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Ralph Santolla
Shaolin Monks in the Temple
Genres: Pop, Rock, Metal

Track Listings (8) - Disc #1
1. Red Baron
2. Hot Rik's
3. The Creme de Menthe Incident
4. Starlight
5. Mightiness, Pt. 1
6. Sartori
7. Echelon
8. What Might Have Been

Full title - Shaolin Monks In the Temple Of Metal. 2002 debut solo album for guitarist influenced by Randy Rhoads, Uli Jon Roth, Gary Moore, Alan Holdsworth, Eric Johnson & Jeff Beck. Santolla played with extreme me... more »

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All Artists: Ralph Santolla
Title: Shaolin Monks in the Temple
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Crown Japan
Original Release Date: 1/1/2002
Re-Release Date: 8/19/2002
Album Type: Import
Genres: Pop, Rock, Metal
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Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1

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Pretty decent instrumental disc

John DeWald | Denver, CO USA | 08/01/2003

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I ended up with this disc by accident. Another online retailer sent me "Ralph Santolla" instead of "Rolf Munkes". And this nitwit did this not once, but twice. So the first time it happened, I decided to go ahead and buy Ralph's disc. It was a decent surprise.Overall, Ralph tends to be more a Michael Schenker-ish player with maybe a pinch of Gary Moore thrown in. He doesn't fall into the shred camp, a la Malmsteen, Bellas or Stump. The tunes on this disc seem to be pretty much mid- to up-tempo rock with good structures. Ralph's tone is also rather Schenker-ish though perhaps at times reminiscent of Joe Satriani's during his "Surfing" days. Ralph's playing is fairly melodic and not really overly flashy. Put another way, it fits his songs well. If you enjoy straight-ahead rock with guitar as the lead voice, you might well enjoy this disc. One other thought, though - it's only about 34 minutes in length."