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 ever made. The Mission Turns 5 Today! Jun 16, 2022 Styx’s 16th studio album, The Mission, was released ...
“We multi-track every show, and I needed a way to compare the live mix I’m doing to the albums,” said Chris Hoff, Front of House Engineer for Styx. “The only way to really replicate what’s going to be coming out of a PA is to have reference monitors in front of you. It ...
It debuted on Billboard’s “Rock Albums” chart at No.1 its first week out. Crash of the Crown was the follow-up to Styx’s 16th studio album, The Mission (their first in 14 years at the time, which was released on June 16, 2017, on the band’s label, Alpha Dog 2T/UMe). ...
One look at the covers, front and back, and you know immediately that the design is by Hugh Syme. Hugh did a number of albums in 1993 with similar fonts and marble designs: Rush, Coverdale-Page, and Def Leppard too. In fact this CD layout is virtually identical toRetro-Activeby Def L...
The Grand Illusion also holds the distinction of being the first entry in the band’s groundbreaking string of releasing four multiplatinum albums in a row — a feat no other band had ever done before, in fact. And in case you’re wondering, the album’s iconic cover art by Alton Kelley...
The A&M Albumsvinyl box will be released on 11 May 2015. •UK Pre-order: The A&M Years 1975-1984 [VINYL] •USA Pre-order: A&M Albums 1975-1984 •CANADA Pre-order: The A&M Years 1975-1984 (8LP Vinyl Box Set) •GERMANY Pre-order: The A&M Years 1975-1984 ...
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...
A five-CD box set comprising some of the biggest albums in the career of Chicago pop-rock staples Styx is newly available from Polydor.
Joined as time went by on a Saturday afternoon. It was Day of the Dead in Mexico City, November the 2nd. The year: 1974. There were clouds in the sky. When he could believe in something, he chose the movement that animates music and words. With seven albums to his name and as man...
As Yes moved toward a new, more modern sound in the late '70s, they sought out a similarly updated look for their albums. Jon Anderson hailed this geometrical, triple gatefold image, saying Hipgnosis had "interpreted [classic-era album illustrator] Roger Dean photographically." ...