John Curulewski was a former guitarist of Styx, working with the band for their first five albums. His replacement came in the form of Tommy Shaw. He passed away in 1988. The cover for Styx first album Styx Styx is an American rock and roll band, popular in the 1970s and early 1980s, and touring again in the 2000s. ... Tommy Shaw, born on September 11, 1953 in Montgomery, Alabama, is an American vocalist and guitarist, best known for his work with the classic rock band Styx, and the supergroup Damn Yankees. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
JohnCurulewskis You Better Ask is the exception, a funky rock number that underscores the need for safe sex.
Curulewskis A Day is closer to the dreamy vibe of prog, though it has more in common with CSN (Almost Cut My Hair) than prog proper.
While Dennis DeYoung would favor ballads like Lady in the long run, here he writes a lot of heavy material, perhaps as a concession to the fact that Styx vision was aligned to the hard, heavy right of Dennis softer, lefter leanings.
John Anthony Panozzo (September 20, 1948 - July 16, 1996) was the drummer for the American rock band Styx.
Then, in 1961, John, Chuck, and their neighbor, Dennis DeYoung, formed a band called the Tradewinds in which John played drums, Chuck played guitar, and Dennis played the accordion and sang.
In the mid-1990s, as Styx was about to embark on its first tour with the classic line-up since 1983, John fell seriously ill and began battling cirrhosis of the liver, eventually dying of gastrointestinal hemmorhaging.
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