Credits:

Alcatrazz

Description:

In 1983, just about every up-and-coming hard rock guitarist was mesmerized by — and copying — Eddie Van Halen’s two-handed tapping technique. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, came Yngwie Malmsteen, who introduced “classical metal” to the masses. Before making a name for himself as a solo artist, Yngwie was briefly a member of L.A. rockers Alcatrazz, which resulted in a studio album (1983’s No Parole from Rock ‘n’ Roll) and a live album (1984’s Live Sentence). But come 2010, an archival live album appeared from the band (from the “Yngwie era”), Live ’83. As its title states, the album is comprised of live performances from the same year that Alcatrazz’s debut album was released, and will certainly be of interest for longtime Yngwie fans. Featured are all the expected Alcatrazz classics, including fine readings of “Too Young to Die, Too Drunk to Live,” “Island in the Sun,” and “Hiroshima Mon Amour,