Trans-Siberian Orchestra (often abbreviated to TSO) is an American progressive rock band founded in 1993 by producer, composer, and lyricist Paul O'Neill, who brought together Jon Oliva and Al Pitrelli (both members of Savatage) and keyboardist and co-producer Robert Kinkel to form the core of the creative team. Since then, TSO has gone on to sell nearly 8 million concert tickets and 8.5 million albums. The band's musical style incorporates classical, orchestral, symphonic, and progressive elements into hard rock and heavy metal.
The band is most famous for their Christmas-themed series of rock operas (Christmas Eve and Other Stories, The Christmas Attic, and The Lost Christmas Eve), for which they do an annual fall/winter tour. Their other releases are also rock operas on historical themes (Beethoven's Last Night and Night Castle). Trans-Siberian Orchestra is also known for their extensive charity work and elaborate concerts, which are complete with a full orchestra, a massive light show, lasers, dozens of pyrotechnics, moving trusses, video screens, and other effects that are synchronized to the music. Despite the name, the group has no connection to Siberia or any part of Russia.
Here are a few of their more famous songs below.
Wizards in Winter
Carol of the Bells
Siberian Sleigh Ride
Christmas Canon
To sum it all up, this group ROCKS!!!!! Of course there is no way to sum them up in these four videos. You would have to go and see them live. Or go buy one of their CD's. Also I know it isn't Christmas, but I thought by now someone would have posted them up.
The band is most famous for their Christmas-themed series of rock operas (Christmas Eve and Other Stories, The Christmas Attic, and The Lost Christmas Eve), for which they do an annual fall/winter tour. Their other releases are also rock operas on historical themes (Beethoven's Last Night and Night Castle). Trans-Siberian Orchestra is also known for their extensive charity work and elaborate concerts, which are complete with a full orchestra, a massive light show, lasers, dozens of pyrotechnics, moving trusses, video screens, and other effects that are synchronized to the music. Despite the name, the group has no connection to Siberia or any part of Russia.
Here are a few of their more famous songs below.
Wizards in Winter
Carol of the Bells
Siberian Sleigh Ride
Christmas Canon
To sum it all up, this group ROCKS!!!!! Of course there is no way to sum them up in these four videos. You would have to go and see them live. Or go buy one of their CD's. Also I know it isn't Christmas, but I thought by now someone would have posted them up.
