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  SPIN Asks the Experts: How to Shred With Guitar God Yngwie Malmsteen

  May 15, 2013 – In his rollicking new memoir, Relentless (Wiley), guitar virtuoso Yngwie Malmsteen recounts his maniacal drive to play faster, more precisely, better than any of his axe-wielding metal brethren. The young Swede put in insane hours of practice, playing his fingers raw, and training with the drive of an Olympic athlete. …
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  Shredder, Alive: Meet the New Generation of Guitar Heroes

  June 21, 2012 – I used to see this peacock that would play guitar outside of Blue Jays games. This was in Toronto when I was 13 or 14, so the mid-'90s. I'd be walking with my dad and brother to the stadium, and on one of the causeways there'd be a dude — his hair flowing and feathery, his feet spread wide in the classic power-rock stance, amp between his legs — fucking wailing for loose change. Wheedly wheedle wee and deedly deedle dee. …
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