Da farko ana kiran ƙungiyar Avatar. Sa'an nan mawaƙa sun gano cewa akwai wata ƙungiya mai suna a da, kuma sun haɗa kalmomi biyu - Savage da Avatar. Kuma a sakamakon haka, sun sami sabon suna Savatage.
Farkon aikin kirkire-kirkire na Savatage
Da zarar, a bayan wani gida a Florida, gungun matasa sun yi wasan kwaikwayo tare da raye-raye - ’yan’uwan Chris da John Oliva, abokinsu Steve Waholtz. An zaɓi sunan mai ƙarfi Avatar bayan tattaunawa mai zafi kuma duk membobin ƙungiyar sun amince da shi a cikin 1978. Shekaru uku kungiyar ta yi wasa tare. Kuma a 1981, wani Guy shiga su - Keith Collins, da kuma abun da ke ciki na kungiyar ya zama kamar haka:
- John Oliva - vocals
- Chris Oliva - guitar kida
- Steve Wacholz - wasan kwaikwayo
- Keith Collins - bass guitar
Mawakan sun yi kaurin dutse, ƙarfe mai nauyi shine sha'awarsu, kuma burinsu shine sha'awar zama sananne. Kuma mutanen sun yi iya ƙoƙarinsu don zama sananne - sun tafi bukukuwa, sun shiga cikin duk ayyukan da ake da su. A ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan abubuwan, sun koyi cewa ƙungiyar da ke da suna iri ɗaya Avatar ta riga ta wanzu. Kuma amfani da kalma ɗaya don komawa ga ƙungiyar ku yana barazanar da matsala.
Na farko, ana iya zarge su da yin saɓo, na biyu kuma, ba sa son faɗin sunansu. A haka ne na yi saurin gane na bambanta da sauran. Kuma a cikin 1983, wani sabon band rock mai suna Savatage, ya bayyana.
A ɗaya daga cikin bukukuwan, ’yan’uwa sun sadu da wakilan kamfani mai zaman kansa mai suna Par Records. Sun yi rikodin albam ɗin su na farko tare da ita. Shaharar kungiyar ta karu. Kuma a cikin 1984, a ƙarshe sun ja hankalin "manyan 'yan wasa" a cikin kasuwar sabis na kiɗa.
Aiki tare da Atlantic Records
Kamfanin farko wanda kungiyar Savatage ta rattaba hannu kan yarjejeniya shine Atlantic Records - ba "dan wasa" na karshe ba a kasuwar kiɗa. Kusan nan da nan, wannan lakabin ya fitar da kundi guda biyu na ƙungiyar, wanda shahararren Max Norman ya samar. Babban balaguron farko, wanda lakabin Atlantic Records ya shirya, ya fara.
Mawakan sun fara yin pop-rock, amma "magoya bayan" band da masu sukar ba su fahimci wannan "juyawa" daga karkashin kasa ba. Kuma an fara sukar kungiyar Savatage. Sunan ’yan rockers ya sha da kyar, kuma sun daɗe suna ba da uzuri.
Duk da haka, ba da daɗewa ba arziki ya sake yin murmushi ga mawaƙa. Godiya ga yawon shakatawa na haɗin gwiwa tare da Blue Öyster Cult da Ted Nugent a Amurka da yawon shakatawa na Turai tare da Motӧrhead, mawakan sun dawo da ƙasa kuma sun sami farin jini sosai. Godiya ga sabon furodusan ƙungiyar, Paul O'Neill, ƙungiyar ta haɓaka cikin sauri. An ƙara sababbin abubuwan ƙirƙira, kiɗan ya zama mafi "nauyi", kuma sautin ya zama daban-daban.
Albums ɗin sun zama jigo, titin opera na rock ya bayyana a cikin repertoire. Wadanda suka kirkiro kungiyar har ma sun fara tunanin ayyukan solo a wajen kungiyar.
1990-е shekarun da kungiyar Savatage
Bayan ya yi yawon shakatawa don tallafawa wasan opera na rock, John ya bar ƙungiyar a 1992. Amma ba zai yi watsi da zuriyarsa gaba ɗaya ba, ya kasance mai “cikakken lokaci” mawaki, mai tsarawa da mai ba da shawara. Zach Stevens ne ya jagoranci ƙungiyar. Da zuwansa, ƙungiyar ta kasance daban, muryarsa ta bambanta da muryar Yahaya. Amma hakan bai hana shaharar kungiyar ba. Wannan maye gurbin ya sami kyakkyawar amsa daga magoya baya da masu sukar kiɗa iri ɗaya.
An ma fi jin wakokin kungiyar a iska da farin jininsu ya karu. Sojojin magoya bayan sun ƙidaya miliyoyin masu son kiɗa a duk faɗin duniya. Kuma a kololuwar shahararru a cikin kaka na 1993, wani bala'i ya faru a cikin kungiyar - a cikin wani hatsari, a karo na farko da direban bugu Chris Oliva. Abin ya ba kowa mamaki - dangi da abokai, abokai da masu sha'awar basirarsa. Chris yana da shekaru 30 kacal.
Savatage ba tare da Chris ba
Babu wanda zai iya samun cikakkiyar farfadowa daga asarar. Amma John da abokansa sun yanke shawarar ba za su rufe aikin ba, amma su ci gaba da ayyukansu, kamar yadda Chris yake so. A tsakiyar watan Agusta 1994, an fitar da sabon kundi mai suna Handful of Rain. Yawancin abubuwan da aka rubuta John Oliva ne ya rubuta.
Zach ya kasance a kan vocals, yayin da John ya maye gurbin Alex Skolnick. Steve Wacholz ya bar tawagar, a cikin abin da bai ga kansa ba tare da Chris. Abokai ne na kut-da-kut, abokai tun suna yara. Kuma ba zai iya ganin wani ba maimakon Chris. Skolnik bai zauna a cikin tawagar na dogon lokaci. Bayan yawon shakatawa na goyon bayan sabon album, ya tafi a kan wani solo "iyo".
Bayan mutuwar Chris, ƙungiyar tana gab da tarwatsewa, membobin sun canza, har zuwa 2002 sun yanke shawarar yin hutu. Har ila yau a cikin 2003, sun haɗu don yin wasan kwaikwayo don tunawa da Chris. Kuma bayan shi shekaru 12 ba su tafi a kan mataki.
Lokacinmu
A watan Agusta 2014, an sake sakin Savatage a hukumance. Mawakan a hukumance sun sanar da cewa a cikin 2015 za su shiga cikin bikin Wacken Open Air (babban taron shekara-shekara a duniyar kiɗa mai nauyi). Rukunin rukuni ya dace da mahalarta aiki a cikinta daga 1995 zuwa 2000. Kuma wannan wasan kwaikwayo shi ne kawai a Turai. Kamar koyaushe, John Oliva ya kiyaye maganarsa.
Amma har yanzu masu sha'awar kirkirar wannan rukunin sun yi imanin cewa wata rana mawakan za su hau filin wasa, kuma masu sauraro za su sake gaisawa da masoyansu.
