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Joe Lynn Turner a écrit:MALMSTEEN ARTICLE REBUTTAL

In regard to the recent Malmsteen article, I feel compelled to rebut his delusional statements.

The 'Odyssey' album was his biggest success that he has not since and will never repeat again. It's undeniable that I am responsible for 50% of the writing credits namely the melody and lyrics and 100% of the vocal performances.

Malmsteen's statements can only be taken as the rantings of a megalomaniac desperately trying to justify his own insecurity. His claim that 'singers' are too egotistical is moronic and pathetic coming from him. The fact that he would lash out at all the great vocalists and respectful gentlemen that he had the good fortune and honor to work with is simply outrageous.

How sad does a man become when he has to downgrade others to make himself feel big and important. This man thrives on public approval and needs total control because he lives in personal fear. I quit 'Rising Force' because of his intolerable and twisted ego.

If your pride is bigger than your heart and your ego is bigger than your head grow up or you will be alone for life. But after all, who can blame a child who shits his pants because he just doesn't know any better.

JLT

STATEMENT REGARDING PAST VOCALISTS:

Hello all,

Firstly, we would like to apologize in advance that this statement must even be written, but it seems that some comments from past vocalists that Yngwie has worked with in the past have been getting twisted and blown out of proportion. Allow me to set the record straight.

I think the response to Yngwie's off-hand comments (of which his previous hired vocalists were not specifically named) has only served to prove them true - because Yngwie said something that they didn't like, they came out enraged, spitting insults and profanities at him. This of course leads to the media bloating their responses and proclaiming it to be some sort of "feud" when it's absolutely nothing of the sort.

Yngwie never mentioned any of them by name (the journalist did, however) - he merely stated that he was not interested in working with any singers anymore because he did not feel it conducive to his style of writing and performing. If Yngwie had a problem with his hired musicians having an ego, he had every right to fire them (they did not "quit" or "leave" as they would like to have you believe) because it was, and still is his own project. He leads and he has the final word.

It's very unfortunate that these past hired vocalists must resort to mudslinging and insults to elicit any kind of media attention towards them. Such classless, puerile words are ungentlemanly at best and absolutely disgraceful at worst.

Meanwhile, these hired vocalists have been attempting to reach Yngwie throughout the past 35 years and to as recent as this year, have tried to reconnect with Yngwie, start projects and/or be rehired by him, among other things. At the same time, they have repeatedly spouted out these increasingly juvenile insults - a recent incident telling Yngwie to "sit on this" (a picture of the vocalist's middle finger) on social media sticks out particularly - which makes it very hard to believe their reaching out is based in any sort of goodwill. These incidents tend to increase in frequency when their attempts are not humored.

Above all, the most laughable thing about the statements from all of these different singers is that they all claim to be individually and solely responsible for Yngwie's success! How strange and amazing is it that they all did it by themselves? It would be slightly more believable if they had the ability to generate media coverage without attaching Yngwie's name to themselves - but alas, this is not the case, and as such their stories only seem to be about their tantrums toward Yngwie.

It is simply impossible, then, for one to take such statements seriously when these vocalists have sung such a different tune when dealing with our end. To literally take a picture of yourself flipping off Yngwie's family and then right afterward show up at his concert asking for free tickets does not do a lot to instill trust. Such behavior simply comes across as being disingenuous and trying to ride on Yngwie's coattails.

I think that these past hired vocalists would find it in their best interests to do as Yngwie does by moving on and focusing on creating and performing new music, instead of grasping as tightly onto the past as they can.

Thank you for your time and I bid you a good day.

~Daniel Baker, Malmsteen Management

In an interview with Loudwire, Tom Araya opened up on what he sees as the negative aspects of being in SLAYER now, telling (as transcribed by Ultimate-Guitar.com):

“I’m tired.

“This is our fourth show in, and we’ve got another 38 days. I like being home. I have my animals that I take care of. I’ve got a beautiful granddaughter now.

“I’m able to experience what I didn’t expedience with my kids because I wasn’t home so much – I’m watching her crawl. And now she’s not even crawling, she wants to stand up and walk. She’s bypassing the crawling stage. She’s trying to walk!

“So I’m able to experience a lot of development stages I didn’t get to experience with y kids because I was always gone.

“I like doing this, I just hate to travel.

“Dude, I can’t be any more honest than that. The first two nights we had late shows, we call them ‘the deadliners.’

“You’re the so-called headliner, but you play last. And it’s deadliner because by the end of the night everybody’s dead.

“Then it depends on the kind of concert you’re playing. The concert we initially started this tour with, the festival that we did, was like radio-type bands, and then us at the very end.

“And at the very end the it’s just people… You know, we played last before, but these people were just kind of like slowly trickling away.

“So by the end of the night there wasn’t really that many left. But we were still playing. It wasn’t like we were gonna play half-ass.

“We did the whole show. We put a 100% in, and when I was done I thanked everybody that decided to stay. [Laughs] ‘For those of you who decided to stay with us, thank you very fucking much!’ [Laughs]

“I have a tough time sleeping on the bus. So we get here, the minute we get in I crash. I only sleep maybe 4 hours and then I wake up. I can’t sleep.

“It’s a road thing. And then I – see, now you’re getting into my private life – I wear CPAP when I sleep. I need that to sleep.

“So if I can’t sleep well I don’t sleep long. So I only slept 3 or 4 hours, I woke up, so I’ve been up since 10. So I didn’t really sleep very long.

“I don’t sleep good on the bus period, and then when I got off to the hotel I just didn’t sleep very long.

“That’s the part of the road that I’m not enjoying anymore. Because I can’t rest, I can’t get plenty of sleep. So now when I do this, and we’re on early which is great… You know, it’s a long drive.”

Kerry a écrit:
"We do have six to eight [new] songs [partially recorded], for sure. A couple of 'em are lyrically done, a couple of 'em got leads. They were all recorded at the 'Repentless' sessions, so unless the lyrics change the arrangement, they don't need to be recorded again. So all I really gotta do is write five… I don't know… maybe four or five more songs and get a whole bunch of lyrics together. Half the work's done for the next record, so, in my book, that's exciting. To where 'Repentless' was an incredibly daunting effort, this one should be a lot more laid back."

Asked if SLAYER has any plans or timeline on when they would like to release the next studio album, King said: "It depends on touring — getting time to rehearse, getting time to make up new stuff. We haven't even done Australia on this run yet at all. We're hitting Japan finally later this year. But if things go well, I'd like to record next year. But timelines change all the time."

King also talked about what his life would be like without SLAYER. He said: "I'd probably have some shitty job that I hate, thinking about killing myself every day because I hate my life. Fortunately, I don't have to do that. My life's rad; I've got the best job in the world, and luckily, I never had to think about what I would do without this. Hopefully I never have to, because I like doing this, I like what we're playing, we've got a great relationship with the fanbase, and it's fun. I love doing this."

Asked if he still enjoys touring nearly four decades into SLAYER's career, King said: "Once we get in the States and we've got a bus and we pretty much drive everywhere, I like it a hell of a lot better than having to fly. It sounds, like, 'Oh, flying's not good enough for you. First class — oh, you want better than that.' It's, like, no, I don't wanna sit around in fucking airports. You've gotta check in your bags, you've gotta wait for the plane, you've gotta fly, hopefully you're on time. And then you've gotta wait for your bags again. I'd just rather drive overnight and sleep to the next city. So it's a lot easier for us in the States. I mean, in South America, we fly everywhere and that's just how it is. You don't take buses anywhere in South America, 'cause you play so far away. And European summer festival-slash-headline runs, sometimes they book you in such a manner that they don't even think about how you're gonna get to the next show. We've had to charter planes just to make the next show. And, again, I don't mean to belittle charter planes — charter planes are badass and it was an awesome experience — but when am I supposed to sleep? [Laughs]

Pingouin a écrit:
En tout cas, toutes ces interviews de Tom depuis quelques années, c'est le genre de truc qui me fait cogiter. Quand j'étais addo nullar, j'ai un temps fantasmé sur une vie de zicos, mais maintenant, je me demande bien ce qui me pourrait donner envie là-dedans.
Loin de tes proches 8 mois sur 12, voyager dans des conditions pas spécialement idéales, mal dormir et bouffer de la merde, des plombes à attendre dans les gares et aéroports, des journées sans rien à faire en attendant le concert du soir...
Même si la gloire me tombait dessus, avec le Jet privé, les beaux hôtels et un véritable confort, est-ce que je signerais ? Je crois que non.