Artist: YNGWIE J. MALMSTEEN
Album: RAW LIVE (DVD)

Release date: 2010
Media type: DVD

Yngwie Malmsteen is one of rock's premiere virtuoso guitarists. Yngwie has dominated the world of solo guitar for two decades. When he was barely 20, Yngwie exploded onto the music scene with his jaw-dropping technique of lightning fast harmonic minor scalar riffing. His 1984 album, "Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force," established seemingly overnight the style now referred to a neo-classical melodic rock. A legend in both style and technique, Yngwie's long career reached new heights when his totally classical work for orchestra and solo electric guitar, "Concerto Suite," was released, proving that his classical credentials were genuine. A respected musician among both his peers and his fans, Yngwie continues to play and compose at a level of mastery that many career musician only dream of. "RAW Live" captures the rise of Yngwie with rarely seen footage from his youth in Sweden in 1981 through his mega-successful albums in the 90s . Also containing never released behind the scenes footage and as an added bonus contains newly shot personal touches of Yngwie which allow the viewer to peak behind the public current of the guitar god. This is an extremely rare, and is a must-have, which will appeal to all Yngwie Malmsteen fans and rock music fans alike.