(as well as other songs), far too much adulation and credit has been assigned to politicians, athletes and show biz people like me who really don't know much more about the the way things work than the next guy. Unless the next guy is that dumb ass sitting behind you at the movies ...
He was also the keyboardist and writer/co-writer of many of the band's more popular songs.DeYoung has been married to his wife Suzanne since January 18, 1970. The couple have two children.He embarked on a solo career in 1984 after continuing disagreements with the other band members; and...
Remarkably, a recent poll in Quebec found Suite Madam Blue number three on the all time list of favorite songs behind Stairway to Heaven and Hotel California. Because of this, Canadians and especially French Canadians will always be dear to my heart. When we played The Forum in Montreal for...
Before playing a note of music, DeYoung let everyone know that in order to keep with the pureness of the original recording he would not be doing any commentary between songs. Instead, he let the music do the talking. This writer was glad that he did. Sitting there, in the fifth row, ...
Dennis DeYoung had big touring plans for 2020. But the former Styx vocalist, like his peers, had to cancel all his road work in early March that year due to the pandemic. As time passed, it felt like an unexpected milestone had been added to his timeline and he doesn't like it....
Like on UCR's list, DeYoung ranks Styx's self-titled debut last. But his reasoning has more to do with the band's record company, which dictated "outside songs to record while rejecting 'Lady.'" Still, DeYoung notes that the band's "signature sound" began taking shape on songs like ...
“I felt lighter. And it’s never bugged me again,” he noted. “We’re playing [DeYoung’s] songs. We’re gonna play ‘The Best of Times,’ I played the solo on that, sang, played Vocoder and it’s a brilliant song that he wrote. We’re proud to play it. We give him credi...
“I felt lighter. And it’s never bugged me again,” he noted. “We’re playing [DeYoung’s] songs. We’re gonna play ‘The Best of Times,’ I played the solo on that, sang, played Vocoder and it’s a brilliant song that he wrote. We’re proud to play it. We give him credi...
Love it or hate it,Kilroy Was Hereepitomizes both the grandeur and folly of Styx's music through the years, contrasting some of the band’s most accomplished work with songs that were clearly dialed in by a band splintering at the seams. In one corner stood Dennis DeYoung, armed with ano...
Love it or hate it,Kilroy Was Hereepitomizes both the grandeur and folly of Styx's music through the years, contrasting some of the band’s most accomplished work with songs that were clearly dialed in by a band splintering at the seams. In one corner stood Dennis DeYoung, armed with ano...