Impellitteri (album)

Impellitteri
2016 Busan International Rock Festival
Background information
Also known as	Holy Grail
Origin	Los Angeles, California
Genres	Heavy metal, speed metal, neoclassical metal
Years active	1987–1990, 1992-present
Labels	Relativity Records, JVC
Associated acts	Animetal USA, Magdallan, Mr. Big, Giuffria, House of Lords
Website	Official website
Members	Chris Impellitteri Rob Rock James Amelio Pulli Edward Roth Jon Dette
Past members	Former members

Impellitteri is a heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed and led by guitarist Chris Impellitteri. It has released ten studio albums featuring Chris Impellitteri's speed/shred style of playing.

Chris Impellitteri formed Impellitteri together with vocalist Rob Rock in Los Angeles, California. They released an EP simply titled Impellitteri. The self-titled EP Impellitteri (1987) featured high energy energetic heavy metal with fast guitar solos.

After the EP the band regrouped, this time with Graham Bonnet as lead singer, and released A semi-tribute album to the more famous metal vocalists of the era titled Stand in Line (1988). MTV played Impellitteri's music video for "Stand in Line" in its rotation, and Chris Impellitteri was a guest host on MTV's Headbanger's Ball. The fans voted Impellitteri a smash on MTV's Smash or Trash show featured during the release of the album. The album charted in Billboards top 100 and remained there for over 5 months. However, Impellitteri stated The Black EP was Impellitteri's style of music, and Stand in Line was only intended to be a tribute to the legendary vocalists of the past's music, and not as a traditional Impellitteri metal shred record. Impellitteri has submitted copyright claims to YouTube for postings of live footage from this era.

After some touring and label deals, Impellitteri returned and now again with Rob Rock on vocals. They recorded and released the popular EP titled Victim of the System (1993), which was produced by Mike Tacci who was the assistant engineer on Metallica's Black album (1991). In late 1994, they released Answer to the Master.