History Music / TransSiberianOrchestra

* [[PublicDomainCharacter Public Domain Song]]: ''Two'' very popular remixes of Canon in D Major, though damn if Trans-Siberian doesn't try to take down any UsefulNotes/{{DMCA}} violation (read: uploading Christmas Canon to Website/YouTube for the enjoyment of others).

* AscendedMeme: Remember that video where the guy synchronized his Christmas light decorations to "Wizards In Winter"? It's now the ''official video'' for that song. (Don't believe me? Check the preview on iTunes.)

* ConceptAlbum: All five of their albums are of the RockOpera variety.

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* CeleberityResemblance: Former band leader [[http://bravewords.com/medias-static/images/news/2017/58E5DF99-trans-siberian-orchestra-mastermind-paul-o-neill-passes-the-entire-tso-family-past-and-present-is-heartbroken-image.jpg Paul O'Neill]] definitely bore more than a passing resemblance to Music/ElectricLightOrchestra frontman [[http://s3.amazonaws.com/quietus_production/images/articles/19138/FOURFIVESECONDS-4_1446456656_crop_550x366.jpg Jeff Lynne]].

* [[PublicDomainCharacter Public Domain Song]]: ''Two'' very popular remixes of Canon in D Major, though damn if Trans-Siberian doesn't try to take down any {{DMCA}} violation (read: uploading Christmas Canon to Website/YouTube for the enjoyment of others).

The Trans-Siberian Orchestra is a rock orchestra from UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity conceived by Paul O'Neill in 1996. Their style mixes rock, metal and classical music into a famous sound almost anyone should recognize. All of their albums are RockOperas and three of these (five albums in total) are Christmas RockOperas. [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters They have a lot of members.]] In total, there are three composers (four before the [[AuthorExistenceFailure death of founder O'Neill in 2017), 20 vocalists, five guitarists, three bassists, two drummers, four keyboardists and three violinists currently playing with them, studio, live (in two touring groups, an East and a West) or otherwise. They have a legendary stage show because of their spectacular light shows, performing abilities and [[EpicRocking kick ass music]]. Despite being together for over 20 years, they've only released six albums, as their composers are known perfectionists. They delayed their album ''Night Castle'' for three years before it was finally released in October of 2009. While they would release the EP ''Dreams of Fireflies (On a Christmas Night)'' in 2012, their next full-length album, ''Letters From the Labyrinth'', would have to wait until mid-November 2015. They also delayed their second stage show, based on their ''Music/BeethovensLastNight'' album, for almost ''ten years'' before finally putting it on tour in spring of 2010. The stage show for ''The Lost Christmas Eve'' premiered in 2012, eight years after the release of the album.

The Trans-Siberian Orchestra is a rock orchestra from UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity conceived by Paul O'Neill in 1996. Their style mixes rock, metal and classical music into a famous sound almost anyone should recognize. All of their albums are RockOperas and three of these (five albums in total) are Christmas RockOperas. [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters They have a lot of members.]] In total, there are four composers, 20 vocalists, five guitarists, three bassists, two drummers, four keyboardists and three violinists currently playing with them, studio, live (in two touring groups, an East and a West) or otherwise. They have a legendary stage show because of their spectacular light shows, performing abilities and [[EpicRocking kick ass music]]. Despite being together for over 20 years, they've only released six albums, as their composers are known perfectionists. They delayed their album ''Night Castle'' for three years before it was finally released in October of 2009. While they would release the EP ''Dreams of Fireflies (On a Christmas Night)'' in 2012, their next full-length album, ''Letters From the Labyrinth'', would have to wait until mid-November 2015. They also delayed their second stage show, based on their ''Music/BeethovensLastNight'' album, for almost ''ten years'' before finally putting it on tour in spring of 2010. The stage show for ''The Lost Christmas Eve'' premiered in 2012, eight years after the release of the album.

They are also popular suppliers of music for overly ambitious homemade light shows, especially their song [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic "Wizards in Winter"]] from their 2004 album, ''The Lost Christmas Eve,'' as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szLmAPW39uE these]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmgf60CI_ks&feature=related videos]] show.

The Trans-Siberian Orchestra is a rock orchestra from UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity conceived by Paul O'Neill in 1996. Their style mixes rock, metal and classical music into a famous sound almost anyone should recognize. All of their albums are RockOperas and three of these (five albums in total) are Christmas RockOperas. [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters They have a lot of members.]] In total, there are four composers, 20 vocalists, five guitarists, three bassists, two drummers, four keyboardists and three violinists currently playing with them, studio, live (in two touring groups, an East and a West) or otherwise. They have a legendary stage show because of their spectacular light shows, performing abilities and [[EpicRocking kick ass music]]. Despite being together for approximately 20 years, they've only released five albums, soon to be six, as their composers are known perfectionists. They delayed their album ''Night Castle'' for three years before it was finally released in October of 2009. While they would release the EP ''Dreams of Fireflies (On a Christmas Night)'' in 2012, their next full-length album, ''Letters From the Labyrinth'', would have to wait until mid-November 2015. They also delayed their second stage show, based on their ''Music/BeethovensLastNight'' album, for almost ''ten years'' before finally putting it on tour in spring of 2010. The stage show for ''The Lost Christmas Eve'' premiered in 2012, eight years after the release of the album.

* The song ''Father, Son, and Holy Ghost'' suddenly turns from a slow, introspective monologue to a full-on bitter denouncement of God by a grieving woman who learned her husband was killed in captivity on the other side of the world.

The Trans-Siberian Orchestra is a rock orchestra from UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity conceived by Paul O'Neill in 1996. Their style mixes rock, metal and classical music into a famous sound almost anyone should recognize. All of their albums are RockOperas and three of these (five albums in total) are Christmas RockOperas. [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters They have a lot of members.]] In total, there are four composers, 20 vocalists, five guitarists, three bassists, two drummers, four keyboardists and three violinists currently playing with them, studio, live (in two touring groups, an East and a West) or otherwise. They have a legendary stage show because of their spectacular light shows, performing abilities and [[EpicRocking kick ass music]]. Despite being together for approximately 20 years, they've only released five albums, soon to be six, as their composers are known perfectionists. They delayed their 2009 album ''Night Castle'' for three years before it was finally released in October of 2009. While they would release the EP ''Dreams of Fireflies (On a Christmas Night)'' in 2012, their next full-length album, ''Letters From the Labyrinth'', would have to wait until mid-November 2015. They also delayed their second stage show, based on their ''Music/BeethovensLastNight'' album, for almost ''ten years'' before finally putting it on tour in spring of 2010. The stage show for ''The Lost Christmas Eve'' premiered in 2012, eight years after the release of the album.

The Trans-Siberian Orchestra is a rock orchestra from UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity conceived by Paul O'Neill in 1996. Their style mixes rock, metal and classical music into a famous sound almost anyone should recognize. All of their albums are RockOperas and three of these (five albums in total) are Christmas RockOperas. [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters They have a lot of members.]] In total, there are four composers, 20 vocalists, five guitarists, three bassists, two drummers, four keyboardists and three violinists currently playing with them, studio, live (in two touring groups, an East and a West) or otherwise. They have a legendary stage show because of their spectacular light shows, performing abilities and [[EpicRocking kick ass music]]. Despite being together for approximately 15 years, they've only released five albums as their composers are known perfectionists, having delayed their newest release, ''Night Castle,'' for three years before it was finally released in October of 2009. They also delayed their second stage show, based on their ''Music/BeethovensLastNight'' album, for almost ''ten years'' before finally putting it on tour in spring of 2010. The stage show for ''The Lost Christmas Eve'' premiered in 2012, eight years after the release of the album.

The Trans-Siberian Orchestra is a rock orchestra from UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity conceived by Paul O'Neill in 1996. Their style mixes rock, metal and classical music into a famous sound almost anyone should recognize. All of their albums are RockOperas and three of these (five albums in total) are Christmas RockOperas. [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters They have a lot of members.]] In total, there are four composers, 20 vocalists, five guitarists, three bassists, two drummers, four keyboardists and three violinists currently playing with them, studio, live (in two touring groups, an East and a West) or otherwise. They have a legendary stage show because of their spectacular light shows, performing abilities and [[EpicRocking kick ass music]]. Despite being together for approximately 15 years, they've only released five albums as their composers are known perfectionists, having delayed their newest release, ''Night Castle,'' for three years before it was finally released in October of 2009. They also delayed their second stage show, based on their ''BeethovensLastNight'' album, for almost ''ten years'' before finally putting it on tour in spring of 2010. The stage show for ''The Lost Christmas Eve'' premiered in 2012, eight years after the release of the album.

* {{Fanservice}}: All the female members are very attractive.

The Trans-Siberian Orchestra is a rock orchestra from UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity conceived by Paul O'Neill in 1996. Their style mixes rock, metal and classical music into a famous sound almost anyone should recognize. All of their albums are RockOperas and three of these (five albums in total) are Christmas RockOperas. [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters They have a lot of members.]] In total, there are four composers, 20 vocalists, five guitarists, three bassists, two drummers, four keyboardists and three violinists currently playing with them, studio, live (in two touring groups, an East and a West) or otherwise. They have a legendary stage show because of their spectacular light shows, performing abilities and [[EpicRocking kick ass music]]. Despite being together for approximately 15 years, they've only released five albums as their composers are known perfectionists, having delayed their newest release, ''Night Castle,'' for three years before it was finally released in October of 2009. They also delayed their second stage show, based on their ''BeethovensLastNight'' album, for almost ''ten years'' before finally putting it on tour in spring of 2010. The stage show for ''The Lost Christmas Eve'' will premiere in 2012, eight years after the release of the album.

** Even relative to the examples above, ''Night Castle'' is DarkerAndEdgier than their previous albums, dealing with a genocide in southeast asia, and having entire songs about suicide, torture, and the horrors of combat. Oh, and [[spoiler:the first main character ''dies in captivity'' on Disc One!]]

* MartyStu: {{Invoked}}. In "The Lost Christmas Eve," the older man was ''the most perfect guy to ever walk the face of the earth.'' TropesAreNotBad, in this case: he had it all for so long that his wife's DeathByChildbirth and his son's mutism (from prolonged lack of oxygen to the brain) utterly destroyed his world. IHaveNoSon ensues.

* AllThereInTheManual: The albums all have a complex story tying all the songs together, but you might be surprised to discover this until your first time at the seasonal stage show. These stories can be found in their entirety in the CD liner notes or on the web page.

* HeelRealization / HeelFaceTurn: The old man in ''The Lost Christmas Eve'' goes through this when he finally meets his son in person.

* AllThereInTheManual: The albums all have a complex story tying all the songs together, but you might be surprised to discover this until your first time at the seasonal stage show. These stories can be found in their entirety in the CD Cover or on the web page.

* TakeThat: Many TSO/Savatage members note with bemusement and/or disgust that the only difference between ''Christmas Eve in Sarajevo'' on Dead Winter Dead and ''Christmas Eve'' from Christmas Eve and Other Stories is that one was released by a metal band called Savatage and the other by Trans-Siberian, but only one got extensive radio play. Guess which one.