Yngwie's maternal grandmother Maud's) maiden name Malmsten, a Swedish noble name,<ref>{{Cite web |title=af Malmsten – Heraldik – Stiernstedt och Klingspors vapenbok, 1865- – 2553 |url=https://minerva.riddarhuset.se/foremal/af-malmsten-heraldik-stiernstedt-och-klingspors-vapenbok-1865-2553/ |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=Minerva |language=sv-SE}}</ref> which Yngve promptly also started using as his surname. Later he slightly changed it to Malmsteen and altered his third given name Yngve to "Yngwie".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://guitarconnoisseurmagazine.com/wordpress1/2016/05/20/yngwie-j-malmsteen-a-force-to-be-reckoned-with/|title=Yngwie J. Malmsteen – A force to be reckoned with|website=Guitarconnoisseurmagazine.com|date=20 May 2016|access-date=28 July 2018|archive-date=18 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018003139/https://guitarconnoisseurmagazine.com/wordpress1/2016/05/20/yngwie-j-malmsteen-a-force-to-be-reckoned-with/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Malmsteen played his first show when in 6th grade, on May 11th, 1976 with his first real band, Track on Earth, consisting of himself, his cousin Erik Lannerbäck and a friend from school playing the drums. Later his brother Björn joined on drums.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Tengner |first=Anders |title=Yngwie J. Malmsteen: såsom i himmelen, så ock på jorden: den inofficiella biografin |date=2013 |publisher=Pocketförlaget |isbn=978-91-87319-66-2 |edition=Ny utg. |location=Stockholm}}</ref> 

As a teenager he was heavily influenced by classical music, particularly 19th century Italian virtuoso violinist and composer [[Niccolò Paganini]] as well as [[Johann Sebastian Bach]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.guitarworld.com/yngwie-malmsteen-pays-tribute-worlds-first-shredder-niccolo-paganini |title=Yngwie Malmsteen Pays Tribute to the World's First Shredder, Niccolo Paganini |magazine=Guitar World |date=27 April 2012 |access-date=28 July 2014}}</ref> Yngwie Malmsteen has publicly stated that he is not influenced by the blues or the style of [[Ritchie Blackmore]], the virtuoso claims that his guitar playing is inspired by classical violin, not classical guitar.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Redacción |date=5 July 2024 |title=Yngwie Malmsteen explica por qué dejó de escuchar a Ritchie Blackmore (Rainbow, Deep Purple) cuando tenía diez años: "Con nueve años ya podía tocar cada nota del "Made in Japan" |url=https://mariskalrock.com/actualidad/yngwie-malmsteen-explica-por-que-dejo-de-escuchar-a-rtichie-blackmore-rainbow-deep-purple-cuando-tenia-diez-anos-con-nueve-anos-ya-podia-tocar-cada-nota-del-made-in-japan/ |access-date=3 October 2024 |website=MariskalRock.com |language=es}}</ref> Malmsteen has stated that [[Jimi Hendrix]] had no musical impact on him and did not contribute to his style. However watching the TV news reports on 18 September 1970 of Hendrix's death, which included footage of Hendrix smashing and burning his guitar at the Monterey Pop Festival of 1967, made Malmsteen think, "This is really cool."<ref name="Yngwie Malmsteen – Rockthology#2">{{cite web |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQAU_-gPnUU |title=YouTube |website=www.youtube.com |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206152728/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQAU_-gPnUU |archive-date=6 December 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>