Who is better?

[HateCrewDeathroll]

Michael Romeo
Yngwie Malmsteen

My vote goes to Romeo. But a good arguement would be that Yngwie invented that who 6 string yngwie sweep. Is that even true?

 

[Asmodeus]

I'm really tired of those ''who's better'' crap

 

[Dado-x]

Yeah, I'm kinda tired of them too...






































...Romeo, BTW.

 

[The Yngster]

As for techinical skill, I don't know. But Romeo is 100 time a better songwriter.

 

[Grom Hellscream]

Romeo is not just better, he is the BEST, but Malmsteen is the MAN too...

 

[Ultimate_Symphony]

Romeo. He's a more varied player and a very good composer/songwriter, he also picked up where Yngwie left (technique wise)

 

[Demonspell]

I've said this a million times before, but it bears repeating especially in a pointless thread like this one...

Yngwie wishes he was Michael Romeo.

 

[ShredManWalking]

ahhhhhh! I tried this with JP and MJR when I first joined the forum... I about got kicked in the nuts by everyone... well, they're all better than me, let's leave it at that.

 

[Polyeidus]

Originally posted by Grom Hellscream
Romeo is not just better, he is the BEST, but Malmsteen is the MAN too...

Romeo is better than Malmsteen.

But Tony Macalpine is the best.

But I must say, even though Macalpine is better, I enjoy Symphony X much, much more.

 

[Grom Hellscream]

Who is Tony Macalpine?

 

[the_satanic_rabbit]

I like Romeo better...
Yngwie cannot keep up

 

[†Russel Allen†®]

Oh, come on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!































...I vote for Romeo...

 

[mark_bwaite]

Originally posted by Grom Hellscream
Who is Tony Macalpine?

Tony MacAlpine is one of the best guitarists ever (don't forget about his piano skills). He has a lot of solo projects, and also plays with CAB and Planet X. He played with Vitalij Kuprij on his album VK3. Check him out, I highly recommend it.

And regarding this thread, I'm kind of sick of constant comparisons of all the guitarists in the universe, but...Romeo wins without a doubt, he completely destroys Yngwie in every department. Yngwie's songs with lyrics are all cheesy, his instrumentals are good though.

 

[Polyeidus]

Originally posted by Grom Hellscream
Who is Tony Macalpine?

yeah what he said he's got some killer cd's from the late 80's, early 90's into 2000 about 15 albums of really awesome shredding

 

[Grom Hellscream]

What is shredding? Sorry for the stupid question.
I'm not a guitarist, so...

 

[Ultimate_Symphony]

Originally posted by Grom Hellscream
What is shredding? Sorry for the stupid question.
I'm not a guitarist, so...

The term is used on guitarrists that play at blazing speeds (with sweeping or Alternate picking), in other words ''shredding'' is ''playing fast''

 

[Harp Heaven]

Romeo has much better technique than Yngwie now, as Romeo has actually bothered to keep working on his technique, whereas Yngwie has wasted himself on Cocaine and degenerated into a lazy, sloppy and arrogant player. Back in the "Rising Force" days, they might easily have been compared, as Yngwies alternate picking was frighteningly good. And do not forget, he practically invented a style of playing that is used by tons of guitarists today in various forms. Romeo is one of them.

 

[Dado-x]

Originally posted by Harp Heaven
, whereas Yngwie has wasted himself on Cocaine

What on Earth are you talking about???

 

[Harp Heaven]

Don`t you know that Yngwie is a druggie? A friend of mine had a buddy that went to one of his concerts, and in between each song he would exit the stage and come out again with white powder on his leather pants. If you watch his "instructional" videos, you can clearly see that he has a very poor memory and trouble speaking. These are some of the debilitating effects long-term drug use has.

 

[Dado-x]

I know he's no stranger to alcohol, but I'm not sure about this drug-thing.