Styx are a bunch of assholes

[Hardrock69]

Beth

When Peter Criss would sit onstage singing this, all the women in the audience would start playing with themselves.....

[philouze]

Beth

When Peter Criss would sit onstage singing this, all the women in the audience would start playing with themselves.....

I did when Chris Barnes from Cannibal Corpse sang I Cum Blood and Meat Hook Sodomy.
To each their own.

[Headly1984]

Styx still preforms to this day and puts on a very good show for deaf people, they really suck live

Tommy was a great album by The Who

.. I saw STYX live a couple yrs ago and it was lame - they played a few songs then a long medley of their 'hits' - then goodnight everybody

[philouze]

To be On Topic, the only time I saw Styx live was on a video, shot during the Kilroy tour. Caught In The Act or something like that, I'm baked, fuck off. Anyway I thought songs like Snowblind or Rockin The Paradise were cool, so I listened to Paradise Theatre (even bought the vinyl, with a "laser side" - fans & collectors know what I'm talking about even if my English is quite miserable tonight), and fell "in love" with that song Nothing Ever Goes As Planned (or something). It was 12 years ago. I'm 34 and in France, Styx have NEVER been played on the radio. I still Love this song, this album kicks ass, now I'm off to bed and so are you, cause I see your eyelids going down.

[fraroc]

Paradise Theatre kicks ass, no doubt about it. It's arguably Styx's last good album even though Edge of the Century has its moments.

[philouze]

Listening to Paradise right now (Too Much Time On My Hands playing).. You can't take this "Rock-your-ass" side off of them. Even though...

[philouze]

James Young=James Hetfield????
Well I'm baked: behold. I laughed.

[vh rides again]

Always thought Styx sucked. Lame band, lame songs.


Roth And Roll

[78/84 guy]

After making cheese ballads with Damn Yankees, Tommy Shaw has no room to preach about someone else making wuss music.

There were only a few ballads. And they weren't about losing pussy. Tedwouldn't allow it. Besides the best live version I ever heard of Renegade was with Ted on guitar. I think the one from their Uprising dvd is on You Tube. Shit they blewaway half the 90's bands live that I ever saw. Except maybe STP.

[Terry]

Yeah, but flip it a different way...

Not a huge Styx fan myself, but every time they're played on the radio almost without exception it's a song DeYoung sang lead on.

I'd be willing to wager that Styx's biggest hits were ones that DeYoung sang and wrote. Not talking quality, which in music is subjective, but economics: without DeYoung's contributions, Styx wouldn't even be worth talking about (inasmuch as they are anyway).

Also, what are the odds that people who go to see Styx these days, where Styx is part of a triple bill including, say, Kansas and REO Speedwagon...what are the odds that the majority of that audience is comprised of "hardcore Styx fans"?

Slim and none.

The majority of the audience are made up of people who only know the hits, and the overwhelming majority of those hits were sung by DeYoung.

In a larger sense, fuck the lot of 'em, DeYoung included.

I mean, it's Styx. Who gives a fuck?

[Angel]

Yeah, but flip it a different way...

Not a huge Styx fan myself, but every time they're played on the radio almost without exception it's a song DeYoung sang lead on.

I'd be willing to wager that Styx's biggest hits were ones that DeYoung sang and wrote. Not talking quality, which in music is subjective, but economics: without DeYoung's contributions, Styx wouldn't even be worth talking about (inasmuch as they are anyway).

Also, what are the odds that people who go to see Styx these days, where Styx is part of a triple bill including, say, Kansas and REO Speedwagon...what are the odds that the majority of that audience is comprised of "hardcore Styx fans"?

Slim and none.

The majority of the audience are made up of people who only know the hits, and the overwhelming majority of those hits were sung by DeYoung.

In a larger sense, fuck the lot of 'em, DeYoung included.

I mean, it's Styx. Who gives a fuck?

I loved Styx. Crystal Ball, Grand Illusion, Equinox...and for the record "Crystal Ball" was written and sung by Tommy Shaw. "Boat on the River" is one of my all-time favourite songs!

[sonrisa salvaje]

Yeah, but flip it a different way...

Not a huge Styx fan myself, but every time they're played on the radio almost without exception it's a song DeYoung sang lead on.

I'd be willing to wager that Styx's biggest hits were ones that DeYoung sang and wrote. Not talking quality, which in music is subjective, but economics: without DeYoung's contributions, Styx wouldn't even be worth talking about (inasmuch as they are anyway).

Also, what are the odds that people who go to see Styx these days, where Styx is part of a triple bill including, say, Kansas and REO Speedwagon...what are the odds that the majority of that audience is comprised of "hardcore Styx fans"?

Slim and none.

The majority of the audience are made up of people who only know the hits, and the overwhelming majority of those hits were sung by DeYoung.

In a larger sense, fuck the lot of 'em, DeYoung included.

I mean, it's Styx. Who gives a fuck?

You would win that bet. The DeYoung stuff was more radio friendly and did better on the chart. I think Too Much Time was Tommy's biggest. Sadly, I'll bet the majority of the audience at those triple bills don't even know DeYoung is missing.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

That doesn't mean that it should have been, or should be, DeYoung's way or the highway.....

[Nickdfresh]

...Sadly, I'll bet the majority of the audience at those triple bills don't even know DeYoung is missing.

Yeah, I thought this was Styx.

[philouze]

Everybody Up!! (Oakland 81 style)