List of Savatage band members

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(from left to right) Zachary Stevens, Chris Caffery, Jon Oliva, Al Pitrelli and Jeff Plate
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(from left to right) Chris Caffery, Johnny Lee Middleton, Zachary Stevens
Savatage at Wacken Open Air in 2015

Savatage is an American heavy metal band, founded by brothers Jon (vocals) and Criss (guitar) Oliva in 1979, under the name Avatar. [1] The band's first stable line-up in the early eighties also included drummer Steve "Doc" Wacholz, and bassist Keith Collins. Currently the band consists of Jon Oliva, alongside bassist Johnny Lee Middleton (since 1986), guitarist Chris Caffery (who first joined in 1987 as a touring member), singer Zachary Stevens (who first joined in 1992), drummer Jeff Plate (since 1994) and guitarist Al Pitrelli (who first joined in 1995)

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History

In 1986 Collins was replaced by Johnny Lee Middleton, and the line-up was expanded in 1987, to include second guitarist Chris Caffery. [2] The nineties began with the band again down to four after Caffery's departure. He was replaced by John Zahner on tour. [3] In 1992 Jon Oliva stepped down as frontman though he remained involved in songwriting. He was replaced by vocalist Zachary Stevens, though Oliva continued to collaborate in the studio. Wacholz also took a hiatus from touring and was replaced by Andy James on tour. The band went on hiatus when Criss Oliva died in a car accident in 1993.

Jon Oliva reformed Savatage in 1994, recording Handful of Rain , with Stevens, new guitarist Alex Skolnick and producer/manager Paul O'Neill. [4] Wacholz and Middleton refused to record as they were grieving Criss Oliva's death. Oliva, Stevens, Skolnick, Middleton and new drummer Jeff Plate all contributed to the supporting tour. The band had a solid lineup from 1995 to 2000 with Al Pitrelli and the returning Caffery replacing Skolnick. In 2000, Stevens and Pitrelli left the band, and Oliva took over lead vocals and Caffery took over lead guitar. In 2001 new members Damond Jiniya (vocals) and Jack Frost (guitar) joined for touring, [5] however Frost was let go in 2002 to make way for the returning Pitrelli, [6] though he was briefly replaced on a tour by Annihilator guitarist Jeff Waters. [7]

In 2014, the band reformed with Oliva/Middleton/Caffery/Stevens/Plate/Pitrelli line-up returning at Wacken Open Air 2015, but were inactive until 2023 when Jon Oliva confirmed work on a new studio album. [8] The band will play their first shows in nearly ten years in the spring and summer of 2025, [9] without Oliva due to his diagnosis of both multiple sclerosis and Ménière's disease. [10]

From 1987 on, Paul O'Neill acted as the band's producer, co-lyricist and co-composer, and leads Trans-Siberian Orchestra along with Jon Oliva and Al Pitrelli. Stevens, Middleton, Caffery and Plate also perform in Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and former guitarist Alex Skolnick has also performed with the group. In April 2017 it was announced that O'Neill had died at the age of 61. [11]

Members

Current members

ImageNameYears activeInstrumentsRelease contributions
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Jon Oliva
  • 1978–1992
  • 1994–2002
  • 2014–2015
  • 2023–present (not touring)

[12] [13]

  • lead and backing vocals
  • keyboards (since 1983)
  • guitar (1978–1979, 1994)
  • bass (1978, 1994)
  • drums (1981, 1991, 1994) [14]
all releases including session appearance on Edge of Thorns (1993) [15]
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Johnny Lee Middleton
  • 1986–2002
  • 2014–2015
  • 2023–present
[16] [14]
  • bass
  • backing vocals
all releases from Fight for the Rock (1986) onwards, except Handful of Rain (1994)
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Chris Caffery
  • 1987–1988 (touring)
  • 1989–1990
  • 1994–2002
  • 2014–2015
  • 2023–present
[17] [18] [19] [20]
  • lead and rhythm guitar
  • backing vocals
  • keyboards (1987–1990)
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Zachary Stevens
  • 1992–2000
  • 2014–2015 [14]
  • 2023–present
[26] [27] 		lead vocalsall releases from Edge of Thorns (1993) [15] to present, except Poets and Madmen (2001)
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Jeff Plate
  • 1994–2002
  • 2014–2015 [14]
  • 2023–present
[28] 		drumsall releases from Japan Live '94 (1995) [29] to present
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Al Pitrelli
  • 1995–1999
  • 2002
  • 2014–2015 [14]
  • 2023–present
[30]
  • lead and rhythm guitar
  • backing vocals
  • Dead Winter Dead (1995) [23]
  • The Wake of Magellan (1997) [24]
  • Poets and Madmen (2001) (session musician) [25]

Former members

ImageNameYears activeInstrumentsRelease contributions
Criss Oliva 1978–1993 (until his death) [12] [31]
  • lead and rhythm guitar
  • backing vocals
  • bass (1991)
Steve "Doc" Wacholz
  • 1977
  • 1979–1993
[33] [34] [35] 		drums
Keith "Thumper" Collins1981–1985 [35]
  • bass guitar
  • backing vocals
all releases from City Beneath the Surface EP (1983) [32] to Power of the Night (1985) [36]
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Alex Skolnick 1994 [37] lead guitar

Touring musicians

ImageNameYears activeInstrumentsRelease contributions
John Zahner1991–1992 [38]
  • keyboards
  • rhythm guitar
  • backing vocals
Zahner joined Savatage as touring keyboardist and guitarist following Chris Caffery's departure. [3] [39]
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Wes Garren 1993Garren took over from Zahner as sole keyboardist and appeared on several live videos. [40]
Andy JamesdrumsJames replaced Wacholz who decided not to tour.
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Damond Jiniya 2001–2002lead vocalsJiniya and Frost joined as touring replacements for Stevens and Pitrelli. [5] Frost was fired to make way for the returning Pitrelli. [6]
Jack Frost lead and rhythm guitar
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Jeff Waters 2002Waters performed as co-lead guitarist on Savatage's 2002 Summer tour in place of Pitrelli who was unavailable. [41] [7] [42]
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Bill Hudson 2015Hudson and Kuprij performed with the band at Wacken Open Air in 2015. [43] [44] Kuprij will also appear on the bands upcoming album Curtain Call (TBC) [8]
Vitalij Kuprij 2015 (died 2024) [45] keyboards

Session and guest musicians

ImageNameYears activeInstrumentsRelease contributions
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Larry Dvoskin 1986keyboards Fight for the Rock (1986) [46]
Brent Danielsbacking vocals
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Paul O'Neill
  • 1987–2002
  • 2014–2017 (his death)
  • producer
  • lyricist
  • co-composer
  • guitar
  • keyboards
all releases from Hall of the Mountain King (1987) [47] to Poets and Madmen (2001) [21] [48] [15] [49] [29] [23] [24] [25]
Ray Gillen 1987 (died 1993)backing vocals
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Robert Kinkel
  • 1987–1991
  • 1995–2001
  • keyboards
  • backing vocals
  • engineering
John Dittmar1989background shouts and laughs Gutter Ballet (1989) [21]
Stephen Daggett
Jerry Van Deilen
Dan Campbell
Abi Reid1991female background vocals Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) [48]
Mary Wooten1995cello Dead Winter Dead (1995) [23]
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John West 1999–2001backing vocals Poets and Madmen (2001) [25]
Jane Mangini2023–2024keyboardsCurtain Call (TBC) [8]

Avatar (pre-Savatage) members

ImageNameYears activeInstrumentsRelease contributions
Joe Conn [34] 1978-1979drumsnone
Tony Ciulla [34] bass
Brian Belenon [50] 1979
Pat Dubs [50] [35] 1980 (died 2002)rhythm guitar
Rich Bigano [35] 1980
Andy Gmelin [35] bass
Fritz
Bob Boyer [50] vocals

Timeline

List of Savatage band members

Line-ups

PeriodMembersStudio releases

1978–1979

1980–1981

  • Jon Oliva – lead vocals, bass
  • Criss Oliva – guitars, backing vocals
  • Steve "Doc" Wacholz – drums

1981–1985

  • Jon Oliva – lead vocals, keyboards
  • Criss Oliva – guitars, backing vocals
  • Steve "Doc" Wacholz – drums
  • Keith "Thumper" Collins – bass, backing vocals

1986–1987

  • Jon Oliva – lead vocals, keyboards
  • Criss Oliva – guitars, backing vocals
  • Steve "Doc" Wacholz – drums
  • Johnny Lee Middleton – bass, backing vocals

1987–1990

  • Jon Oliva – lead vocals, keyboards
  • Criss Oliva – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Steve "Doc" Wacholz – drums
  • Johnny Lee Middleton – bass, backing vocals
  • Chris Caffery – rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals (touring 1987–1988)

1990–1992

  • Jon Oliva – lead vocals, keyboards
  • Criss Oliva – guitars, backing vocals
  • Steve "Doc" Wacholz – drums
  • Johnny Lee Middleton – bass, backing vocals
  • John Zahner – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals (touring)

1992–1993

  • Criss Oliva – guitars, backing vocals
  • Steve "Doc" Wacholz – drums
  • Johnny Lee Middleton – bass, backing vocals
  • Zachary Stevens – lead vocals

1993

  • Criss Oliva – guitars, backing vocals
  • Johnny Lee Middleton – bass, backing vocals
  • Zachary Stevens – lead vocals
  • Andy James – drums
  • Wes Garren – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals (touring)

1994–1995

  • Johnny Lee Middleton – bass, backing vocals (live only)
  • Zachary Stevens – lead vocals
  • Jon Oliva – keyboards, rhythm guitar, vocals
  • Alex Skolnick – lead guitar
  • Jeff Plate – drums

1995–2000

  • Johnny Lee Middleton – bass, backing vocals
  • Zachary Stevens – lead vocals
  • Jon Oliva – keyboards, vocals
  • Jeff Plate – drums
  • Al Pitrelli – guitar, backing vocals
  • Chris Caffery – guitar, backing vocals

2000–2001

  • Johnny Lee Middleton – bass, backing vocals
  • Jon Oliva – lead vocals, keyboards, rhythm guitar
  • Jeff Plate – drums
  • Chris Caffery – lead guitar, backing vocals

2001–2002

  • Johnny Lee Middleton – bass, backing vocals
  • Jon Oliva – vocals, keyboards
  • Jeff Plate – drums
  • Chris Caffery – guitars, backing vocals
  • Damond Jiniya – lead vocals
  • Jack Frost – guitars
2002
  • Johnny Lee Middleton – bass, backing vocals
  • Jon Oliva – vocals, keyboards
  • Jeff Plate – drums
  • Chris Caffery – guitars, backing vocals
  • Damond Jiniya – lead vocals
  • Al Pitrelli – guitars, backing vocals
  • Jeff Waters – guitars, backing vocals (substitute for Pitreli July to August)
Band inactive 2002–2014

2014–2015

  • Johnny Lee Middleton – bass, backing vocals
  • Jon Oliva – keyboards, vocals
  • Jeff Plate – drums
  • Chris Caffery – guitars, backing vocals
  • Al Pitrelli – guitars, backing vocals
  • Zachary Stevens – lead vocals
  • Bill Hudson – guitars (touring)
  • Vitalij Kuprij – keyboards (touring)
none
On hiatus 2015–2023
2023–present
  • Johnny Lee Middleton – bass, backing vocals
  • Jon Oliva – keyboards, vocals (not touring)
  • Jeff Plate – drums
  • Chris Caffery – guitars, backing vocals
  • Al Pitrelli – guitars, backing vocals
  • Zachary Stevens – lead vocals
  • Curtain Call (TBC)

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