Has Trans Siberian Orchestra ever been called by another name??

Question:I saw a TSO concert last night and was wondering if the orchestra has ever performed under another name or if any of its member we members of other bands???

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The most famous of all TSO songs "Christmas Eve Sarajevo 12/24" was originally release by "Savatage" on there CD "Dead Winter Dead" TSO was born from that song and that group. Members of Savatage are the core members of TSO.

TSO band members come from all disciplines of the entertainment industry.

Here is the story of how they got there name as explained by Paul O'Neill himself

The Trans-Siberian Orchestra is neither from Siberia nor an
orchestra. So how did the entourage get its name?
"We had just turned in the first album and Atlantic Records was pressuring us for a name," group co-founder Paul O'Neill says. "I got a phone call from Atlantic saying the album was going to print the following morning and that if we did not come up with a band name they were going to call it Billy and the Boingers and we would have to live with it. "In the 1980s, I was fortunate enough to have been in Russia. If anyone has ever seen Siberia, it's incredibly beautiful but incredibly harsh and unforgiving. And the one thing everybody has in common there is the Trans-Siberian Railroad that moves across it in relative safety. "Life, too, can be incredibly beautiful but also incredibly harsh and unforgiving. Music is the one thing we all have in common that moves across it in relative safety. So we decided to call the band Trans-Siberian Orchestra. It was a little philosophical but we liked the initials, TSO, and the fact that it was different. And it still sounded good in the morning."

The Trans-Siberian Orchestra was founded in 1996 in New York City by composers Paul O'Neill and Robert Kinkel, and Savatage lead singer Jon Oliva.

O'Neill had managed and produced rock bands including Aerosmith, Humble Pie, and Scorpions, later writing for and producing Savatage, where he began working with Kinkel and Oliva.

I don't think so, but you might be thinking of Mannheim Steamroller. They sound similar and both perform a lot of Christmas music.