Why has Atlantic Records remained faithful to Savatage while purging themselves of all other forms of heavy metal?
That’s a good question. We’ve been with them for so long and we’ve got one of the last nice record deals that they were giving out. We’re obviously making them money. We’re a maintenance free band, self-managed, with everything run by us. We run a tight ship, which I’m sure they appreciate. However, our back catalogue is selling strong and I’d guess this is the reason they still keep us. Though you do always need your label’s support and Atlantic have been working the record quite a bit. The problem with this band is that we don’t write radio music which is the way the US works. It’s different in Europe and other countries though. What do you think of the current music scene, particularly the rise of metal music in the underground? I don’t like any of it. I listen to talk radio and I listen to my CDs. It sounds like one band all day long and it’s a depressing sound. Why has Jon finally decided to re-elevate himself to full band member status? He appears listed with the other band membe
