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Re: Styx appreciation
« Reply #140 on: January 24, 2015, 05:46:26 AM »
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Re: Styx appreciation
« Reply #141 on: January 24, 2015, 07:14:08 AM »
Speaking of solo Tommy Shaw, I may have said this before, but his solo album from the late 90s, 7 Deadly Zens, is fantastic.  Songs like Down on the Ground, Half a Mind, A Place to Call My Own and Who I Am are all tremendous. Check them out if you have time. :coolio
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Re: Styx appreciation
« Reply #142 on: January 24, 2015, 10:01:04 AM »
I need to get that.
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Re: Styx appreciation
« Reply #143 on: January 24, 2015, 09:35:20 PM »
Quote from: MrBoom_shack-a-lack on January 24, 2015, 05:46:26 AM
Quote from: kingshmegland on January 23, 2015, 03:07:23 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-cl=84503534&v=P_rs3mQBzfo&x-yt-ts=1421914688
Yea said it before, Todds a beast.

On a side note: I also had no idea Ted Nugent was in Damn Yankees but on the other hand I had no idea who any of those guys were back then. Basically I didn't knew shit about the band only their music.  :lol #No Internet #Teen #Clueless

I knew about them thanks to the old magazine of Kerrang!, there's some pro shot live footage on YT and an official video, they sounded pretty good live and threw in Nugent/Night Ranger/Styx covers.
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Re: Styx appreciation
« Reply #144 on: January 25, 2015, 07:43:24 AM »
Big Styx fan here.  Grand Illusion, Pieces of Eight, Paradise Theater, and even Kilroy pop up occasionally in my phone's shuffle. 
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Re: Styx appreciation
« Reply #145 on: January 25, 2015, 12:25:27 PM »
Quote from: MrBoom_shack-a-lack on January 24, 2015, 05:46:26 AM
Basically I didn't knew shit about the band [Damn Yankees] only their music.  :lol #No Internet #Teen #Clueless

I will second that. I knew Ted Nugent because songs like Stranglehold because it cropped up on my local classic rock channel all the time, even though I didn't like his stuff. And I knew the short blonde guy was in the band who did Come Sail Away, which was all I knew of him or that band. I had no idea who the other two guys were. I'm still not sure I do today.
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Re: Styx appreciation
« Reply #146 on: January 25, 2015, 12:59:26 PM »
The drummer was a total no-name.

The bass player/co-lead singer was Jack Blades, who had the same role in Night Ranger (most known for Sister Christian, which Blades did not sing lead on).
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Re: Styx appreciation
« Reply #147 on: January 25, 2015, 01:30:07 PM »
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The drummer was a total no-name.
He was the drummer from Tommy Shaw's solo band, before Damn Yankees was formed.
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Re: Styx appreciation
« Reply #148 on: January 25, 2015, 07:54:21 PM »
Michael Cartellone is from Lynyrd Skynyrd, but I think that was after DY. According to Wikipedia he's played with some other giant names too.
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Re: Styx appreciation
« Reply #149 on: March 11, 2015, 02:50:16 PM »
My Styx tribute band is playing in Riverside, California this Saturday (3/14) - Check it out!!!

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=853117094745818&set=vb.100001426055668&type=2&theater

Tickets (only $12) - https://www.theconcertlounge.com/calendar.html

SUPER excited for this, we had an incredible two gigs this past weekend, and now this one is a full two-hour Styx show. It'll include all the hits PLUS a lot of surprises. Die-hards will LOVE it, as will the whole audience. As it says in that post, we're going under the name Rockin' the Paradise, but it's the same 5 guys as in One With Everything (if you've seen the posts a couple pages back) with the addition of an amazing singer/frontman, who is the creator of RTP.



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Re: Styx appreciation
« Reply #150 on: March 11, 2015, 08:21:16 PM »
Come to the Boston area and I'm there! Hope the show goes well! I'd love to see the setlist after the show.
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Re: Styx appreciation
« Reply #151 on: April 21, 2017, 02:10:46 PM »
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STYX To Release First Studio Album In 14 Years, 'The Mission'

"The Mission", STYX's sixteenth studio album and its most ambitious, most challenging, and most rewarding release to date, will arrive on June 16 via the band's label, Alpha Dog 2T/UMe.



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Re: Styx appreciation
« Reply #152 on: April 21, 2017, 02:27:42 PM »
Not terrible.  I remember when the single Waiting for our Time was released - 14 years ago.  That was a good single release... I don't ever remember checking out the album though.

Man, these guys have a lot of miles under the hood.
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Re: Styx appreciation
« Reply #153 on: April 21, 2017, 02:31:49 PM »
I really dig Cyclorama.  Check it out Chad.  I've been pissing and moaning wanting Styx to make another album of new material.   Finally.
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Re: Styx appreciation
« Reply #154 on: April 21, 2017, 05:43:37 PM »
Well shit. I never thought I'd see another Styx album.  :lol
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Re: Styx appreciation
« Reply #155 on: April 21, 2017, 07:33:17 PM »
I am not a fan of Lawrence Gowan's voice, so that song was pretty blah to me, but I am hopeful that we'll get plenty of good songs with Tommy Shaw on lead vocals.  All I can do is hope.
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Re: Styx appreciation
« Reply #156 on: April 21, 2017, 09:49:28 PM »
First Kansas puts out their first new album in over a decade last fall, and now Styx? Wow, I may have to check it out. Styx have never really settled with me but I enjoy most of their albums and songs, and have always meant to dig into them deeper.

Looks like it'll be a 14-track concept album running about 43 minutes long, which explains why the single is so short. Interesting concept, too! Having been 2 years in the making, I hope it's all top-notch stuff!

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Re: Styx appreciation
« Reply #157 on: April 21, 2017, 10:33:55 PM »
YEEESSS! YES!!!!!! YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!!! FINAALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've been waiting almost my whole life  :lol

Cyclorama was one of the best rock albums of the decade, why on EARTH have they waited so long to follow it up!!?  :metal :metal :corn :corn
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Re: Styx appreciation
« Reply #158 on: April 21, 2017, 10:53:39 PM »
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Man, these guys have a lot of miles under the hood.

Indeed.  Their breakthrough album, The Grand Illusion, is 40 years old this year, and it was their seventh album.
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« Reply #159 on: April 22, 2017, 08:00:13 AM »
Quote from: The Letter M on April 21, 2017, 09:49:28 PM
First Kansas puts out their first new album in over a decade last fall, and now Styx? Wow, I may have to check it out. Styx have never really settled with me but I enjoy most of their albums and songs, and have always meant to dig into them deeper.


The deep tracks/non-hits from albums like The Grand Illusion, Pieces of Eight and Equinox are mostly fantastic.  They were great at channeling a prog vibe, while never jumping into the deep water of prog.
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Re: Styx appreciation
« Reply #160 on: April 22, 2017, 10:18:57 AM »
I might be going to see Styx and REO this summer, should be a good show.
The recent Styx blu-ray/dvd Pieces of Eight is excellent! I highly recommend if you haven't seen it.
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Re: Styx appreciation
« Reply #161 on: April 22, 2017, 02:20:44 PM »
I just wanna say that Todd is slowly becoming one of my favourite drummers and i'm surprised I discovered him so late given i've played drums for so long but for some reason he's slipped under my radar. I saw Styx at a festival a couple of years ago and I was blown away during his solo, i'm like who the hell is this guy and how come i've never heard of him. He has such a clear and firm grasp of his technique and his stick control is pretty much flawless imo.

I highly recommend his drum lesson he did a couple of days ago on Drumeo.

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Re: Styx appreciation
« Reply #162 on: April 22, 2017, 03:35:43 PM »
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Cyclorama was one of the best rock albums of the decade, why on EARTH have they waited so long to follow it up!!?
Musically it was OK.  Certainly not close to their best.  But there was absolutely no reason for all the nasty lyrics directed at Dennis.
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« Reply #163 on: April 22, 2017, 04:04:27 PM »
Dennis deserved it.
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Re: Styx appreciation
« Reply #164 on: April 22, 2017, 04:14:42 PM »
Deserve's got nothing to do with it. ;)  Some of the lyrics came off as petulant and vindictive. 

That said, it was a still good album with a handful of really good tunes.
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« Reply #165 on: April 22, 2017, 04:25:33 PM »
We only heard some of him hijacking the band.  I'll assume it was really bad for them to have those lyrics.

Sometimes one person in a band let's his ego get in the way.  (DeYoung, Perry, Waters)
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« Reply #166 on: April 22, 2017, 04:38:52 PM »
I have no doubt about that, but I am still not going to excuse lyrics like that.
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Re: Styx appreciation
« Reply #167 on: April 22, 2017, 04:55:19 PM »
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Deserve's got nothing to do with it. ;)   

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Re: Styx appreciation
« Reply #168 on: April 22, 2017, 04:57:13 PM »
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« Reply #169 on: April 22, 2017, 05:04:43 PM »
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Re: Styx appreciation
« Reply #170 on: April 22, 2017, 08:30:17 PM »
Quote from: kingshmegland on April 22, 2017, 04:25:33 PM
Sometimes one person in a band let's his ego get in the way.  (DeYoung, Perry, Waters)

See now, if we were in DT side, someone would invariably mention MP here.   :lol

As much of a tool that DeYoung is, for me... he is the voice of Styx.  Larry Gowan (I refuse to acknowledge him as Laurence) just doesn't click for me.  He was good in the 80s, but him+Styx just doesn't sound right.
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Re: Styx appreciation
« Reply #171 on: April 22, 2017, 08:31:53 PM »
What did Gowan do in the 80's. I never heard of him before Styx.
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Re: Styx appreciation
« Reply #172 on: April 22, 2017, 08:40:36 PM »
I wish I had still never heard of him.  :lol His voice smacks of being a poor man's Dennis DeYoung, but without the charm or warmth, and the way he acts on stage, as seen in that new video, is embarrassing and laughable.  It reminded me of when my brother and I saw them and Yes on their double bill tour 5-6 years ago and how many times we exchanged "holy shit, that guy is ridiculous" looks.
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Re: Styx appreciation
« Reply #173 on: April 22, 2017, 08:41:15 PM »
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What did Gowan do in the 80's. I never heard of him before Styx.

He auditioned for Michael Schenker and turned the job down.




















LOL.

He had a couple of very well known solo albums - not up your alley though.  Strange Animal was all over Much Music/MTV.
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Re: Styx appreciation
« Reply #174 on: April 22, 2017, 08:46:13 PM »
Not that well known.
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