I was reading the A-Z book on power metal yesterday at a friends house and came across two interesting tid bits I never knew before. Was wondering if you guys knew this stuff and if you had any in sight on it...
After the failure that was 'Fight For The Rock', Jon Oliva fell into a heavy depression with drinking and I believe drugs which put Savatage on ice for a short time. During this time both MEGADETH and OZZY OSBOURNE approached Criss about playing guitar but Criss decided to remain loyal to Savatage. --- The thought of Criss playing in either band absolutely blew my mind. I can just picture him being amazing in Ozzy and the thought of him playing Megadeth's brand of thrash metal is very interesting and something I wouldn't have minded hearing had it happened.
The other thing I learned is that right before Handful of Rain when Savatage picked up Skolnick, Ozzy was actually interested in Skolnick and I believe the book said that Alex did one gig with Ozzy but then he went on to Savatage. Does anyone know anything about this? Was he considering giving Zakk the axe back then and replacing him with Alex? This is another thing that took me by surprise.
After the failure that was 'Fight For The Rock', Jon Oliva fell into a heavy depression with drinking and I believe drugs which put Savatage on ice for a short time. During this time both MEGADETH and OZZY OSBOURNE approached Criss about playing guitar but Criss decided to remain loyal to Savatage. --- The thought of Criss playing in either band absolutely blew my mind. I can just picture him being amazing in Ozzy and the thought of him playing Megadeth's brand of thrash metal is very interesting and something I wouldn't have minded hearing had it happened.
The other thing I learned is that right before Handful of Rain when Savatage picked up Skolnick, Ozzy was actually interested in Skolnick and I believe the book said that Alex did one gig with Ozzy but then he went on to Savatage. Does anyone know anything about this? Was he considering giving Zakk the axe back then and replacing him with Alex? This is another thing that took me by surprise.