02/27 – Phoenix, AX @ Celebrity Theatre 03/06 – Toppenish, WA @ Legends Casino Event Center 03/08 – Auburn, WA @ Muckleshoot Casino Events Center Styx 2025 Las Vegas Residency Dates @ The Venetian Theatre at The Venetian Resort: January:24, 25, 29, 31 February:1 Styx & Kevin Cron...
"In 1983, Tommy decided that he didn't like – well, he didn't like a lot of things," DeYoung toldMelodic Rock. "But the No. 1 thing he didn't like was he was convinced he could be a solo artist on his own. Someone was whispering in his ear. He quit the band in the middle...
Styx headlined the evening with a 13-song set dominated by songs from 1977'sThe Grand Illusionand 1981'sParadise Theatre. With his brother Terry behind him as the band's new bass player Lawrence Gowan delivered strong vocals on "Come Sail Away" and "Lady," while the seemingly ageless Tommy...
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...
“I realized I like singing songs where the character has something they’re hiding,” he continues. “The ‘Roboto’ vocal is from the point of view of you’re hiding something and you’re going to reveal it to this audience, but, in fact, they’re really getting a look inside your...
Styxreleased one of the most successful – and polarizing – songs in the band’s history on Feb 28, 1983. The origin of “Mr. Roboto” can be traced back a couple of years. Evangelical groups had claimed that Styx’s 1981 LPParadise Theatercontained subliminal satanic messages. As protests...
“The winter of 1975 I had returned home to Montgomery, Alabama after accepting the fact that there was very little, if any interest from club owners for seven-piece rock bands who played their original songs, (some of which were 10 minutes long) and we’d finally accepted the reality ...
REO Speedwagon devoted nearly a third of their 13-song set to songs from their 10-times-platinum 1982 albumHi Infidelity. They did sneak in a couple of treats for fans of their early years in the form of two songs from 1972'sR.E.O. / T.W.O, including the set-opening "Music Man....
4. 'Kilroy Was Here' (1983) Love it or hate it,Kilroy Was Hereepitomizes both the grandeur and folly of Styx's music through the years, contrasting some of the band’s most accomplished work with songs that were clearly dialed in by a band splintering at the seams. In one corner stoo...
'Lite Roast' found Hagar and longtime guitarist Vic Johnson performing songs from throughout Hagar's career using only acoustic guitars. Songs like "Finish What Ya Started" and "Eagles Fly" are natural fits, but "Red Voodoo" is the biggest surprise, improving on the version found on the 199...