'sorry, old son, he didn't impress me for more than the first half hour of the show. After the novelty wears off, it becomes same-old-same-old.

I don't care how many notes can be played in a bar of music.

I don't care how many sounds you can get out of your kit.

Play me some music... something that stirs my soul... something that expresses human emotion, and tells me a story.

Malmsteen leaves me numb and bored. He's one of the people that comes to mind when I mention that some guitarists developed Steve Vai's speed, but didn't learn his sense of melody.

Some people call this condition "playing too technically". What I call it, gets turned into **** on this website.