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We might be opening for Yngwie Malmsteen at the Roper Theater in early May.

Don’t make any jokes, we want this gig.

I am not a fan persay, but I enjoy the ridiculous over-the-top nature of his performance and his stoopid-fast guitar playing. When it’s all said and done, guys are guys and we like stuff that’s fast and loud and no matter how sophisticated or professional of a musician you think you might be.. when you see a genuinely fast and loud guitar player live, you freak the hell out. Don’t pretend that you don’t. I might make like I don’t care that much about technical music and, for the most part, I’m not so into it (especially Fusion) but opening for Malmsteen would be fun. I admit it. I think it would be pretty badass.

Jay is, of course, excited as hell because he’s from that generation of nasty 80’s guitar players (actually, he’s from a little bit before that generation, don’t tell him I said that).

We are waiting for Yngwie himself to listen to Jay’s CD before we are confirmed to play the show, which I think his hilarious because it made me remember those old Guitar World Magazine articles where he trashed every player on the planet (including Vai and Satriani). I don’t know how serious he was about it back then, but I think a lot of it was part of his image. I have friends from Berklee who studied with Joe “Professer Shred” Stump (who many consider to be a Malmsteen clone) and Joe had been slagged pretty hard by Yngwie in one of those articles but, as I understand, he was cool to Joe when they met in person. Who cares, though, really? I thought those articles were funny. He sold a lot of magazines, and probably a few of his own CDs because of them.

I am, however, glad that I’m not on Jay’s CD. haha.