“Yngwie is his own worst enemy,” says Joe Lynn Turner, former lead singer of Malmsteen’s band

Veteran American singer Joe Lynn Turner gave an interview to Backstage Pass Rock News and spoke, among other topics, about guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, with whom he worked in the 1980s. Lynn was asked if he would like to record another album besides “Odyssey”, the only album he recorded alongside the talented guitarist.

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“Of course. I have no problem with Yngwie. Yngwie is Yngwie. He is what he is. And it got a little over the top at the end. I remember walking around Stockholm in the rain, swearing at him because he was getting arrogant. It was just too much . And in moments like this, no, you don’t want to make another record; you really don’t. You need some distance between you to calm down,” Turner reported, in a transcript published by the website Blabbermouth.

“But to be honest, I think he felt threatened and maybe felt like he needed to go in a different direction. And whether he’s going in the direction he’s been going lately, I don’t know. I don’t think it’s a good decision, just because he’s not a great singer, he’s not a great drummer or producer. I listen to the records [recentes de Yngwie] and I think, ‘Wow, this isn’t going to work.’ Then I listen to ‘Odyssey’ and I say, ‘Wow.’ It’s a very, very good job. So I guess sometimes you are your own worst enemy, and in this case, apparently, Yngwie is your own worst enemy. But I have no problem with Yngwie to this day. What was done was done. What was said was said”, added the vocalist.

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Released in April 1988, “Odyssey” is Yngwie Malmsteen’s fourth studio effort and features some of the guitarist’s most famous songs, such as “Rising Force”, “Heaven Tonight” and “Dreaming (Tell Me)”.