Photos: Trans-Siberian Orchestra showcases epic holiday jams, even greater hair at Tampa’s Amalie Arena

Normally the smell of AquaNet and the warmth of nearby pyro is a combination to be weary of. Not when you're CL photographer Jess Phillips who was at Amalie Arena on Sunday where the Trans-Siberian Orchestra worked through some of its first shows without late founder Paul O'Neill who was found dead in a University of South Florida area hotel room this April.

It takes 18 semi trucks and more than 100 people to set up a show where an international lineup of the world's best musicians turn holiday classics into epic hair metal shredfests.

Jess fulfilled a childhood dream by coming to this show, and we're happy to share her photos from the spectacle. Also, how the hell does everyone in that band have such great hair?