• Guitar Virtuoso
• Hard Rock

One of the in vogue crop of young guitar heroes, Connecticut born Chris Impellitteri has impressed many with his speed and dexterity allied with obvious classical leanings. Unlike many of his ilk Impellitteri has also found enduring appreciation for his songwriting ability and not just his fretwork.

Having cut his teeth playing in the club band VICE (a quality three track demo being a career highlight with that group), Chris relocated to Los Angeles. After much frustration, eventually recorded a mini-album released through his own Polytour label from recordings made with engineer Mikey Davis over a four day period. Former VICE, JOSHUA and DRIVER vocalist ROB ROCK along with the lesser known drummer Loni Silva, from Willie Basse's BLACK SHEEP, both contributed to the project.

The second album, 1988's 'Stand In Line', released by Music For Nations, was promoted as a band effort under the name IMPELLITERI. It was bolstered by further big names in ex-RAINBOW and MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP vocalist GRAHAM BONNET, erstwhile QUIET RIOT and GIUFFRIA bassist Chuck Wright, ex-DRIVER and FINAL NOTICE keyboard player Phil Wolfe (who would later tour with W.A.S.P.) and ex-TED NUGENT drummer Pat Torpey. ...