Current line up
- Zachary Stevens – lead vocals (1993-2001)
- Jon Oliva - vocals, guitar, keyboards (drums on "Handful of Rain") (1978-2002)
- Chris Caffery - guitar, backing vocals (1987, 1989, 1995-2002)
- Al Pitrelli - guitar (1995-2000, 2002)
- Johnny Lee Middleton – bass guitar, backing vocals (1985-2002)
- Jeff Plate – drums (1994-2002)
Previous members
- Criss Oliva – guitar (1978-1993) (Deceased)
- Steve Wacholz – drums (1980-1993)
- Keith Collins – bass guitar (1981-1985)
- Alex Skolnick - guitar (1994)
- Damond Jiniya – lead vocals (2001-2002)
- Jack Frost – guitar (2001-2002)
Guest musicians
- Robert Kinkel - keyboards (1987)
- Michael Reynolds - drums fill in (1988)
- John Zahner - keyboards (1991) ["Streets" touring member]
- Wes Garren - rhythm guitar, keyboards (1993) ["Edge of Thorns" touring member]
- Andy James - drums (1993) ["Edge of Thorns" touring member]
- Jeff Waters - guitars (summer 2002) ["Poets and Madmen" touring member, replacement for Jack Frost]
Savatage is an American progressive metal band founded by the brothers Jon and Criss Oliva in 1978 at Astro Skate in Tarpon Springs, Florida. The band has been inactive since the release of their last album in 2001, and have not performed live together since 2002, instead concentrating on the more commercially successful side project, Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
Savatage war eine Power-Metal-Band aus Tampa, Florida. Ihr musikalischer Stil verarbeitet auf späteren Alben auch klassischeund progressive sowie Musical-Einflüsse.
Bekannt geworden sind Savatage vor allem durch ihre umfangreichen und sehr langen Konzeptalben sowie durch ihr erfolgreiches Nebenprojekt Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
Savatage est un groupe de heavy metal progressif fondé en 1979 en Floride aux États-Unis, par les frères Jon et Criss Oliva, en compagnie de Steve Wacholz. Keith Collins les rejoignit en 1981.
