"I just started to express my anger through the guitar, as well as rage. Somehow, I feel that translates into the whole speed element, and that's why I'm known as this shredding guy. I shred continually as that expresses my internal rage, and my internal anger." - Chris Impellitteri
Why the comparisons? Everyone brings someone different. And I laugh when people bash Yngwie (whom is just as good as anyone out there). I, as a guitarist, believe there is a certain finish line in the guitar-playing race, that some guitarists cross - in different styles. This guy is one of them. So is Yngwie. So is Michael Romeo. So is John McLaughlin. So is Joe Pass. And the list goes on.
The point is, we all could argue all day who is better, but it's subjective.
lol, no. Yngwie is one of the original creators of neo-classical metal; Impelliteri didn't come before Yngwie. (not that it matters since they are both amazing)
@Anarchyffan <_< uh yeah he does. yngwie can barely play half his speed. Impellitteri was shredding circles around yngwie when he was only 17 years old.
@Friday13thTaurus He has played that stuff for little bits on videos on youtube and live but majority of his songs are harmonic minor. Classical must be a huge influence to him then if he claims that he's not a classical musician.
@Friday13thTaurus He doesn't sound rock at all. By rock I'm talking about like jamming in E minor and stuff. Ynqwie's stuff is mostly harmonic minor. That's not really the type of scales traditional rock players use :/
@Friday13thTaurus Well I think Chris should have been more influential in the rock world then Ynqwie honestly. They both can shred up the guitar like nobodies business but Chris's approach was more rock based where Ynqwie's style is classical.
I honestly don't think he sounds like Yngwie. He claims that he was never really influenced by him either. They're also only 1 year age difference so It's not like Yngwie was like the old master who taught this dude. I just think that their approach to shredding is a tad bit similar but just cause Yngwie is more popular don't think Chirs is coping his syle and shit. Besides....Chris is the 2nd best shredder right above Yngwie :D
Chris is clearly extremely talented, but his playing seems to be too influenced by Yngwie. A true top level artist shouldn't sound so much like one of his influences.
People who thinks that Yngwie Malmsteen, Michael Romeo, Jason Becker, Vinnie Moore or Tony Macalpine are the fastest guitar players all over the world haven't already heard Chris Impellitteri, Rusty Cooley or Francesce Fareri......these guys are really amazing !!!!
Okay, They never hit it big because they are christian rock and Hollywood won't have any of that. Second I'm sick of people saying that technically accomplished musicians have no "soul" in their music. It's more like because the level of play is so far advanced you ears aren't accomplished enough to pick it up. People would rather have prodigy's play the sloppy crap that's forced on us; keeping Rock/Metal from maturing and from being accepted as achieving levels that really only classic has.
@alwarthen Very much apree about the "people not being able to pick up the music" thing. This is true of Chris, Joe, Yngwie & Michael....they all play on a level that is just beyond the comprehension of many people. Doesn't make them soulless though, just makes their audience more discerning.
@ashesofapocalypse22 "Eric Johnson's guitar mixed with Rusty Cooley's speed Mixed with Yngwie's Sound " i dont agree. the influences I hear is from ULI, AL DI MIEOLA & STEVE MORSE.
You guys all sound nuts. Check out the movie "Zacharia (sic?) if you want to see some earlier shredding. Listen to some old southern blues men. There's no such thing as invented Neoclassical. Have you ever heard of evolution? Nobody invented shit.
i love this song, its just great and not a super fast directionless shred that alot of guys do. there has to be a groove, not always odd time changes and super speed.
A guitarist needs to have some musicality in you as well, I mean I can see he has absolutely phenomenal technique: I don't think I've seen a right hand move about the strings that fast, but I honestly can't feel any emotion or soul. Thats why my favourite guitarist is Buckethead, he most certainly isn't the fastest player around but he most certainly is one of the best musicians going, no?
I think what UgeneRealtor meant was that the music is fast but deceptively simple. Most of the notes played are just fluff, not melody. Dont get me wrong the fluff is the best part. Its a cool trick: having a set structure and then you just change where it starts every time the chord changes. Of corse this music is more complex because he does it with several themes throughout... anyways I prefer Beethoven's symphonies but this is cool enough ill remember his name.
@FamGuitarist I was kidding. It is strange that he is so underrated. The band Impellitteri has quite a few albums but they never really hit the big times.
@BayakTodang Hahaha I wwas trolling on purpose when I left that comment. I knew some loser piece of shit like oyu was gonna get all mad. Hahahahaha dumbass!!
@BayakTodang Also be sure you are not a poor gook from malaysia before talking shit to people. I will shove a guitar up your little 13 yr old ass GOOK!
It's the Petrucci solos that just can't seem to stay in my mind! If I ever did remember one I'd sound like a rabid turkey "singing" them around.
This is a good song but as of late I seem to be getting out of the full speed for the full song type of stuff, although it IS great! I just prefer uhh, soul, some melodic control right?
Jason Becker is great, so is Jari Maenpaa, Yngwie, and of course Impellitteri and even though they're all "shredders" they're quite different. I opt for the first 2
Retards, stop speaking shit about Yngwie, he is the best guitarist ever. I love him as well as Impellitteri, Becker, Gilbert, Gilmour, Hendrix and many more. Just because you have a favourite guitarist doesn´t mean you have to be an asshole about every other guitar player. Yngwie invented Neoclassical, so if you like Becker, Impellitteri, Romeo or Tolkki, you got to know that Yngwie made them what they are today: FACT.
@givemetd He did invent it. Even though Blackmore, Roth and some other guys played a pre-neoclassical style Yngwie was the first to combine hard rock and classical music in such a way to form the genre neoclassical. If not, I would love to hear WHO did it if Malmsteen didn´t.
@NisseEricsson What would you cite as the primary differences between "pre-neoclassical" and neoclassical? I tend to agree with the others who credit Yngwie with developing/advancing what Uli and Ritchie had already done. IMO claiming Yngwie invented the genre is giving him too much credit. At best maybe you could label him co-creator along with those he drew inspiration from.
Yngwie did not invent anything, except his tone & his killer vibrato!!!!!
neo classical was around long before yngwie was, thats for sure! his classical influences are from blackmore, uli & classical composers, these musicians dont get the recognition they should be getting.
so that tells you, he did not invent neo classical.
so if you like Becker, Impellitteri, Yngwie, you better know that Uli, Blackmore & old classical composers made them what they are today: thats a FACT!!
@ericgenocidex2 Ehm, just because they had role models and inspirations doesn´t mean that they were unoriginal. Do you call Hendrix unoriginal because he was inspired by Muddy Blues, BB King etc. Or Yngwie by Blackmore? It´s the same thing. Yngwie WAS the first to play neoclassical, prove the opposite, or else you wont get anywhere.
@NisseEricsson No, I'm sorry but the term " Neoclassical" was first used to describe Randy Rhoades' playing. As for the comment about Malmsteen, in 1981 Guitar Player Magazine he was featured next to Paul Gilbert in an artical that showed young up and coming talent. As 47 year old shredder wanna be, I was there and lived it man. I love Malmsteen.....saw him chew up and spit out Satch and Petrucci in Kansas City ! It was awesome !!!
@IBtwoo I´m jealous for being so old that you could experience all those great musicians in their prime. But I doubt that Yngwie was known in U.S.A in 1981, because I´m almost sure he hadn´t sent in his demo tapes by then. In 1982 he did, but he MIGHT have done it earlier. Do you have a copy of those magazines? I would love if you could photo and upload some pictures. Send me PM if u can. Have a great day.
i love chris as much as the next guy, but there is way too much hate on yngwie. he might sound generic now, but in the early 80s nobody was doing neoclassical shred except him and without him, we wouldnt have guys like jason becker, marty friedman and a lot more
Chris comes out with some of the smoothest and tastiest arpeggiated licks and intervalic melodies in his playing. Sometimes he gets bogged down in all the shredding, but he knows how to turn up the taste
What I've always wondered is how can some one nail a style like that and debut 2 yrs after malmsteen did I mean I know he was in steeler and then alcatrazz but damn In my mind it would take alot of years with that goal in mind to master a style like that. blackmore and jimmy bell could not have possibly influenced him to that degree and I know I obviously don't know the whole story. anyone?
yeah Yngwie should lick the sweat off chriss balls he doesnt neeed feeling to be good exactly he choses to play like this so its his way of putting passion expression and creative feeling in his style so fukk of haters
great, just a killa guitar playa, another Ynwie´s pupil. sorry dudes, not into fast playing guitar..except gilbert, macalpine, howe, romeo, moore, and becker.. These guys have feel, specially shawn lane lighting fast , CrEAtiVE, and feeling!
No matter what he says etc. It's another clone of YngwieJ and you can't compare him or other clones with the original one. Learn to respect the real talent and knowlegde and to devide real music from mechanical skills. I'm don't understand how can you hear/see not the difference
I misread what the dude said. I know this of course, if i have the interview. Blackmore is more of an influence, but whatever, i only hear Chris, not the influences :P. Gotta love the man
No one INVENTED anything! This tone comes from ones hands.
If you hear Malmsteen in his playing you should stop here. Chris has a different Marshall mod, uses a TS9 not the vintage DOD, stock tex mex pickups, not DiMarzio flavoured Malmsteen pickups.His vibratos, arpeggios, and everything remind me more of Paganini than any other shred guitarist, his freshness in execution of notes is very different from other guitar feels that i have heard from other guitar idols ;)
I learned this song by watching it for a few days. Once i saw it i couldnt stop listening I wil post a video lesson showing people how to play it keep your eyes open.
P.S there is NOT any tabs for this. it was something he came up with. Check out my site in a couple of days.
Chris came out with some incredible melodies. He's got the licks and articulation of Yngwie, but some of the stuff he came out with is so clever. I'd really like to hear him move away from the neoclassical stuff and apply his ideas to other styles. He's much more than the yngwie clone people pigeonhole him as
this doesn't sound as yngwie...there's a lot of influence there but it's not the same...you can feel every note chris takes and it's really awesome...this song is very nice
@smasher2265 Wrong bro..that IS yngwie. Blatant ripoff to disgunting degrees and if you can't hear it or see it then you're a moron. He can play and is an excellent guitar player but even his vibrato is like Yngwie. I don't know which is worse this guy's Yngwie rippoff or Kenny W. Sheppard's SRV ripoff. I still like impellitteri and have his first 2. 16th Cent. Chicken Pickin' is a great instrumental.
@dirtydonki I kinda disagree on your examples. Mustaine is a loser, but Marty Friedman is one of my greatest inspirations. I think he is completely underrated.
@SadisticAbductive - very interesting quote which i can relate to (for very different reasons). This is an astonishing piece of guitar playing. One of the best CI i have seen.
@chocolateMAN200 actually Yngwie was an amazing pioneer of neoclassical along with Uli Jon Roth, Paul Gilbert, Impellitteri, and of course Ritchie Blackmore. "Black Star" is among my favorite guitar songs of all time. But he hasn't really matured any as a guitarist through the years.
sorry to burst your bubble, yngwie ripped off the king of neo Uli Jon Roth!
Uli & Al Di Meola are Chris's main influences. Chris destroys Yngwie in every aspect of melody, improv, choice of notes, amazing riffs... u name it....!
yngwie is repetitive same shit with no creativity 80% of the time..
i think this fanboy should remove his head out of yngwies ass!
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@ericgenocidex2 Uli is the father of neo classical? Have you ever heard of Ritchie Blackmore? Blackmore spawned all of them! Look, you can fool yourself all you want and believe that Impelliteri is an original. The guy is no different from all the other Yngwie clones that came within 3 years of Yngwie hitting America. Mcalpine,Impelliteri,Moore, Becker, all of these guys don't have an original bone in their body. So, why don't YOU get your head out of this lame copycat's ass?
Ritchie Blackmore was not neo classical!!! his genres consisted totally of hard rock, heavy metal, blues, folk & NEO MEDIEVAL! not NEO CLASSICAL.... get your facts straight..
by the way, Al Dimeola will shred Yngwies face off...
Yeah, the dude sounds like Yngwie. Shit, even his vibrato is exactly like Malmsteen's. I like his tone better, though. A lot rounder and warmer, like Yngwie's early tone. His current tone is very abrasive and harsh.
This guy sound A LOT like Yngwie Malmsteen... he's reeally good though got his Stand in Line album, it so cool I listen to almost every song on their.
Great!
DaveRockGuitarist 1 week ago
Shred Fest! Keyboard player is great too!
vrss1i1c 1 month ago
how do you play that...? i also want to learn,,,,
wungreithan 3 months ago
"I just started to express my anger through the guitar, as well as rage. Somehow, I feel that translates into the whole speed element, and that's why I'm known as this shredding guy. I shred continually as that expresses my internal rage, and my internal anger." - Chris Impellitteri
antimatter07 4 months ago
@antimatter07 a common expression by teenagers...
OneDownServer 1 month ago
The neck is scalloped.
lighwave 4 months ago
wish I had tabs for this... \:
shnakle1 4 months ago
chris was my guitar teacher's guitar teacher. So he's like my grand-guitar teacher!
MasterGodfather97 4 months ago 21
@MasterGodfather97 that's too freaking awesome
McRgaara 3 weeks ago
IMPELLITTERI!!!!!!!!!!!
chrismorals 6 months ago 6
Why the comparisons? Everyone brings someone different. And I laugh when people bash Yngwie (whom is just as good as anyone out there). I, as a guitarist, believe there is a certain finish line in the guitar-playing race, that some guitarists cross - in different styles. This guy is one of them. So is Yngwie. So is Michael Romeo. So is John McLaughlin. So is Joe Pass. And the list goes on.
The point is, we all could argue all day who is better, but it's subjective.
milpoolXXX 6 months ago 6
@milpoolXXX Who do you think taught me about true guitarists? You Dennis
catjuly4ever 2 months ago
@milpoolXXX One thing that can't be argued is who's fastest, Batio.
AngelOfNight9 2 months ago
@AngelOfNight9 He was slower than Shawn Lane.
ec688 4 weeks ago
AWESOME...
markitoxpowermetal 6 months ago
is his guitar scalloped? it looks like.
45tacospaievar 6 months ago
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ubershredder1989 6 months ago
me and this guy should make a band, at least we would have 1 really good guitarist lol
TheSonsofHorusx 7 months ago 6
impelliteri and yngwie, both are amazing, has neoclassical influences, but evryone whit different styles...
MrLuisucho 7 months ago
lol, no. Yngwie is one of the original creators of neo-classical metal; Impelliteri didn't come before Yngwie. (not that it matters since they are both amazing)
veligentai 7 months ago
wtf? chris impelliteri RAPES Yngwie.
redgibson1 7 months ago 5
@redgibson1 No lol.
Anarchyffan 6 months ago
@Anarchyffan <_< uh yeah he does. yngwie can barely play half his speed. Impellitteri was shredding circles around yngwie when he was only 17 years old.
redgibson1 6 months ago 3
this song shreds!
vrss1i1c 7 months ago 3
not similar ....A BAD COPY!!!
MrVicius83 7 months ago
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This song is badass!
vrss1i1c 7 months ago
This song is badass!
vrss1i1c 7 months ago
is a bad copy of "arpeggios from hell" by yngwie Malmsteen
MrVicius83 7 months ago
@MrVicius83 This is not even similar to "Arpeggios from hell"...
prankovalero 7 months ago 4
@Friday13thTaurus He has played that stuff for little bits on videos on youtube and live but majority of his songs are harmonic minor. Classical must be a huge influence to him then if he claims that he's not a classical musician.
Trooperx0 7 months ago
@Friday13thTaurus He doesn't sound rock at all. By rock I'm talking about like jamming in E minor and stuff. Ynqwie's stuff is mostly harmonic minor. That's not really the type of scales traditional rock players use :/
Trooperx0 7 months ago
@Friday13thTaurus Well I think Chris should have been more influential in the rock world then Ynqwie honestly. They both can shred up the guitar like nobodies business but Chris's approach was more rock based where Ynqwie's style is classical.
Trooperx0 8 months ago
He sounds like Marty Friedman combined with an Yngwie touch. :))))
YourFriendshipBridge 8 months ago
I WANT TABS!!!! SO MUCH!!!!
mamaija 8 months ago
man this is awsome guitar playin
romanempire33 8 months ago
Well not so much more.
TheMutante123 8 months ago
I honestly don't think he sounds like Yngwie. He claims that he was never really influenced by him either. They're also only 1 year age difference so It's not like Yngwie was like the old master who taught this dude. I just think that their approach to shredding is a tad bit similar but just cause Yngwie is more popular don't think Chirs is coping his syle and shit. Besides....Chris is the 2nd best shredder right above Yngwie :D
Trooperx0 8 months ago 4
Chris is clearly extremely talented, but his playing seems to be too influenced by Yngwie. A true top level artist shouldn't sound so much like one of his influences.
danjohns77077 8 months ago
People who thinks that Yngwie Malmsteen, Michael Romeo, Jason Becker, Vinnie Moore or Tony Macalpine are the fastest guitar players all over the world haven't already heard Chris Impellitteri, Rusty Cooley or Francesce Fareri......these guys are really amazing !!!!
satrianoche 8 months ago 2
Wow... this is sick.
qays1991 8 months ago
Impellitteri
BayakTodang 8 months ago
Okay, They never hit it big because they are christian rock and Hollywood won't have any of that. Second I'm sick of people saying that technically accomplished musicians have no "soul" in their music. It's more like because the level of play is so far advanced you ears aren't accomplished enough to pick it up. People would rather have prodigy's play the sloppy crap that's forced on us; keeping Rock/Metal from maturing and from being accepted as achieving levels that really only classic has.
alwarthen 9 months ago 4
@alwarthen Very much apree about the "people not being able to pick up the music" thing. This is true of Chris, Joe, Yngwie & Michael....they all play on a level that is just beyond the comprehension of many people. Doesn't make them soulless though, just makes their audience more discerning.
skingaz 8 months ago
I can't belive I've never heard of this guy. He is awesome!!
CroxificioSatriani 9 months ago
@ hijituso - u thot wrong...
141551251919524 9 months ago 2
i thought yngwie malmsteen was the fastest :(
hijituso 9 months ago
47 uneducated sons of bitches disliked this.. :@
sharpshooters919 9 months ago 2
his playing and tone are near of Jason Becker's ones
NAThan9871 10 months ago 17
but the repeating part sound like vinnie moore.
TheFarriesmetalhead 5 months ago
@TheFarriesmetalhead Vinnie moore sound like Impellitteri...
Tephradermo 5 months ago
I love it when people shred on a Fender Strat....
mundrubjet 10 months ago 2
Eric Johnson's guitar mixed with Rusty Cooley's speed Mixed with Yngwie's Sound
ashesofapocalypse22 10 months ago
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@ashesofapocalypse22 "Eric Johnson's guitar mixed with Rusty Cooley's speed Mixed with Yngwie's Sound " i dont agree. the influences I hear is from ULI, AL DI MIEOLA & STEVE MORSE.
ericgenocidex2 9 months ago
You guys all sound nuts. Check out the movie "Zacharia (sic?) if you want to see some earlier shredding. Listen to some old southern blues men. There's no such thing as invented Neoclassical. Have you ever heard of evolution? Nobody invented shit.
slkaiser69 10 months ago
Anybody got tabs for This???
RoyMach1ne 10 months ago
i love this song, its just great and not a super fast directionless shred that alot of guys do. there has to be a groove, not always odd time changes and super speed.
maziku 10 months ago
47 fucks like justin biber.
simonsoz 10 months ago
A guitarist needs to have some musicality in you as well, I mean I can see he has absolutely phenomenal technique: I don't think I've seen a right hand move about the strings that fast, but I honestly can't feel any emotion or soul. Thats why my favourite guitarist is Buckethead, he most certainly isn't the fastest player around but he most certainly is one of the best musicians going, no?
jonnyj0987654321 11 months ago
@jonnyj0987654321
Yes, Buckethead's cool, but everything else you said is just stupid.
whatshendrix 10 months ago
as much as I respect the technique.... Great playing, no denying that :)
seriously, the melody mostly generates from the chord changes underneath his various patterns with some bends here and there.
Please don't take this the wrong way, I usually don't comment.
EugeneRealtor 11 months ago
@EugeneRealtor lol so what you just said was, "the melody most generates from the instrument he is playing". lol come on dude
JohnRollos 11 months ago
@JohnRollos
I think what UgeneRealtor meant was that the music is fast but deceptively simple. Most of the notes played are just fluff, not melody. Dont get me wrong the fluff is the best part. Its a cool trick: having a set structure and then you just change where it starts every time the chord changes. Of corse this music is more complex because he does it with several themes throughout... anyways I prefer Beethoven's symphonies but this is cool enough ill remember his name.
Rmypantson 8 months ago
any have tabs for this???
BayakTodang 11 months ago
how can didnt i hearr aboput him
FamGuitarist 11 months ago
@FamGuitarist What language is that?
danukenator123 11 months ago
@danukenator123
lol i meant
how c ome i never heard of him before?
FamGuitarist 11 months ago
@FamGuitarist I was kidding. It is strange that he is so underrated. The band Impellitteri has quite a few albums but they never really hit the big times.
danukenator123 11 months ago
No es algo de quién toca más rápido es que suene con melodia! xD
suckinsuuucks 11 months ago
I need to watch Herman nowLi... to feel better
MrSpaceMan1000 11 months ago
this guy is apparantly the 2nd fastest shredder on earth?? rusty cooley anyone???
still this song is amazing
ben2nd 11 months ago
@ben2nd if he is 2nd who is first , rusty is pretty damn fast to, michael angelo batio is fast to who says he is 2nd
MusicSam63 11 months ago
@ben2nd its on the internet but I cant remember the site name, but it if it helps it is also on his wikipedia page from what i can remember
ben2nd 11 months ago
@ben2nd philbrodieband(dot)com /muso-shredders.htm
KARVAKY 11 months ago
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Great playing!!
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THIS SUCKS!!
SocalDNM 1 year ago
@SocalDNM FUCK YOU
BayakTodang 1 year ago
@BayakTodang Hahaha I wwas trolling on purpose when I left that comment. I knew some loser piece of shit like oyu was gonna get all mad. Hahahahaha dumbass!!
SocalDNM 1 year ago
@BayakTodang Also be sure you are not a poor gook from malaysia before talking shit to people. I will shove a guitar up your little 13 yr old ass GOOK!
SocalDNM 1 year ago
@SocalDNM Voila, a happy troll!
DeathToNewbie 11 months ago
@SocalDNM FUCK YOU
BayakTodang 1 year ago
I just find that classical baroque scale at 0:48 - 1:05 really tasteful.
DeathToNewbie 1 year ago
It's the Petrucci solos that just can't seem to stay in my mind! If I ever did remember one I'd sound like a rabid turkey "singing" them around.
This is a good song but as of late I seem to be getting out of the full speed for the full song type of stuff, although it IS great! I just prefer uhh, soul, some melodic control right?
Jason Becker is great, so is Jari Maenpaa, Yngwie, and of course Impellitteri and even though they're all "shredders" they're quite different. I opt for the first 2
Prelude1383 1 year ago
Retards, stop speaking shit about Yngwie, he is the best guitarist ever. I love him as well as Impellitteri, Becker, Gilbert, Gilmour, Hendrix and many more. Just because you have a favourite guitarist doesn´t mean you have to be an asshole about every other guitar player. Yngwie invented Neoclassical, so if you like Becker, Impellitteri, Romeo or Tolkki, you got to know that Yngwie made them what they are today: FACT.
NisseEricsson 1 year ago
@NisseEricsson
YNGWIE invented neo-classical??
LMAO
I agree with your last point, but he DID NOT invent neo-classical metal.
givemetd 1 year ago
@givemetd He did invent it. Even though Blackmore, Roth and some other guys played a pre-neoclassical style Yngwie was the first to combine hard rock and classical music in such a way to form the genre neoclassical. If not, I would love to hear WHO did it if Malmsteen didn´t.
NisseEricsson 1 year ago
@NisseEricsson
I get your point, but "invent" isn't the right word I think. He "developed" it a lot and is definitely a big innovator in the genre.
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givemetd 1 year ago
@NisseEricsson you know what, nevermind.
I think we have different definitions of "neo-classical rock/metal" so there is no real point in arguing.
just enjoy the music. :)
givemetd 1 year ago
@NisseEricsson What would you cite as the primary differences between "pre-neoclassical" and neoclassical? I tend to agree with the others who credit Yngwie with developing/advancing what Uli and Ritchie had already done. IMO claiming Yngwie invented the genre is giving him too much credit. At best maybe you could label him co-creator along with those he drew inspiration from.
wlmason73 1 year ago
@NisseEricsson
Yngwie did not invent anything, except his tone & his killer vibrato!!!!!
neo classical was around long before yngwie was, thats for sure! his classical influences are from blackmore, uli & classical composers, these musicians dont get the recognition they should be getting.
so that tells you, he did not invent neo classical.
so if you like Becker, Impellitteri, Yngwie, you better know that Uli, Blackmore & old classical composers made them what they are today: thats a FACT!!
ericgenocidex2 1 year ago
@ericgenocidex2 Ehm, just because they had role models and inspirations doesn´t mean that they were unoriginal. Do you call Hendrix unoriginal because he was inspired by Muddy Blues, BB King etc. Or Yngwie by Blackmore? It´s the same thing. Yngwie WAS the first to play neoclassical, prove the opposite, or else you wont get anywhere.
NisseEricsson 1 year ago
@NisseEricsson No, I'm sorry but the term " Neoclassical" was first used to describe Randy Rhoades' playing. As for the comment about Malmsteen, in 1981 Guitar Player Magazine he was featured next to Paul Gilbert in an artical that showed young up and coming talent. As 47 year old shredder wanna be, I was there and lived it man. I love Malmsteen.....saw him chew up and spit out Satch and Petrucci in Kansas City ! It was awesome !!!
IBtwoo 1 year ago
@IBtwoo My bad, the G-3 Concert I was reffering to was Satch and Steve Vai..... Paul Gilbert smoked Satch and Petrucci !!!!
IBtwoo 1 year ago
@IBtwoo I´m jealous for being so old that you could experience all those great musicians in their prime. But I doubt that Yngwie was known in U.S.A in 1981, because I´m almost sure he hadn´t sent in his demo tapes by then. In 1982 he did, but he MIGHT have done it earlier. Do you have a copy of those magazines? I would love if you could photo and upload some pictures. Send me PM if u can. Have a great day.
NisseEricsson 1 year ago
Un genio sin palabras!!
TheDem3nte 1 year ago
i love chris as much as the next guy, but there is way too much hate on yngwie. he might sound generic now, but in the early 80s nobody was doing neoclassical shred except him and without him, we wouldnt have guys like jason becker, marty friedman and a lot more
ironman1478 1 year ago
@ironman1478 why is this comment hidden?The dude is only stating facts.All you fanboys man up and see other's points of view.
laiosto 1 year ago
Yngwie got hooked on fast food.... lmfao XD
karma989 1 year ago 31
Que melodia incrível! e ao mesmo tempo com velocidade.
virtuosaguitarra 1 year ago 3
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Impellitteri said in an interview that he learned only the speedy playing from Yngwie.
prankovalero 1 year ago
Amazing ! A metal guy who is actually creative with some of his riffs !!!
vecuccio 1 year ago
this has melody
BarriosGroupie 1 year ago 30
Chris comes out with some of the smoothest and tastiest arpeggiated licks and intervalic melodies in his playing. Sometimes he gets bogged down in all the shredding, but he knows how to turn up the taste
b0b1919 1 year ago
SONIC!
ROSECROIX21 1 year ago
chris can knock somone out with that pinky.
ericgenocidex2 1 year ago
What I've always wondered is how can some one nail a style like that and debut 2 yrs after malmsteen did I mean I know he was in steeler and then alcatrazz but damn In my mind it would take alot of years with that goal in mind to master a style like that. blackmore and jimmy bell could not have possibly influenced him to that degree and I know I obviously don't know the whole story. anyone?
sk1972 1 year ago
yeah Yngwie should lick the sweat off chriss balls he doesnt neeed feeling to be good exactly he choses to play like this so its his way of putting passion expression and creative feeling in his style so fukk of haters
BlindedinChains444 1 year ago 2
Hey Yngwie
lick Chris' nuts
CCRockit 1 year ago 2
DEDO DE PAU!
silvanocandidoxavier 1 year ago
great, just a killa guitar playa, another Ynwie´s pupil. sorry dudes, not into fast playing guitar..except gilbert, macalpine, howe, romeo, moore, and becker.. These guys have feel, specially shawn lane lighting fast , CrEAtiVE, and feeling!
luchoq77 1 year ago
this guy will rip yngwie's head off!!!! And no giant ego to boot!!! GO CHRIS... STILL KILLING EM!!!!
hyperdog67 1 year ago 2
Wow....great playing !!!!
REMOODS
remoods 1 year ago
If you like this, listen to Jason Becker!!!
michiganboy10 1 year ago 2
@michiganboy10 Yes! Jason is amazing!
martyfriedman666 1 year ago
No matter what he says etc. It's another clone of YngwieJ and you can't compare him or other clones with the original one. Learn to respect the real talent and knowlegde and to devide real music from mechanical skills. I'm don't understand how can you hear/see not the difference
xmoose9 1 year ago
@xmoose9
He WAS a clone. Not anymore.
givemetd 1 year ago
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@xmoose9 AMEN,BROTHER!
bklynboy68 1 year ago
@caraparrules
I misread what the dude said. I know this of course, if i have the interview. Blackmore is more of an influence, but whatever, i only hear Chris, not the influences :P. Gotta love the man
skarbu 1 year ago
Impelitterri maybe better than him. But Yngwie invented the sound,
HaohmaruOfTheWind 1 year ago
@HaohmaruOfTheWind
No one INVENTED anything! This tone comes from ones hands.
If you hear Malmsteen in his playing you should stop here. Chris has a different Marshall mod, uses a TS9 not the vintage DOD, stock tex mex pickups, not DiMarzio flavoured Malmsteen pickups.His vibratos, arpeggios, and everything remind me more of Paganini than any other shred guitarist, his freshness in execution of notes is very different from other guitar feels that i have heard from other guitar idols ;)
skarbu 1 year ago 2
@HaohmaruOfTheWind He has stated many times that he was in no way influenced by Yngwie.
danukenator123 1 year ago
@danukenator123
Yep, also in the Knac interview. If anyone wants it, pm me. But you can find it on Blabbermouth i think.
skarbu 1 year ago
I wish I found out about this guy sooner
lin2k4 1 year ago
anyone who says this is repetitive isn't listening. This piece is ever changing in subtle ways.
danukenator123 1 year ago
I learned this song by watching it for a few days. Once i saw it i couldnt stop listening I wil post a video lesson showing people how to play it keep your eyes open.
P.S there is NOT any tabs for this. it was something he came up with. Check out my site in a couple of days.
buddahmaster 1 year ago
Is it just me or does the first minute or so sound a lot like 17th Century Chicken Pickin'?
themibvergil 1 year ago
Chris Impellitteri Awesome fenomenal guitar shred
matyasd88 1 year ago
I bet he could crush a trachea with that left pinky.
funknode 1 year ago 3
@funknode Bahahahaha! I spit coffee all over the damned place xD
Immafishstick 1 year ago
Chris came out with some incredible melodies. He's got the licks and articulation of Yngwie, but some of the stuff he came out with is so clever. I'd really like to hear him move away from the neoclassical stuff and apply his ideas to other styles. He's much more than the yngwie clone people pigeonhole him as
b0b1919 1 year ago 2
Awesome ~
xXxHikariYuujixXx 1 year ago
sounds like a combination of uli roth marty freidman and yngwie imo
MrCinabuns 1 year ago
this doesn't sound as yngwie...there's a lot of influence there but it's not the same...you can feel every note chris takes and it's really awesome...this song is very nice
smasher2265 1 year ago
@smasher2265 Wrong bro..that IS yngwie. Blatant ripoff to disgunting degrees and if you can't hear it or see it then you're a moron. He can play and is an excellent guitar player but even his vibrato is like Yngwie. I don't know which is worse this guy's Yngwie rippoff or Kenny W. Sheppard's SRV ripoff. I still like impellitteri and have his first 2. 16th Cent. Chicken Pickin' is a great instrumental.
PinkyWontWork 1 year ago
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@PinkyWontWork EXCELLENT! YOU'RE RIGHT ON THE MONEY WITH THIS POST. ESPECIALLY ABOUT KENNY W.SHEPPARD.
bklynboy68 1 year ago
malmsteen disciple. through and through.
uutooyu 1 year ago
It's great fuckin guitar hero....this song's from hell!!!
Ass...Malmsteen Brasil!!!
Thanks!!
bruceleebrasil 1 year ago
love the crack cocaine spider fingers
danukenator123 1 year ago
this is very reminiscent of malmsteen..
element5333 1 year ago
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@element5333 Yes, can hear that at 1:50 but then Malmsteen is so reminiscent of Vinnie Moore and Bach anyway.
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Like Surk23 said: Chris Impellitteri is "SO UNDERRATED" whereas wankers like Slush, Friedman, Hammet & Mustaine are worshiped like god's.
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Just goes to show it's either not what you know but who you know or else the world ears are all tone deaf or musically impaired.
dirtydonki 1 year ago
@dirtydonki I kinda disagree on your examples. Mustaine is a loser, but Marty Friedman is one of my greatest inspirations. I think he is completely underrated.
michiganboy10 1 year ago
a great guitar master, there`s no doubt!!!!
davidamarat 1 year ago 2
Is there any form of studio version for this? The live's awesome, but a studio version would be cool too. :P
CaptainToasteh 1 year ago
A REAL GOD!!
lereandres 1 year ago
holy fuck awesome
blind082008 1 year ago
@SadisticAbductive - very interesting quote which i can relate to (for very different reasons). This is an astonishing piece of guitar playing. One of the best CI i have seen.
theruler901 1 year ago
only song from him that i see felling and not just speed
PatricKKxX 1 year ago
He actually plays SLOWER than he used to. A lot more clarity. He used to seem like a sloppy blur before.
krelbar 1 year ago
@DegraDeadlock Guthrie Govan hits 24 nps in his "waves" solo
cerelilqt 1 year ago
the dude's got skills for sure. He does a lot more than Malmsteen, especially since Yngwie got hooked on fast food.
inthemood1939 1 year ago 66
@inthemood1939 are trying to that because yngwie is fat he isn't good
chocolateMAN200 1 year ago
@chocolateMAN200 actually Yngwie was an amazing pioneer of neoclassical along with Uli Jon Roth, Paul Gilbert, Impellitteri, and of course Ritchie Blackmore. "Black Star" is among my favorite guitar songs of all time. But he hasn't really matured any as a guitarist through the years.
inthemood1939 1 year ago
@chocolateMAN200 SPeak english!
Soldano88 1 year ago
@Soldano88 excuse me are you trying to tell me that because yngwie is fat he isn't good
chocolateMAN200 1 year ago
@chocolateMAN200 I didn't say that dude..I love Yngwie's music!! I don't care for his fucked up ego thing though!
Soldano88 1 year ago
@Soldano88 well i dont think any body does
chocolateMAN200 1 year ago
@chocolateMAN200 Agreed! Long live shredding guitars!
Soldano88 1 year ago
@inthemood1939 lololol
AqworldJohnsonalpha1 1 year ago
@inthemood1939 incredible technique... but i found yngwies solos more intressting musically... not that impellitteri doesnt kick ass too :D
GimmeAFuckinSandwich 1 year ago
@inthemood1939 YEEE....NO
FedorCroCop44 1 year ago
@inthemood1939 Looks like KFC started to serve roadrunners.
EvilReapProductions 1 year ago
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@inthemood1939 please, this guy along with all the other clones did nothing but rip off Yngwie.
bklynboy68 1 year ago
@bklynboy68
sorry to burst your bubble, yngwie ripped off the king of neo Uli Jon Roth!
Uli & Al Di Meola are Chris's main influences. Chris destroys Yngwie in every aspect of melody, improv, choice of notes, amazing riffs... u name it....!
yngwie is repetitive same shit with no creativity 80% of the time..
i think this fanboy should remove his head out of yngwies ass!
thumbs me up, or down i dont give a fuck...
peace.
ericgenocidex2 1 year ago 5
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@ericgenocidex2 Uli is the father of neo classical? Have you ever heard of Ritchie Blackmore? Blackmore spawned all of them! Look, you can fool yourself all you want and believe that Impelliteri is an original. The guy is no different from all the other Yngwie clones that came within 3 years of Yngwie hitting America. Mcalpine,Impelliteri,Moore, Becker, all of these guys don't have an original bone in their body. So, why don't YOU get your head out of this lame copycat's ass?
bklynboy68 1 year ago
@bklynboy68 There is so much wrong in your comment. I'll just assume your retarded and pity you.
danukenator123 1 year ago 3
@bklynboy68 again your wrong...
Ritchie Blackmore was not neo classical!!! his genres consisted totally of hard rock, heavy metal, blues, folk & NEO MEDIEVAL! not NEO CLASSICAL.... get your facts straight..
by the way, Al Dimeola will shred Yngwies face off...
ericgenocidex2 1 year ago 4
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@ericgenocidex2 frank marino is far better than this
rjbdam 1 year ago
@rjbdam ye no doubt frank is a beast!
but were not comparing frank to chris. people here usually compare chris to yngwie when both have totaly diff style.
ericgenocidex2 1 year ago
@inthemood1939 actually, on donuts :D
DarkerKn1ght 1 year ago 3
@inthemood1939 I'm sorry but how was Yngwie's playing affected after he gained weight? I don't get it.
RediForKing 1 year ago
can't find any tabs for this=(if you know where i can find one please tell
tmvestbo 1 year ago
Yeah, the dude sounds like Yngwie. Shit, even his vibrato is exactly like Malmsteen's. I like his tone better, though. A lot rounder and warmer, like Yngwie's early tone. His current tone is very abrasive and harsh.
supermarine67 1 year ago
heyawhy there is no chat on you tube.. Btw anyone up for some cam chat^^
CheaMcdermott89 1 year ago
Neo-Classical kicks ass!
metalhead19931 1 year ago 3
This guy sound A LOT like Yngwie Malmsteen... he's reeally good though got his Stand in Line album, it so cool I listen to almost every song on their.
The2ndRandyRhodes 1 year ago
so pretty. him and paul gilbert should start a band together haha
grindcoremaniac 1 year ago
Gets right down to business...doesn't fuck around. A man after my own heart...
mundrubjet 1 year ago
Very good technique, but not much variety. Either way, 5/5!