I'll be rewriting it considerably to put Malmsteen back into some sort of perspective. - MMGB
MMGB, you did a great thing here -- the original was lifted directly from Malmsteen's own website, which is surely not kosher, copyright wise. (Nor, as you point out, objectivity-wise!)
Can I ask you a favor? Can you be sure that your rewrite doesn't contain anything from the original, i.e. that this is not a 'derived work'? Having the same facts is o.k., and even relying on the original for some facts is fine, but the wording should be all Wikipedia.