I'm feeling nostalgic today. This instrumental, instrumetal if you will, cover of the famous Wizard of Oz tune was really big in South Korea when I lived there in the late 90s, despite it being ten years old or so by then. I first heard it on the radio in Sangju one night, then went to my favorite local music store and bought the cassette. The metal band Helloween was also hugely popular there. It seems there were a couple waves of Korean metal in the 80s and 90s, but I never picked up on it, despite hearing something like this on the radio. It was too underground or Seoul-based for me to notice, probably.
This is a major shredding showcase for the guitarist, Chris Impellitteri (the photo on his wikipedia page is from a 2016 Korean rock festival...he's still big there!). In 2003, Guitar One magazine voted him the second-fastest guitar shredder of all time. Who was voted number one? This guy. I know very little about either one of these guitar speedsters...but they definitely have fans in South Korea.
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