Change: In the darkness of the night,to a distant fading light The Early DaysCriss and his brother Jon formed their first band together, Avatar, in 1978, from the ashes of their former bands Tower and Alien respectively. In 1980, the duo met up with Steve Wacholz and   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 2960)

Change: Wacholz[7].Wacholz. In an November 2006 interview to Greek website, MetalTemple.com, Jon Oliva himself shot down all rumours of the return of Savatage, claiming that it never made him any money, but instead it cost him one million US dollars to keep the band going over the years   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 2945)

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