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JON OLIVA'S PAIN: European Tour Dates Announced

Riding the highly successful wave from the CD release "Maniacal Renderings" by JON OLIVA'S PAIN, SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva and company have announced the following tour dates: Mar. 31 - Cheltenham, UK @ ProgPower UK Apr. 01 - Weert, NETH @ De Bosuil Apr. 03 - Pratteln, SWI @ Z7 Apr. 05 - Mulhous...

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SAVATAGE: Ultra-Rare Video Of VAN HALEN Cover Posted Online

An ultra-rare video clip of SAVATAGE (under the band's original moniker AVATAR) performing VAN HALEN's "Eruption" and "You Really Got Me" during an outdoor concert held in a strip mall parking lot in Clearwater, Florida sometime around 1981-1982 has been posted online at YouTube.com. Also available...

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JON OLIVA: 'I Never Downloaded A Song For Free In My Life'

Brian Rademacher of Rock Eyez recently conducted an interview with Jon Oliva (SAVATAGE, JON OLIVA'S PAIN). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Rock Eyez: We just did an interview with Zak Stevens [former SAVATAGE and current CIRCLE II CIRCLE singer], and a question I asked him was that if he...

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KOTIPELTO, JON OLIVA'S PAIN, CHRIS CAFFERY Confirmed For Belgium's PESTPOP Festival

KOTIPELTO (the solo band of STRATOVARIUS frontman Timo Kotipelto),JON OLIVA'S PAIN (featuring SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva) and CHRIS CAFFERY (SAVATAGE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA guitarist) are among the confirmed bands for the Pestpop festival, set to take place April 20-21 at the Oktoberhallen in...

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CHRIS CAFFERY: NAMM Signing Sessions Planned

SAVATAGE/TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA guitarist Chris Caffery will take part in signing sessions for GHS, TKL, Spectraflax and Seymour Duncan at this year's NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) convention, which is going to be held in Anaheim, California in late January. He will also play one...

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SAVATAGE: Earliest Known Live Footage Posted Online

An ultra-rare video clip of SAVATAGE performing the song "Holocaust" under teh band's original moniker AVATAR at an outdoor concert sponsored by a Tampa radio station — held in a strip mall parking lot in Clearwater, Florida sometime around 1982 — has been posted online at YouTube.com. This is the e...

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BIRD OF PREY Joined By SEVEN WITCHES Guitarist, Ex-RADAKKA Drummer

BIRD OF PREY — the band led by vocalist Kyle Michaels, a scene veteran who has previously played with MASI, ANIMAL, the GEEZER BUTLER BAND, RAVAGE and the DAVID SHANKLE GROUP — has announced a new, "re-energized" lineup. Joining the nucleus of Michaels, guitarist Andrew Haller (ORIGINAL SIN) and bas...

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JOE LYNN TURNER To Begin Recording New Album This Week

Former DEEP PURPLE/RAINBOW singer Joe Lynn Turner has issued the following update: "I am also glad so many of you like SUNSTORM . . . [The album] is now out in the USA through Locomotive Records and you can also download individual songs through iTunes and other popular music download sites! "On a r...

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Ex-RAINBOW Singer JOE LYNN TURNER To Guest On 'New York Rocks TV'

Former DEEP PURPLE/RAINBOW singer Joe Lynn Turner and guitarist Karl Cochran (ACE FREHLEY, NUCLEAR ASSAULT) recently taped the "New York Rocks TV" show. It's a popular entertainment scene variety cable show based in Staten Island but shown all over the New York City area. You will have to check loca...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Bassist Joins HELMET For Canadian Dates

SEBASTIAN BACH/SPREAD EAGLE bassist Rob De Luca is playing bass for HELMET on the Canadian leg of the GUNS N' ROSES tour after HELMET's regular bassist was refused at the U.S.-Canadian border. Rob had four hours to learn the 10-song set for the show in Winnipeg, then did a 12-song set in Calgary. Th...

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JON OLIVA'S PAIN: More Tour Plans Revealed

Riding the highly successful wave from the CD release "Maniacal Renderings" by JON OLIVA'S PAIN, SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva and company are now deep into their aggressive tour plans for 2007. JON OLIVA'S PAIN has announced its partnership's with Dragon Productions, the metal division of A.S.S. Co...

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JON OLIVA'S PAIN: Video Footage From CD-Release Party Posted Online

Three-camera video clips of JON OLIVA'S PAIN — the band led by SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva — performing on November 25 at Bourbon Street in New Port Richey, Florida have been posted online at YouTube.com: "Warriors/Beyond the Doors of the Dark" (video) "Maniacal Renderings" (video) "Edge of Thorns...

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Maniacal Renderings

Listening to the metal majesty and rock grandiosity of "Maniacal Renderings" by JON OLIVA'S PAIN is proof that I made a big mistake letting 2004's "Tage Mahal" get past me. The new effort by the SAVATAGE and DOCTOR BUTCHER legend is a masterful album filled with operatic grandness, heavy metal power...

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AL PITRELLI: 'We Work Harder Than Almost Anybody In Our Country Works At Their Day Job'

GarageRadio.com recently conducted an interview with guitarist Al Pitrelli (SAVATAGE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, MEGADETH). A few excerpts from the chat follow: On being TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA's West tour Music Director: "Touring is a weird thing. It beats working. I don't want people to think we d...

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JON OLIVA On SAVATAGE: 'It's Over But It's Not Over'

Rock My Monkey recently conducted an interview with SAVATAGE/JON OLIVA'S PAIN mastermind Jon Oliva. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Rock My Monkey: You made it clear that SAVATAGE is over, but when I talked to Zach Stevens a week ago... Jon Oliva: Well, it's over but it's not over, you know ...