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Record 100 Name: Tracy Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Time: 1999-12-17 08:20:00 Comments: Re: Post #99: More popular among whom? Dream Theater fans? TSO fans who don't even like the genre of Savatage's older music? That is like saying that among people who like light, easy-listening jazz, Kenny G is more popular than Emperor... Well, sure... Anyway, even if Savatage is "more popular now" IN GENERAL, what does popularity have to do with talent? Quote Mozart contemporary Adolph von Knigge to Bernard Anselm Weber (musical director of the Hanover company) about Mozart's Die Entfuhrung: "The knowledgeable feel the worth of these passages, but for popular utterance they are of no use" (Landon 1990)... Look, my purpose with this site is not to bash Pitrelli, but excuse me if my attempts to say how much I like Criss, and why, by making comparisons to the later albums make it sound that way. I think it is ridiculous that anyone who likes Criss's music should be obliged to also praise Pitrelli, Caffery, or Skolnick. |
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Record 99 Name: Pitrelli Fan Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Long Island, NY Time: 1999-12-16 14:30:00 Comments: I'm not bashing Criss Oliva's talent, because he was a great guitar player. Maybe even better than Al Pitrelli But...If Al lacks so much in his playing, as you say, why are both Savatage and Tran-Siberian Orchestra becoming more popular now than ever before? |
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Record 98 Name: Don St. James Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Florida Time: 1999-11-11 01:49:00 Comments: Very nice page content... I myself am still bummed after all these years... |
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Record 97 Name: CMWR Website: Referred by: Net Search From: California Time: 1999-11-09 03:22:00 Comments: ThankYouThankYouThankYouThankYouThankYouThankYouThankYou ...sometimes it seems the world never knew he existed |
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Record 96 Name: Wade Staggs Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Rector Arkansas Time: 1999-10-29 05:35:00 Comments: The first time i heard of Savatage was Edge of Thorns which to be frank did'nt thrill me,but when I heard Gutter Ballet i was hooked i still cant hear it enough the pure emotion of When the Crowds are Gone and Gutter Ballet is one of the few songs that i get goose bumps from. still make me stand in awe of the vocals and the guitar and even though Chriss is gone R.I.P they still continue in his memory and the playing is not the same but in his memory long live Savatage |
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Record 95 Name: Twan Website: Referred by: Xoom From: Breda, The Netherlands Time: 1999-09-21 11:42:00 Comments: There are no terms in which you can describe Criss's playing. It's absolutely great, dramatical and emotional. There are only a few other people who have the talent and feeling to play the way Criss plays (Joe Satriani, John Petrucci). Criss's death is a great loss for the musical world, it's such a shame that this isn't recognized by the general music-listener. But Criss will remain playing the guitar like a God FOREVER. |
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Record 94 Name: Rob Koontz Website: Rob Koontz's Guitar Pit Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Originally Huntington In. now Tampa Fl. Time: 1999-09-21 02:48:00 Comments: This is an excellent page about Criss, the best I have seen so far. I could not agree more with comments about Criss era Sava being vastly superior to the later stuff, although Jon is a hell of a songwriter it is just not the same without criss. I began listening to Savatage when I lived in Fort Wayne In. and saw them on Headbangers Ball on MTV in the video for Hall Of The Mountain King and was blown away by Criss's fire and fluidity in his playing. When I moved to Tampa in '89 I met Criss through a friend of mine who was their long time guitar tech, and Criss's best friend. He was a very humble person for having the extraordinary skill he had on the guitar, and from his friend I heard many tapes of some outrageous stuff that was never released and some instrumental stuff. This was some of the best stuff I had heard him play, with no restraints on the solo length for the record labels. One time when I was at the guitar techs apartment playing a guitar that Criss had given him after one of the tours, his sound was just like Criss's of course being his guitar tech. The tech went to answer the door when someone knocked and I did'nt pay attention to who was there because it took them several minutes to come back to the room where I was playing on the couch with my back turned towards the door, I am just playing some of my original material digging how it sounds with his effects set up, when out of the corner of my eye I see Criss watching me play. I immediatly freeze up, seeing one of my influences watching me play and he says "cool riff, mind if I play the guitar for a minute?" I said please do, and he began playing some very melodic and somewhat middle eastern feeling soloing to the melody of the riff I was playing. Wow what a complement to have him solo to one of my riffs. That is how much he loved the guitar, just the hint of a melodie and he has so many ideas flowing through his head that he just has to get them out. That was the first time I met Criss, a |
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Record 93 Name: tony Website: its all metal Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: texas Time: 1999-09-01 01:03:00 Comments: great site. its sad to see criss gone. I saw sav live a little before his death. |
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Record 92 Name: Jason Jorgenson Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Time: 1999-08-21 23:06:00 Comments: Cool site, especially the link to RealSavatage. Criss Oliva should be a household name next to SRV, EVH, Hendrix,etc. There are very few like him in the world of metal guitar playing. My list would go: Randy Rhoads, Criss Oliva, Vivian Cambell(w/DIO only),Zakk Wilde, Jake E. Lee, George Lynch, Kirk Hammet, Mathias Jabbs, Andy LaRouqe, Marty Friedman, Alex Skolnik, John Petrucci, James Murphy and I'm probably leaving somebody very important out! Keep it up! METAL LIVES! |
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Record 91 Name: Adam Gregory Website: I don' t have one, I' m just a good fan... Referred by: SimpleNet From: Lake Tahoe, Ca. Time: 1999-08-06 08:09:00 Comments: I' ve always dug listening to Savatage, ever since I first heard them in 1988 with "Hall of the mountain king". As a guitarist, I' d always liked the way that Criss always wove melody and a sense of tension into their music, and it hit me hard when I read about his passing. Although I haven' t heard much of their new material, I' m hopefull- especially with his brother back at the helm- that the music will continue in the grand tradition of vintage Savatage... |
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