The group signed with Wooden Nickel on Feb. 22, 1972, after label president Bill Traut saw TW4 play at a Chicago club. The company nixed the band name, however, and Styx was chosen because it was "the only suggested name that no one in the band actively hated," according to Chuck Pan...
The 1983 single “Mr. Roboto” will always mark a major turning point in Styx’s history. Despite its commercial success, the song's theatrical nature reflected where original singerDennis DeYoungwanted to take the band’s sound. Shaw and the rest of the group preferred a traditional rock sty...
James "JY" Young: Our band (Monterey Hand) played the first rock festival in Illinois the year after Woodstock. We played original music and got a standing ovation, but two of the guys had to go be Jehovah’s Witnesses after that day. They had already planned to do that. ...
STYX, the multi-mega-million-selling rock band that has forged an indelible legacy both on record and onstage returns to City National Civic of San Jose on October 2. The band performs in support of their 16th studio album, The Mission (in stores now). The six men comprising STYX have ...
tour with the band. “Let’s get together and give the fans one more run at this thing, and then I’ll ride off into the sunset,” DeYoung toldRolling Stonein 2020. “You’ll keep doing your Styx thing and using the name. I don’t care. I want it one more time for our fans....
A turning-point moment for Yes, in more ways than one. Original drummer Bill Bruford said farewell after this platinum-selling album, as “And You and I” became the last of four consecutive Top 50 Yes songs dating back to March 1971 – and the band’s final such entry until “Owner ...
I love standing out there and playing with my brothers in the band every night.” I then told Chuck I was holding him to being fully involved once Year 50 comes around — so stay tuned! DOMO ARIGATO, Y’ALL The second of our three 2...
“iconic hits and fan favorites which have never been performed live, a giant video wall, multiple costume changes and an amazing eight-piece ensemble featuring Al's original band.” The tour begins on June 13 with a five night stay at the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas. Yankovic will then ...
the lineup was augmented with guitarists John Curulewski and James "J.Y." Young. At this point, the band was called TW4. When they signed their first record deal two years later in 1972, they opted for a new name: Styx. The original lineup would stay together until 1975, a span ...
Celebrating the ongoing resonance of Styx’s first full-length studio album of the 2000s, which was released on February 18, 2003. Cyclorama, Styx’s 14th studio album and their first full-length collection of all-original material of the 2000s, was re