Iced Earth: Ralph Santolla quits to join Sebastian Bach
Added Saturday, July 03, 2004 From Ralph Santolla: "There are several reasons for this decision, and for the moment I will keep them to myself. The other guys know my reasons, and hopefully this won't turn into a public pissing match. On the other hand, if it does, at least execution by musketry has gone out of style. I made some great friends, played some great, albeit difficult (!) metal tunes, and learned a lot from the experience.
Whatever anyone else says about Jon Schaffer, he IS a phenomenal rhythm guitarist. On a different note, I am the new lead guitarist for Sebastian Bach. We start playing July 22nd, and I can't wait. We'll do a new album later this year, so look for that, and I hope to see some of the cool people I met on tour with Iced Earth at some of these gigs. I am also in talks with Steve DiGiorgio, Gene Hoglan, and Tom Englund from Evergrey about making an epic, orchestral metal album called 'ex Cathedra'. More on this later."
From Ralph Santolla: "There are several reasons for this decision, and for the moment I will keep them to myself. The other guys know my reasons, and hopefully this won't turn into a public pissing match. On the other hand, if it does, at least execution by musketry has gone out of style. I made some great friends, played some great, albeit difficult (!) metal tunes, and learned a lot from the experience.