Impellitteri
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| Impellitteri | |
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 Impellitteri circa 2002.
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| Origin | USA |
| Genre(s) | Heavy metal |
| Years active | 1987 - Present |
| Associated acts | Rob Rock |
| Website | Official Site |
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| Rob Rock Chris Impellitteri James Amelio Pulli Glen Sobel |
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Impellitteri is a heavy metal band from USA formed and led by guitarist Chris Impellitteri in 1987. Since then, the band has released numerous albums to critical praise, mainly due to Chris Impellitteri's speed/shred style of playing. The band's style is often compared to Racer X, while Chris is compared to Yngwie Malmsteen.
Impellitteri is currently recording and mixing the new album "Good and Evil", Rob Rock is back and will be the singer for this album.
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[edit] Band history
Chris Impellitteri formed Impellitteri in 1987 together with Rob Rock (Angelica) as vocalist. That year, they released an EP called the black album. The selftitled EP was well-received, and Impellitteri regrouped, this time with Graham Bonnet as lead singer, and release the full-length album Stand In Line in 1988.
After some touring and label deals, Impellitteri returned (again with Rob Rock on vocals) with Grin and Bear It in 1992. The following year, they released another EP titled Victim of the System. In 1994, they released Answer To The Master.
In 1996, Impellitteri released Screaming Symphony, which has become one of the most acclaimed albums of the band. In 1997 they released yet another EP titled Fuel For The Fire, in preparation for their next full-length album. The next year, they released another of their most acclaimed works: Eye of the Hurricane. They followed it in 2000 with Crunch.
Shortly after, Rob Rock decided to pursue a solo career so Impellitteri recruited Graham Bonnet again, and started working on his next album. In 2002, they finally released System X. That year, they also released a compilation of hits called The Very Best of Impellitteri.
The union with Bonnet would be short-lived as they parted ways some time after, and Impellitteri recruited Curtis Skelton, finally releasing Pedal To The Metal in 2004, one of their most aggressive albums to date. A special note to mention is that on this particular album the song The Iceman Cometh contains a very crude curse word, what causes some people to say it separates this band from being considered Christian metal. The truth is that Impellitteri (the band) isn't considered a Christian band. Rob Rock said the following in an interview:
| “ | Chris and I and Ken Mary are all christians, but James and Ed and Glen, our touring drummer, don't necessarily proclaim themselves as christians, so it's not a christian band.[1] | ” |
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Chris Impellitteri announced in 2007 that he'd be working with an LA band (as a member, not leader), but there have been no more news about that by now.
Impellitteri is currently recording a new Impellitteri album called Good and Evil. Rob Rock is back in the band and is singing in this forthcoming album.
Chris Impellitteri has been ranked together with Deicide drummer Steve Asheim and Racer X / The Mars Volta bassist Juan Alderete as perhaps the fastest musicians on their respective instruments.[citation needed]
[edit] Line-up History
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[edit] Discography
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Studio Albums
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[edit] References
- Hale, Mark (1993). "1409", Headbangers, First edition, second printing, Ann Arbor, Michigan: Popular Culture, Ink., 160. ISBN 1-56075-029-4.
- Powell, Mark Allan (2002). "Impellitteri", Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music, First printing, Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers, 431. ISBN 1-56563-679-1.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Frank Stöver. ROB ROCK-1999 interview w/ "Take It" web-zine. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
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[edit] External links
- Official Fan Club for Chris Impellitteri
- Impellitteri albums reviewed on Ultimate Metal Reviews
- AMG Impellitteri page
- Rob Rock @ ShoutLifeNotice: If a notice that the file or script could not be found. Go directly to http://www.shoutlife.com/robrock
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