Joe Stump is constantly referring to his heroes and influences. Guitar-wise Ritchie Blackmore, Jimi Hendrix, Gary Moore, Yngwie Malmsteen, Michael Schenker, Uli-Jon Roth and David Chastain are on top of his list. But classical music is a huge influence as well: Bach, Paganini, Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, and Mendelshon to name a few.
About Yngwie Malmsteen: “As far as Yngwie goes: I have loved his playing since I started listening to him back in 1983-84 when I began learning almost every solo on the first Alcatrazz album and the great Rising Force record. I first read about him in the Guitar Player magazine spotlight column. I saw that his influences were Blackmore, Ulrich Roth, and Al Di Meol—all my favourite guitarists. So I said to myself that this guy with the hard to pronounce name is gonna be right up my alley. He knocked me out then and to this day I still always find his playing very inspiring.”
About Blackmore: “Well, guitar-wise Ritchie Blackmore is even bigger than Malmsteen. I actually sound much more derivative of Blackmore and have stolen so much of his shit; his vibe, look, stage persona, as well as a ton of stuff guitar-wise. Who do you think originated that whole bad-ass, dressing in all black, white Strat and wall of Marshalls, dark knight of hard rock thing? Where do you kids out there think me and Yngwie got it from? You can’t get much cooler than Ritchie; as far as hard rock guitar goes he wrote the book. And anybody that really knows Blackmore’s playing at all hears it in my stuff way before any type of Malmsteen influence.”
Other influences for Joe Stump are many different schools of metal, from Neo-Classical Speed Metal, European Power Metal, old school hard rock, and speed/thrash metal.
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“Nothing beats playing live. I’m never tired of it. Whether it’s a live show or guitar clinic, or whether it’s a big venue or a small dive of a pub. As long as there are fans there that enjoy killer guitar I’m happy.” –Joe Stump
Joe uses the Dean Markley Yngwie’s Magic 8815 (.008-.048). These are electric guitar strings for vintage style tremelos.
When asked about his Dean Markley String endorsement, Stump said:
“They are a great company and I’m really looking forward to working with them as two of my all time heroes, Gary Moore and Yngwie Malmsteen, are Dean Markley guys. So, it’s nice to be among some full-on guitar royalty.”
Be sure to visit the Joe Stump website at:
www.JoeStump.com.
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