Artist description In March 1974, Chris Di Salvatore dug his brothers electric guitar out of the cellar, purchased a chord book and strings from a local music store in Bangor, Maine, and began teaching himself to play the guitar. His passion for playing was so tremendous, that he played for hours each day for several years, learning favorite songs, and writing his own. Chris has played lead and rhythm guitar in various garage bands over the years, while accumulating his own original music along the way. Chris has worked as a mechanical engineer since 1982, and also as a real estate agent in California and Florida. Chris's interest in philosophy and the occult lead him to a fascination with the legend of Atlantis. In 1994, it dawned on him to write a rock opera on Atlantis. Chris then began to organize his existing original music and proceeded to write and record new songs consistant with the Atlantis theme. When his engineering career led him to Florida in 1997, Chris decided to locate a recording studio to start professionally recording his music. In January 1998, he teamed up with guitarist Chris Hattingh, and the two then began co-producing the project and completed it in mid March. Chris's primary influences include Niel Young, Joe Walsh, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Andrew Lloyd Webber/ Tim Rice, Elton John, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Moody Blues, The Eagles, and the Kinks."Atlantis: A Rock Opera" takes you on a mystical journey from the rise of the Atlantean culture thru it's downfall, and finally, the great deluge. It's music was drawn from an archive of over 20 years of accumulated songwriting by Chris. The diversity of it's musical style represents a unique blend of classic rock with an alternative sound truly unique to any other production today.Contact Info:PO BOX 2193Pinellas Park, Fl. 33780tunelink@glx.net(727)394-2912http://www.tunelink.com

Music Style Classic/Alternative Rock

Musical Influences Pink Floyd, Niel Young, Joe Walsh, Led Zeppelin, Moody Blues

Similar Artists Pink Floyd, Moody Blues

Artist History Wrote Atlantis: A Rock Opera 1994-1998Recorded and Produced in 1998 - Cocoa Florida

Group Members Chris Di Salvatore - Vocals, Acoustic & Rythem GuitarChris Hattingh - Lead Guitar, Bass, Synth, Percussion

Instruments Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Guitar Synthesizer

Albums Atlantis: A Rock Opera, 60 To 69 A Music Evolution

Press Reviews Chris Di SalvatoreAtlantis: A Rock OperaTGIF Studios****The fascinating idea behind Chris Di Salvatore's Atlantis: A Rock Operamakes the purchase of the album well worthwhile while the tremendous lyrical and musical depth, which is the result of 20 years of Di Salvatore's work, will make you listen time and again.Di Salvatore's fascination with the occult and philosophy led him to the legend of Atlantis. Since 1994, he has been working to compile a collectionof his earlier music as the theme of his rock opera. The grand undertakingspans just over 45 minutes with nine different songs, each one a unique testament to Di Salvatore's imaginative finesse. Track by track, Di Salvatoretakes his listeners from the rise of the culture of Atlantis to it's downfallwhen a great deluge wiped it away. Each time you listen to the album, you're bound to discover somethingfascinatingly new, making Atlantis worth every cent you paid for it.Contact: http://chrisdisalvatore.iuma.com- Kristen Harmel, Jam MagazineChris Di SalvatoreAtlantis: A Rock OperaA serious rock opera about Atlantis. Funny, no credit to Ignatious Donnalyor Madame Blavatsky. No matter, though, Atlantis is a monster of a projectsurprisingly well done by two people and a host of electronics and analoginstruments. The result is a "classic" rock opera along the lines of RichardBurton/ELO's War Of The Worlds. Is it about someone trying to communicate with the long lost inhabitants of Atlantis ? Is it a direct channel from Zeus ? One of the songs, "Critias", is taken from Plato's history of Atlantis, the only known writing that may, in fact, indicate that Atlantis once really was, only to be destroyed by hate... http://www.chrisdisalvatore.iuma.com- David Lee Beowulf, Ink 19 Magazine

Location Pinellas Park, Florida - USA

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