Styx’s 17th studio album, Crash of the Crown, was released exactly one year ago today on June 18, 2021. In a Styxworld exclusive, every single bandmember tells us in fine detail how each prong of this vaunted recording came together to comprise one of the very best albums Styx has eve...
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Notably, the band released four consecutive RIAA-certified multi-platinum albums between 1977’s The Grand Illusion, 1978’s Pieces of Eight, 1979’s Cornerstone and 1981’s Paradise Theatre, the last of which became their first to top the Billboard 200. Across their career, Styx earned eight...
Over the course of their 40-year career they’ve released 15 studio albums, six best-of compilations and four live albums, garnering eight Top Ten singles. STYX has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Throughout their illustrious career, they’ve performed more live shows since 1999 than...
Review by Sidscrat Bingo! "Equinox" was the equinox in many ways for this band. It signaled 2 major changes: 1) The first album under A&M after they smartly ditched Wooden Nickel. 2) The last album with John Curulewiski. With 4 albums behind them they seemed to have locked into ...
From there, Styx proceeded to make their first four studio albums with Wooden Nickel — Styx (1972), Styx II (1973), The Serpent Is Rising (1973), and Man of Miracles (1974) — before joining the well-respected A&M Records roster wi...
and slowly but surely," Young says. "[1975's]Equinoxwas the first record we felt sounded like a big-time record, andCrystal Ballafter that and thenThe Grand Illusion,Pieces of Eight,Cornerstone... But those first few albums, with Wooden Nickel before we went to A&M [in 1975], we we...
(yes) 1999, and each one of them is committed to making the next show better than the last. Founded in Chicago in 1972, STYX has the unique distinction of being the first band in rock history to have four consecutive certified multimillion-selling albums in a row: 1977’s The Grand ...
The album represented a musical transition for Styx, as the band emphasized its pop sound more than the progressive rock influences that dominated their first eight studio albums. Peaking at #2, the album was Styx’s highest album chart peak until its successor, 1981’sParadise Theatre, which ...
going 24 years between solo albums and opting out of performing with Journey during their 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. "I think that we've gone on our separate ways and we’re doing great," Perry told New York's 106.7 in 2018. "Arnel is a great singer and he's been...