by Mike Mettler, resident Styxologist Cornerstone, Styx’s ninth studio album, was released 43 years ago today by A&M Records on October 19, 1979. Cornerstone was the band’s third triple-platinum-selling album in a row — cementing Styx as the fir
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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...
Cornerstone Turns 43 Today! Oct 19, 2022 43 years ago today, A&M Records released Styx’s ninth studio album, Cornerstone, on October 19, 1979. In a Styxworld exclusive, guitarist/vocalist Tommy Shaw, co-founding bassist Chuck Panozzo, and co-founding guitarist/vocalist James “JY” ...
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resulting in a breakthrough that would lead to Styx's golden era (1977's The Grand Illusion, 1978's Pieces of Eight, 1979's Cornerstone, and 1981's Paradise Theater). In that sense, this record might be viewed as not only the group's masterwork, but also the catalyst that led to ...
Styx’s seventh album is a very prog affair. It has fanfares of saturated synths, warm bursts of acoustic guitar (particularly in “Fooling Yourself [The Angry Young Man]”) and songs that straddle the gulf between medieval hymns and heavy metal (“Castle Walls”). There’s furious riffing...
Cornerstone [released in October 1979] was one of those albums that, for me, went together very well. And I was very hard on Johnny for it, because I wanted to get a good foot, snare, and kick from him. On a couple of tracks, I made him play nothing but foot, snare, and kick...
“First Time,” another power ballad also written by DeYoung, was intended to beCornerstone‘s second single. Shaw, however, expressed concern that releasing two ballads in a row would alienate the band’s hard rock fan base. He felt strongly enough that he threatened to leave the band over...
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