Jon Oliva
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Biography
John Nicholas "Jon" Oliva (born July 22, 1959) is an American singer and musician. He is best known as the co-founder, keyboardist and lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Savatage, which he co-founded with his younger brother Criss Oliva. Since 1996 he has also been a songwriter, musician and vocalist in Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Producer Paul O'Neill referred to Oliva in numerous interviews as the single greatest vocalist/musician he has ever worked with. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jon Oliva licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Enchanting holiday tale of a young runaway who has broken into an old movie palace, looking for shelter on a snow-filled Christmas Eve. Closed for decades, the building is filled with countless discarded artifacts from the past. The girl is discovered by the old caretaker, who uses the ghosts and spirits that inhabit this long-abandoned world to turn her life around.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve
Japan Live '94 (also known as Live in Japan) a live album that was recorded by Savatage. The show that was recorded for the release was held in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan on November 12, 1994 and was the last show on the short Handful of Rain tour. The show is noted for featuring Jon Oliva in a prominent role, his first since "leaving" the band in 1992. Jon has an extended piano intro on "Gutter Ballet" and shares lead vocals with Stevens, making it his first performance as a lead vocalist with the band for 2 years. Oliva also performs rhythm guitar for "Hall of the Mountain King".
Savatage: Japan Live '94
This bonus DVD from "Streets: A Rock Opera. Narrated Version" contains every Savatage music video from 1987 to 1995.
Savatage: The Video Collection
Savatage at Imperator, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Welcome Chance Jesus Saves Turns to Me Morning Sun Handful of Rain The Storm This Is the Time (1990) The Hourglass Blackjack Guillotine The Wake of Magellan Dead Winter Dead Labyrinths Edge of Thorns Temptation Revelation / When the Crowds are Gone / Believe Gutter Ballet I Am Sirens
Savatage: [1998] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Bootleg recording of Savatage at Jezebel's, Anaheim, CA, USA in 1990.
Savatage: Anaheim Devastation 1990
At Wacken Open Air (W:O:A) 2015 music festival in northern Germany, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA (TSO) and SAVATAGE wowed 80,000-plus attendees with a never-before-attempted music festival performance. Following a 40-minute SAVATAGE set and a 40-minute TSO set, TSO and SAVATAGE band members, across two of the festival's main stages, performed a perfectly coordinated set of fan favorites. This ambitious feat, both musically and logistically, was helmed by Paul O'Neill. Al Pitrelli led TSO on the "True Metal Stage" and Jon Oliva headed SAVATAGE on the "Black Stage." Beyond the unprecedented act of two bands hitting the stage at the same time, this show was also memorable as it marked progressive metal originators SAVATAGE's first show in over a decade, TSO's first European festival show, as well as the only live appearances of both bands in Europe in 2015.