When Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt Stalked Ritchie Blackmore
Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth talks about his love for his musical idol Ritchie Blackmore, including one incident where he says he waited for the guitarist “like a stalker.”
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@jamesw4895
August 22, 2026 at 1:09 am
Met ritchie and played soccer with him. He was nice to me .
@CHu7379
August 22, 2026 at 1:09 am
Ritchie was always cool to me. 3x.
Autographs pics…
@thelolguy007
August 22, 2026 at 1:09 am
Wig?
@Hellacoptersfan
August 22, 2026 at 1:09 am
Opeth's Still Life is the greatest album I've ever heard!
@alessio4832
August 22, 2026 at 1:09 am
Unfortunately he learn basically nothing from Ritchie's music and style… he and his band are imo among the most boring ever.
Actually Ritchie is humble and shy since ever, he doesn't like to be "idolized", he doesn't like nearly everything about "rockstars" apart from music itself, especially playing live (not so much the recording sessions in studio). He doesn't even like travelling, by the way, opposite to Ian Gillan, who strongly love to travel.
By the way, about being humble, the guy in the video is not among them at all, is one who take a pride of his "musical culture" (or at least, he thing he has it) and of his band, he thing he is so "original" and blablabla. As I said, personally I never liked Opeth overall, just some parts/songs here and there, maybe.
Didn't listen the audio now, so I don't know what he says, but the things above are true for me anyway.
@cainealexander-mccord2805
August 22, 2026 at 1:09 am
Take heart, Mikael. Blackmore's an asshole from way, way back. It's not you. It's him. Put he and Yngwie in a band together. They deserve each other.
@sebastiansalazar1812
August 22, 2026 at 1:09 am
Wig? Do you have any proof?