 The cover for Styx first album "Styx" Styx was an American rock and roll band, popular in the 1970s and early 1980s. They were the first band to have 4 consecutive triple platinum albums. Cover for album Styx by Styx. ...
Cover for album Styx by Styx. ...
Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ...
Rock band (or rock group) is a generic name to describe a group of musicians specializing in a particular form of electronically amplified music. ...
This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ...
Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ...
The group originally formed in the Chicago area in the late 1960s as The Tradewinds. This earliest line-up of the group included singer and keyboardist Dennis DeYoung, and a rhythm section comprising brothers Chuck and John Panozzo. Changing their name briefly to TW4, the band added guitarists James Young and John Curulewski, and were soon signed to Wooden Nickel Records, under the name Styx. Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ...
Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ...
Dennis DeYoung (born 18 February 1947) is a pop musician, best known as the lead vocalist of the band Styx. ...
Wooden Nickel Records was started in 1971 by Bill Traut, Jim Golden and Jerry Weintraub as a successor of Dunwhich Records. ...
1970s
The band's Wooden Nickel recordings, Styx (1972), Styx II (1973), The Serpent Is Rising (1974) and Man of Miracles (also 1974) were a mixture of straight-ahead rock with some dramatic prog-rock flourishes and art-rock aspirations. On the strength of these releases and constant playing in local clubs and schools, the band established a fan base in the Chicago area, but was unable to break into the mainstream until an early song, the power ballad "Lady" (from Styx II) began to earn some radio time, first in Chicago and then nation-wide. In the spring of 1975, nearly two years after the album it came from was released, "Lady" hit the top ten, and Styx II went gold soon after. Styx is the self-titled debut album by Styx, released in 1972 (see 1972 in music). ...
1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...
Styx II is the second album by Styx, released in 1973 (see 1973 in music). ...
1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ...
The Serpent Is Rising is the third album by Styx, released in 1974 (see 1974 in music). ...
1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...
Man of Miracles is the fourth album by Styx, released in 1974 (see 1974 in music). ...
1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...
The progressive rock band Yes performing in 1977. ...
Art rock is a sub-genre of rock music that is characterized by ambitious lyrical themes and melodic or rhythmic experimentation, often extending beyond standard pop song forms and toward influences in jazz, classical, or the avant-garde. ...
Power ballad is the name given to a certain genre of songs that were frequently included on heavy metal albums in the 1980s. ...
Lady is another huge hit from Styx. ...
On the heels of its belated hit single, Styx signed with A&M Records and released Equinox (1975), which sold well and yielded a minor hit in "Lorelei". Following the move to A&M, Curulewski left the band, replaced by singer and guitarist Tommy Shaw. The first album with Shaw, Crystal Ball (1976), was moderately successful, and its followup, The Grand Illusion (1977) became the group's breakthrough hit, going platinum and spawning a top-ten hit and AOR radio staple in "Come Sail Away". A&M Records is a record label formed in 1962 by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss. ...
Equinox is the fifth album by Styx, released in 1975 (see 1975 in music). ...
1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...
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. ...
Crystal Ball is the sixth album by Styx, released in 1976 (see 1976 in music). ...
1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The Grand Illusion is the seventh album by Styx, released in 1977 (see 1977 in music). ...
1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ...
The description Gold Album is applied to recorded music albums that have sold a minimum number of copies (in the US, currently 500,000 sales). ...
Album Oriented Rock, abbreviated AOR, was originally an American FM radio format focusing on album tracks by rock music artists rather than singles releases. ...
Come Sail Away is one of Styxs biggest hits. ...
Through the late 1970s the band enjoyed its greatest success, with the album releases Pieces of Eight (1978) finding the group moving in a more straight-ahead pop-rock direction and spawning the hit singles "Renegade" and "Blue Collar Man", and Cornerstone (1979) yielding the group's first number one hit, the DeYoung ballad "Babe", as well as their biggest international hit, "Boat on the River". The Spanish dollar or peso (literally, heavy, or pound) is a silver coin which was minted in Spain after a Spanish currency reform in 1497. ...
1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...
Renegade was a 1978 hit for American rock band Styx. ...
Cornerstone is the ninth album by Styx, released in 1979 (see 1979 in music). ...
1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ...
1980s In 1980, Styx released Paradise Theater, a loose concept album that became their biggest hit, reaching number one on the Billboard pop albums chart and yielding five top-40 singles including the top 10 hits "The Best Of Times" and "Too Much Time on My Hands". 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...
Paradise Theater is a concept album released by the rock band Styx in January 1981 (see 1981 in music). ...
Usually, in popular music, an album of an artist or group simply consists of a number of unconnected songs that the members of the group or the artist have written or have chosen to cover. ...
During this period of greatest success, the band, particularly DeYoung and Shaw, began to be affected by interpersonal tensions. On the success of the ballad "Babe", Styx founder DeYoung had been pushing for a more theatrical and pop-oriented direction, while Shaw favored a harder-edged approach. The band followed DeYoung's lead with their next project, Kilroy Was Here: another, more fully-realized concept album, this one set in a future where music itself has been outlawed. Critics said that the concept behind the album was still very murky; several band members themselves admitted to not really getting it. Kilroy sold well and was the centerpiece of an ambitious and theatrical stage show; however, the album and tour were a critical disaster and brought the tensions within the band to a breaking point. Kilroy did contain several hits, including the synthesizer-based "Mr. Roboto" and DeYoung's power ballad "Don't Let It End". Kilroy Was Here is an rock opera/concept album by the rock band Styx. ...
A classic FM synthesizer, the Yamaha DX7. ...
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By mid-1984, this most-successful version of Styx had disbanded and the members had moved on to moderately successful solo careers. DeYoung released several successful solo albums centered around pop ballads and soft rock tunes, and James Young attempted a solo career with limited success. Shaw formed Damn Yankees in 1989 with Ted Nugent, Jack Blades and Michael Cartellone. 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Damn Yankees, American rock supergroup, formed in 1989, consisting of Jack Blades, Tommy Shaw, Ted Nugent and Michael Cartellone. ...
1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Ted Nugent Ted Nugent (born December 13, 1948) aka the Nuge and the Motor City Madman) is an American guitarist from Detroit, Michigan, originally gaining fame as a member of the Amboy Dukes. ...
Jack Blades (born ) was the front man of the band Night Ranger, He has also recorded with, penned songs for, or produced albums for a number of other musicians. ...
1990s and present day In 1990, with Shaw achieving some success with Damn Yankees, the remaining elements of Styx reformed with Glen Burtnik replacing Shaw. The new line-up released one album, Edge of the Century, featuring the Dennis DeYoung ballad "Show Me The Way," which received an additional boost just prior to the first Persian Gulf War. Some radio stations edited the Top 5 smash to include the voices of children whose parents were deployed in Saudi Arabia between 1990-91. Burtnik's songwriting also helped buoy "Edge of the Century" to gold album status, contributing to hits "Love at First Sight" and "Love is the Ritual." Styx toured across the U.S. with somewhat mixed reviews, before once again disbanding after A&M dropped the band. In 1994, DeYoung recorded "10 on Broadway," revealing his unexpected talent for singing popular showtunes. Damn Yankees is a musical comedy, a modern retelling of the Faust legend, set in Washington, D.C., with book by Douglass Wallop and George Abbott and music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. ...
Edge of the Century is an album by Styx, released in 1990 (see 1990 in music). ...
See also: 2003 invasion of Iraq and Gulf War (disambiguation) C Company, 1st Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment, 1st UK Armoured Division The Persian Gulf War was a conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of 34 nations led by the United States. ...
The band reunited in 1995 to re-record "Lady" for Styx Greatest Hits (1995) and a 1996 tour, but John Panozzo was unable to participate due to declining health caused by problems with alcohol that killed him soon after. Continuing with Todd Sucherman replacing Panozzo, Styx's 1997 Grand Illusion tour was also a success and the band soon released its first new album in almost a decade, Brave New World (1999). Once again, though, personality conflicts drove the band members apart. While Tommy Shaw and James Young's material followed a hard rock vein, Dennis DeYoung's penchant for Broadway styles infuriated his bandmates. DeYoung was further hindered due to a viral illness which made him excessively sensitive to light. In 1999, before he had a chance to return to the group DeYoung found himself replaced by Lawrence Gowan on the record company's insistence that the band begin touring again as soon as possible. Chuck Panozzo also left at this time and later revealed that he was battling HIV. Glen Burtnik returned to fill Chuck's bass duties. In 2004, Burtnik left Styx to spend more time at home, and was replaced by Ricky Philips, formerly of The Babys and Bad English. Chuck Panozzo still sits in with the band occasionally. 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
In general usage, alcohol (from Arabic al-khwl الكحول, or al-ghawl الغول) refers almost always to ethanol, also known as grain alcohol, and often to any beverage that contains ethanol (see alcoholic beverage). ...
Brave New World is an album by Styx, released in 1999 (see 1999 in music). ...
1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
Lawrence Gowan is a Canadian musician, who has been both a solo artist and a member of the band Styx. ...
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a retrovirus that infects cells of the human immune system. ...
Meanwhile, DeYoung continued his solo career by re-arranging his Styx hits and performing with a symphony orchestra, and also filed a lawsuit against his former band members charging that they had used the band's name without his consent. The suit was eventually settled on the grounds that DeYoung could bill himself as "performing the music of Styx" or "formerly of Styx," but not "the voice of Styx". A new version of Styx featuring Shaw, Gowan, and sole remaining original member James Young released an album called Cyclorama in February, 2003. This edition of the band also toured extensively through the first half of the decade. In 2005, DeYoung released a CD of re-recorded Styx hits from a solo concert with a symphony orchestra (titled "Dennis DeYoung and the Music of Styx"), while the remaining members of Styx recorded a new album made entirely of rock covers. The new CD, "Big Bang Theory", was released on May 10, 2005, and had 10 tracks that charted in the Media Base Classic Rock Chart's top 75, with "I Don't Need No Doctor" leading the way at #6. June 2005 brought the band to Europe, touring in support of Big Bang Theory, for their first visit in 24 years. Tommy Shaw said, "We have found our audience still there for us, and there for us with bells on. There is daily discussion as to when, how, where and every other aspect of returning as soon as we can." Cyclorama is an album by Styx, released in 2003 (see 2003 in music). ...
February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Discography Styx is the self-titled debut album by Styx, released in 1972 (see 1972 in music). ...
Styx II is the second album by Styx, released in 1973 (see 1973 in music). ...
The Serpent Is Rising is the third album by Styx, released in 1974 (see 1974 in music). ...
Man of Miracles is the fourth album by Styx, released in 1974 (see 1974 in music). ...
Equinox is the fifth album by Styx, released in 1975 (see 1975 in music). ...
Crystal Ball is the sixth album by Styx, released in 1976 (see 1976 in music). ...
The Grand Illusion is the seventh album by Styx, released in 1977 (see 1977 in music). ...
The Spanish dollar or peso (literally, heavy, or pound) is a silver coin which was minted in Spain after a Spanish currency reform in 1497. ...
Cornerstone is the ninth album by Styx, released in 1979 (see 1979 in music). ...
Paradise Theater is a concept album released by the rock band Styx in January 1981 (see 1981 in music). ...
Kilroy Was Here is an rock opera/concept album by the rock band Styx. ...
Caught in the Act is a live album by Styx, released in 1984 (see 1984 in music). ...
Edge of the Century is an album by Styx, released in 1990 (see 1990 in music). ...
Return to Paradise is a live album by Styx, released in 1997 (see 1997 in music). ...
Brave New World is an album by Styx, released in 1999 (see 1999 in music). ...
REO Speedwagon is a rock band which grew in popularity in the Midwestern United States during the 1970s. ...
Cyclorama is an album by Styx, released in 2003 (see 2003 in music). ...
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