Savatage
Savatage (/ˈsævətɑːʒ/) is an American heavy metal band founded by the brothers Jon and Criss Oliva in 1978 at Astro Skate in Tarpon Springs, Florida.
Savatage has released eleven studio albums, two live albums, four compilations and three EPs. The band experienced major American commercial success with the release of their third studio album, Fight for the Rock (1986), which peaked at number No. 158 on the Billboard 200. Their next four albums — Hall of the Mountain King (1987), Gutter Ballet (1989), Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) and Edge of Thorns (1993) — were also successful but more critically acclaimed than Fight for the Rock.
After Criss' death in 1993, Jon (along with producer Paul O'Neill) decided to continue Savatage in memory of his brother. The band released four more studio albums, and went through several line-up changes before going on hiatus in 2002. During the years, members founded various new bands such as Jon Oliva's Pain, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Circle II Circle and Doctor Butcher. On August 2, 2014, Savatage announced that they were reuniting for Wacken Open Air in 2015.
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ALBUMS
- Streets: A Rock Opera released: 2011
- Handful of Rain released: 2011
- Still the Orchestra Plays: Greatest Hits, Volume 1 & 2 released: 2010
- Unplugged released: 2003
- Fight for the Rock released: 2002
- Gutter Ballet released: 2002
- Poets and Madmen released: 2001
- Ghost in the Ruins: A Tribute to Criss Oliva released: 2000
- Believe released: 1998
- The Wake of Magellan released: 1998
- The Best and the Rest released: 1997
- Power of the Night released: 1997
- Edge of Thorns released: 1997
- Japan Live '94 released: 1995
- Dead Winter Dead released: 1995
- Sirens / The Dungeons Are Calling released: 1994
- Hall of the Mountain King released: 1987
- Live in USA released: 1985
- Sirens released: 1983
- Port Jefferson, NY Acoustic Show released:
Believe
Released 1998- Believe
- Visions
- Taunting Cobras
- Handful Of Rain
- Chance
- Sarajevo
- This Is The Time (1990)
- This Isn't What We Meant
- Christmas EveSarajevo 12-24
- Edge of Thorns [Live]
- Gutter Ballet [Live]
- The Dungeons are Calling (live)
- Sirens (Live)
- Criss Oliva Guitar Solo [Live]
- Hall of the Mountain King (live)
- Alone You Breathe
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by Savatage
Streets
by: SavatageAs darkness falls so hard
Come and play, yeah
Somewhere, out there
Alone and out of place
Streets of illusion
Sooth the shattered faith
I've been a runner, I've been a sinner
I've been inside my head
I sit here staring, never quite caring
And this is where it has led
These streets glitter in the dark
Don't sleep, red eyes sunken and stark
Dream deep, in her arms where you are safe
These streets never sleep still they never wake
Somewhere out there
Gardens bloom and grow
Children awaken
To a world they know
Somewhere there's sunshine
Somewhere the light's kind
Somewhere they seek the day
Somewhere there's no scene
Somewhere the air's clean
But somewhere is so far away
These streets glitter in the dark
Don't sleep, red eyes sunken and stark
Dream deep, in her arms where you are safe
These streets never sleep still they never wake
Somewhere the light is kind, is kind
No, oh yeah
Welcome children
From the other side
In the darkness
Your eyes are opened wide
Here there are answers on the edge dancers
Here the night hides our sins
And if you listen while the streets glisten
Here's where our story begins
These streets glitter in the dark
Don't sleep, red eyes sunken and stark
Dream deep, in her arms where you are safe