Yeah, it's mostly TSO's success. And I can't blame them for going for the gig that actually makes money. But if Savatage didn't make any money, I can't see how bands like Jon Oliva's Pain and Circle II Circle can.
The whole thing that bugs me the most about this state of limbo are all the contradicting rumors. Caffery has always said he'd drop whatever he's doing for Savatage, but that it's not up to him. Oliva says he wants to be doing Pain, and then he says he wants to do Savatage but it's not up to him, and then he doesn't want to do it anymore.
Hopefully, after Nightcastle is finally done and the rumored tour is over, there'll be one final Sava tour or album or whatever, with the announcement that after that, it's over. I could live with that.
> They abandoned the Savatage project partly because Criss
> Oliva died in a car accident, but mostly because the "side
> project" TSO became much more successful. There were
> rumors of a return with the remaining members, but Jon
> Oliva said he would rather continue with Jon Oliva's Pain
> and TSO because Savatage was costing more money than it
> was taking in. The Savatage MySpace leaves the question
> open, though.
>
> > As for TSO in general: just give me back Savatage. I don't
> > buy the whole "Savatage is TSO now" schtick.
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