Friday, June 09, 2006

Because I'm All About the Guitar: Chris Impellitteri

Continuing on my shred theme, this week's featured guitarist is Chris Impellitteri. An amazing and gifted player who was obviously schooled similarly to Yngwie. I've always found Impellitteri's stuff far more listenable. Oh, and he's considered one of the fastest guitarists ever.

I wish the quality was better on this one. But you get an idea of what he's about:


Here he is with his band (inexplicably named Impellitteri), playing my favorite tune of theirs (if you can't take the '80s-esque song, fast forward to minute 2:40 for the solo):


Lastly, it's not like this is a great song (it's not bad, though), but it was a Headbanger's Ball video, and I'm nostalgic:

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