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Exploring 25 Heavy Metal Stage Name Origins

Exploring 25 Heavy Metal Stage Name Origins

Yngwie Malmsteen

Real Name: Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck

In his early years of performance Lannerback used his mother's maiden name Malmsten (adding an E), and also wound up changing his first name to Yngwie in hopes that an audience from outside Sweden would be more likely to pronounce it correctly.

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