SMASH OR TRASH--JON OLIVA "FATHER TIME"

[Jon]

[RJhog (Admin)]

I'm gonna put this somewhere between stash and smash.  I love the start of the song.  I think the vocals could be a bit stronger.  The guitar work is very good.

[Niels (Mod)]

Who is this guy?

I kinda agree with RJ. Somewhere between stash and smash. Probably leaning most to the stash-side.

[Jon]

Ask Tageryche who he is.

[Niels (Mod)]

Who is he, Tageryche?

[Scott]

Also Stash.... I was into this for the most part, loved the keyboard work. But the vocal performance and chorus started to wear on me a bit.

I have no idea who this guy is either...

[TageRyche]

 He is Jon "The Mountain King" Oliva.

The co-founder of SAVATAGE...the world's greatest band of all time! He is also one of the creators of Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

He has his band project Jon Oliva's Pain. This is his first "solo" project. I've seen him perform with Savatage twice and he totally f'ing rocked.

He is THE MAN!

And back in April of 2001, I got to meet him backstage at a show in Connecticut:

[TageRyche]

I can't say anything about this video because I am not allowing myself to watch or listen to anything until I actually have the album itself in my hands.