Relentless: The Memoir by Malmsteen Yngwie J

Author:Malmsteen, Yngwie J. [Malmsteen, Yngwie J.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781118517741
Publisher: Turner Publishing Co.
Published: 2013-05-21T00:00:00+00:00

One of the most expensive decisions Andy made was that we should ride only in limos wherever we had to go—no taxis or regular cars. He also insisted that he and I had to fly in a private Lear jet to every gig, even the ones we could have driven to in just a few hours. The rest of the guys would get to the venue on the bus, but Andy and I had to fly. Nowadays, I think flying is a pain, and I love being on the tour bus and hanging out with the band, because you sleep for most of the trip and wake up when you get to the venue; it’s very comfortable. But Andy was my manager, and that’s how he said things were done when you were a real rock star. As a result, I had to get up very early, take a limo to the airport, board the plane, land, go in another limo, and get to the venue barely in time, sleep-deprived.

Most important, it meant there was very little connection between me and the other guys in the band, which meant that things really started getting out of hand before I would show up, especially with Mark. People in the road crew, the sound guys, and even others in the band would come up to me and ask, “What’s with this guy? He’s really starting to lose it.” He was still wearing the wig and was now wearing expensive rock star clothes, but his singing had diminished to the point that he was off-key, missing his cues, changing lyrics, falling over, and so on. I finally couldn’t stand it anymore. And who was available to finish that tour? Jeff. His thing with Rudy Sarzo hadn’t worked out, so he was available again. It became a bizarre revolving door with Jeff and Mark.

To set the record straight, Mark and I never became enemies, as was written in a lot of articles after he left the tour. I just basically confronted him with the fact that the situation wasn’t working, and he either had to get his shit together ASAP or find another gig. He left, I guess to work out whatever was going on with him, but we were definitely never enemies. In fact, he has worked with me on a number of occasions since then. You know how it is, though: when people don’t have all the facts, rumors start, and things get blown way out of proportion. That’s what happened there.

It might sound like the Trilogy tour was a road trip through hell, but that’s not the whole story. A lot of good things happened, too. Sometimes you hook up with some really nice people in spite of the madness. My guitar tech at the time was Ian Ferguson, who had been Ritchie Blackmore’s tech during the Purple and Rainbow years. You’d think he would be like a god at what he was doing, but the truth was that he wasn’t really that great of a guitar tech.

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