Styx: Behind the Music

[il Padrino Ute]

I think I suffered some permanent hearing loss from a Foreigner concert I attended at the Salt Palace when I was in high school. Seriously.

Foreigner was one of the loudest shows I've ever seen. We may have been at the same show.

[il Padrino Ute]

sono arrabbiato mr. roboto

[Shaka]

I hit a Foriegner show in the mid-nineties at Saltair. I think it was one of the last with Lou Graham. It was a kick ass concert.

[MartyFunkhouser]

I think I suffered some permanent hearing loss from a Foreigner concert I attended at the Salt Palace when I was in high school. Seriously.

Are you sure it wasn't a Journey show? I'm not even sure the bands themselves can tell the difference between Journey/Foreigner. In fact, maybe I was thinking about Journey Behind the Music.

[Bo Diddley]

Styx was my introduction to rock music in 1980. It was on a scout trip and my friend had the 8-track of The Grand Illusion. It blew me away. For the next few years they were my favorite group, but Tommy Shaw was by far my favorite. He seemed the most talented, and sang most of the songs I really liked.

Dennis DeYoung seemed like a weird drama geek, and I remember being annoyed when he came in on Tommy Shaw's song Haven't We Been Here Before and turned it into a duet. Maybe thay was planned all along, but to me it seemed he was trying to out sing Tommy.

Then after Kilroy Was Here, the band split up. I liked Tommy Shaw's Girls With Guns, couldn't stand DeYoung's solo stuff, and enjoyed Damn Yankees.

Mrs Diddley's sister invited us to join them at a Styx concert in September. I said if Tommy Shaw was playing, count me in! They said he's in the band, so I did a little reading, and I guess he's been the front man for a while. They gave Dennis the boot, and now I'll have to watch behind the music.

I also discovered an album they put out in 2017, The Mission. Not a bad album. I also recently read that they're writing a new album as well.

[Pelado]

Styx was my introduction to rock music in 1980. It was on a scout trip and my friend had the 8-track of The Grand Illusion. It blew me away. For the next few years they were my favorite group, but Tommy Shaw was by far my favorite. He seemed the most talented, and sang most of the songs I really liked.

Dennis DeYoung seemed like a weird drama geek, and I remember being annoyed when he came in on Tommy Shaw's song Haven't We Been Here Before and turned it into a duet. Maybe thay was planned all along, but to me it seemed he was trying to out sing Tommy.

Then after Kilroy Was Here, the band split up. I liked Tommy Shaw's Girls With Guns, couldn't stand DeYoung's solo stuff, and enjoyed Damn Yankees.

Mrs Diddley's sister invited us to join them at a Styx concert in September. I said if Tommy Shaw was playing, count me in! They said he's in the band, so I did a little reading, and I guess he's been the front man for a while. They gave Dennis the boot, and now I'll have to watch behind the music.

I also discovered an album they put out in 2017, The Mission. Not a bad album. I also recently read that they're writing a new album as well.

My BiL introduced Styx to us with the Paradise Theater album while I was in middle school.

I remember watching a Behind the Music episode on them a while back. Your descriptions of Shaw and DeYoung ring true. One of the guys in the band Shaw joined after Styx (Damn Yankees?) Would tease him during concerts by playing the opening lines of "Lady". Shaw was not a fan of the ballads.

[Shaka]

Styx was my introduction to rock music in 1980. It was on a scout trip and my friend had the 8-track of The Grand Illusion. It blew me away. For the next few years they were my favorite group, but Tommy Shaw was by far my favorite. He seemed the most talented, and sang most of the songs I really liked.

Dennis DeYoung seemed like a weird drama geek, and I remember being annoyed when he came in on Tommy Shaw's song Haven't We Been Here Before and turned it into a duet. Maybe thay was planned all along, but to me it seemed he was trying to out sing Tommy.

Then after Kilroy Was Here, the band split up. I liked Tommy Shaw's Girls With Guns, couldn't stand DeYoung's solo stuff, and enjoyed Damn Yankees.

Mrs Diddley's sister invited us to join them at a Styx concert in September. I said if Tommy Shaw was playing, count me in! They said he's in the band, so I did a little reading, and I guess he's been the front man for a while. They gave Dennis the boot, and now I'll have to watch behind the music.

I also discovered an album they put out in 2017, The Mission. Not a bad album. I also recently read that they're writing a new album as well.

I really enjoy The Mission. I bought the vinyl and run it on my bedroom turntable sometimes to listen as I go to bed. The backstory is cool and lends context to the songs.

Dennis definitely got sick but he also wanted to retain control. The other guys tired of it quickly and went on tour without him. The subsequent lawsuit filed by Dennis torpedoed any possibility of a reunion.

All the guys are down to earth people and very nice. Unfortunately, even the well-adjusted have people with whom the never want to work. Dennis just started a Youtube channel and has sung a couple of his songs COVID style. It's actually pretty nice.

[Shaka]

My BiL introduced Styx to us with the Paradise Theater album while I was in middle school.

I remember watching a Behind the Music episode on them a while back. Your descriptions of Shaw and DeYoung ring true. One of the guys in the band Shaw joined after Styx (Damn Yankees?) Would tease him during concerts by playing the opening lines of "Lady". Shaw was not a fan of the ballads.

That teaser was Ted Nugent.

[Walter Sobchak]

My BiL introduced Styx to us with the Paradise Theater album while I was in middle school.

Was it at a dance?

[MartyFunkhouser]

I'm happy to report that Styx Behind the Music is still available in full on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yGnE12Cig0

[MartyFunkhouser]

I'm absolutely thrilled to report that Foreigner Behind the Music is now available on Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNDAMLsAArw

[Bo Diddley]

I'm happy to report that Styx Behind the Music is still available in full on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yGnE12Cig0

Just finished it. Confirms in my mind how I feel about them all. I kind of lost track of Styx over the years after they went their separate ways. I had moved on to Rush at the same time. Very happy to have found them again and discovered that they're putting out good music again.

One of the things that kind of hit me was how long it took Chuck Panozzo to come out of the closet. Just very sad to me.

I'm really hoping the concert happens in September.

[Sleeping in EQ]

Styx was my introduction to rock music in 1980. It was on a scout trip and my friend had the 8-track of The Grand Illusion. It blew me away. For the next few years they were my favorite group, but Tommy Shaw was by far my favorite. He seemed the most talented, and sang most of the songs I really liked.

Dennis DeYoung seemed like a weird drama geek, and I remember being annoyed when he came in on Tommy Shaw's song Haven't We Been Here Before and turned it into a duet. Maybe thay was planned all along, but to me it seemed he was trying to out sing Tommy.

Then after Kilroy Was Here, the band split up. I liked Tommy Shaw's Girls With Guns, couldn't stand DeYoung's solo stuff, and enjoyed Damn Yankees.

Mrs Diddley's sister invited us to join them at a Styx concert in September. I said if Tommy Shaw was playing, count me in! They said he's in the band, so I did a little reading, and I guess he's been the front man for a while. They gave Dennis the boot, and now I'll have to watch behind the music.

I also discovered an album they put out in 2017, The Mission. Not a bad album. I also recently read that they're writing a new album as well.

Dennis DeYoung seemed to have his heart set on Broadway, and the Kilroy album was a bridge too far for the rest of the band.

Shaw is a great singer/guitarist combo. There's a reason so many people want to keep working with him year after year.

[Bo Diddley]

Dennis DeYoung seemed to have his heart set on Broadway, and the Kilroy album was a bridge too far for the rest of the band.

Shaw is a great singer/guitarist combo. There's a reason so many people want to keep working with him year after year.

And fans love him too. He's definitely one of my music heroes. Back in 2005 I was visiting Phoenix on a business trip. Everything downtown shuts down after hours, so one of the only places to eat was the Hard Rock Cafe. Tommy Shaw's guitar from the Kilroy Was Here tour was in there. I was in awe of it. Now that I hear the rest of the story, a little bit of the shine comes off of it, and I understand better how it ended up on a wall in the restaurant.

[Sleeping in EQ]

And fans love him too. He's definitely one of my music heroes. Back in 2005 I was visiting Phoenix on a business trip. Everything downtown shuts down after hours, so one of the only places to eat was the Hard Rock Cafe. Tommy Shaw's guitar from the Kilroy Was Here tour was in there. I was in awe of it. Now that I hear the rest of the story, a little bit of the shine comes off of it, and I understand better how it ended up on a wall in the restaurant.

Shaw might be a better guitar player than is Ted Nugent. Terrible Ted has an incredible instinct for leads and soloing, but to my ear Shaw is a little tighter technically. Shaw is certainly the more talented singer of the two.