Zak: - Yeah well really what happened I was living in Boston at the time playing with the Band Machines Of Grace, that was the first Band that I was fronting and now we’ve come back and we’ve putted back that together again under Machines Of Grace, so I was actually playing with that Band back at that time in Boston, it was under another name Wickedwitch, was the name of the band then, so when I was playing there, that’s when I got noticed with those demos that we’ve made that early Demos from that Band, the I had to go by car, I traveled to Paul O’neill’s ( Savatage’s producer and composer ) apartment and sat there with him playing guitar and him just saying: Hey just sing me some on the couch, you know?, I’m gonna play guitar so sing me some… what do you know, some Beatles? And stuff like that, and I would go…well yeah, play something, so really that’s how the real audition went down, me singing to Pau O’neill on his couch, it’s about as intimate as you can get and the other thing that it was in my big favorite it was, Criss Oliva’s Wife at the time Dawn (Pauses), who also recently passed away, its very sad she really liked me a lot and she was really big I really give her a lot of credit on getting me the gig too, cause she kept telling Criss this guy is the one then really do it!, she loved the Wickedwitch stuff, you know back in the time, it’s kind of funny! She was really a big fan of mine so that help me out a lot and you know the guys liked it too so. As of right now Zak Stevens has a few projects going on, his legacy it's still been written but his influence is undoubtedly powerful and unique. He added his own particular strength to the band's material, his well directed and original vocal lines are now immortal. Zak Stevens stayed with Savatage for Four Studio recordings between 19. Today the band has gone dormant into hiatus living us followers with the side projects of each members past and present, which includes de TSO (Trans Siberian Orchestra) that features former Savatage members Alex Skolnick, Al Pitrelli and of Course singer leader John Oliva. Interesting enough the Band formed by brothers John and Criss Oliva in Florida USA had have an earlier tenure as power Metal speed kings, in fact the band’s 1983 full-length debut, Sirens, mixed classic hard rock and metal with elements of thrash and speed metal, but they've always maintained their own particular style. Edge of Thorns was released and somehow Savatage was reborn soon after, unfortunately and under strange accidental circumstances Criss Oliva, guitarist for the Band died, yet the legacy was already set in the mold of one of the most influential and original bands in the History of Rock music. PR 722.In 1992 Zak Stevens was brought into Savatage (a name that combines two words Avatar and Savage) to replace former creator and Master mind singer John Oliva who went onto pursue his solo career. ^ a b "Metal/Hard Rock Album Sales In The US As Reported By Sound Scan".Recording Industry Association of America. ^ a b c d e f "Billboard Chart Positions".^ a b c d e "Savatage - Chart history".Singles List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Streets: A Rock Opera Narrated Version + The Video Collection Ghost in the Ruins – A Tribute to Criss Oliva "-" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. Albums Studio albums List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
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