Saga "The Human Condition"

How does a band carry on after losing its voice? How could AC/DC continue after the death of Bon Scott? How could Van Halen rock on without David Lee Roth? Journey without Steve Perry? Queen retain their crown without Freddie Mercury? Styx sans Dennis DeYoung? Like so many outfits before whose singer departed for reasons unplanned or planned, Canada prog-rockers Saga were faced with that question when founding member Michael Sadler departed in 2007 to pursue other interests. Although Sadler’s leaving was amicable, it left his bandmates in a quandary. A new singer was needed, and the net was cast across planet earth to find a suitable replacement. Serendipity raised its unpredictable head and fellow Canadian Rob Moratti was brought into the fold, less a replacement for Sadler than a new voice for Saga and what lies ahead. As guitarist Ian Crichton noted, “There’s so much music still to create, world touring and more records.”