“Music is this amazing force that comes from a higher place. I'm humbled for this band to have the great success that it has,” says co-founding guitarist/vocalist James “JY” Young. “We just want to keep on doing this,” asserts Tommy. “We want to let life take its course ...
The video was directed by longtime band associate Steve Jones, a lifelong friend of co-founding guitarist/vocalist James “JY” Young. Jones also happens to be an accomplished film producer to boot (see Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer and Mad Dog and Glory, to name but a few). If ...
James “JY” Young (electric guitar and vocals; the co-founding guitarist/vocalist sings lead on “Trouble at the Big Show”): In the 40th anniversary year of our release of our biggest-selling album of all time [July 1977’s] The Grand Illusion, it just seemed truly appropriate to save...
” guitaristJames “J.Y.” Youngtells Billboard. “But with the legalization of marijuana in Colorado, it seemed sort of appropriate again, and timely, and we always look for tracks we can resurrect that are good to play live. We know we have to play ‘Come Sail Away’ and ‘...
a concept album spearheaded by former singer-keyboardist Dennis DeYoung that polarized fans and led to a seven-year split of the band. Even now, guitarist James “J.Y.” Young tellsBillboardthat he’s ambivalent about the song, because of “all the bad things that went along with that re...
vocalist/guitarist Tommy Shaw, vocalist/guitarist James Young, and bassist Chuck Panozzo reunited for a successful greatest-hits tour in 1996. Drummer Todd Sucherman replaced John Panozzo, who died of chronic alcohol abuse that year. The highly enjoyable, 17-song concert video Return to Paradise ...
I think I’ll quote JY [Styx co-founding guitarist/vocalist James “JY” Young]: “John was like Jackie Gleason and John Belushi — very physically funny.” John could care less if you were the promoter or the guy who swept the floors — his only agenda was being the best drummer. ...
It opens with guitarist James Young's "Great White Hope," featuring a rumbling rock motif that supports a boxing match announcer's shouted buildup of the song's fantasized main event. The aggressive mien gives this number a bold persona and the layered harmonies behind Young's shouted "Look...
The Grand Illusion 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...
James "JY" Young: Every place we go, they’ve got a little different thing, and as things seem to change daily, if not hourly, with the mindset about this whole thing, I wear a mask in public. My wife is an invalid, so the last thing I want to do is brin...