Alcatrazz - Island In The Sun

Band: Alcatrazz
Song: Island In The Sun
Concert: Metallic Live In Japan
Year: 1984

* Graham Bonnet - vocals
* Yngwie Malmsteen - Guitar
* Gary Shea - bass
* Jan Uvena - drums
* Jimmy Waldo - keyboards

Setlist:
1.Too young to die, too drunk to live

2.Hiroshima Mon Amour

3.Night Games

4.Big Foot

5.Island In The Sun

6.Kree Nakoorie

7.Guitar Solo By Yngwie

8.Since you've been gone

9.Suffer me

10.Desert song

11.Evil eye (solo)

12.All night long

13.Lost in Hollywood

14.Kojo No Tsuki

15.Encore/ 50's rock

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Alcatrazz
• Island
• In
• The
• Sun
• 80s
• hard
• metal
• rock
• yngwie
• malmsteen
• second
• band
• god
• japan
• live
• Graham
• Bonnet
• Gary
• Shea
• Jimmy
• Waldo

[chinaski000]

Bonnet often seems to be out of tune..isn't it? He can sing better than this anyway...No words about Yngwie

[xSnoweyexp]

Such a great quality men , thanks for this men !!! I love this stuff

[shredmaster100]

that solo is amazing why cant yngwie write solos like this anymore

[EpiphoneLesPaul1995]

@ventusthewind hahah nerds like alcatrazz ! ;)

[ventusthewind]

2:00 -> lol,that geek looks stoned..XD

[xRazorFistx]

@chinaski000

There was an interview with Alcatrazz once where they talked about how Yngwie's style hurt Graham's performance. For example, Yngwie was so busy noodling and soloing like a maniac, that Graham couldn't tune his voice off the guitar... he actually had to tune off the bass! Which is just ridiculous. If Yngwie had shut up for half a second, the entire band might have sounded better.

[underoath115]

1:59 , that japanese dude always make me crack me pants from laughing ...

[benchmat]

hahaha....he pretty much copy Ritchie's antics except the tapping..... Graham is great though and ummm...Yngwie... :D

[ALBERTromano1965]

@wlmason73 You speak the truth. No flak needed! I think Yngwie never got it back totally after the car accident and he needed a band situation. His ego is big and that hurt him also. But Yngwie was the best in the mid 80s. Van Halen was even afraid of him!

[wlmason73]

@ALBERTromano1965 Whoa! I was expecting to catch some flak for that comment. It's somewhat rare to see level-headed comments about Yngwie. Props to you for that. Most think he's God or a wanker. He's neither.

I'm still an Yngwie fan, but not of his recent work. I think his first 3 solo albums were quite good. IMO it all went downhill after Trilogy. He's still an immense figure among guitarists, but not the household name he could have (and probably should have) become.

[ALBERTromano1965]

@wlmason73 I agree with you 100%. Yngwie needed a band. You and i think the same. This was his peak. Once Yngwie went solo it was just him over indulging. No doubt thats what hurt his career. You are a smart man, You know your stuff!

[wlmason73]

@ALBERTromano1965 Yngwie was, talent wise, without peer in his generation of rock guitarists. The problem is his talent comes with a tendency to over-indulge and lose the plot musically. During his time in Alcatrazz this was tempered quite a bit, and he tended to stay within the framework of the song. If he had continued being part of bands where members had equal weight in musical decisions, I think he would have been bigger. His story is one of inflated ego, and talent wasted IMO.