styx
Styx (1972) Wooden Nickel/RCA/One Way Records. [1]
Although they began as an artsy prog rock band, Styx would eventually transform into the virtual arena rock prototype by the late ’70s and early ’80s, due to a fondness for bombastic rockers and soaring power ballads. [2]
This article is about the band Styx. [3]
It is not sponsored by, affiliated with, or related to the rock band Styx in any way. [4]
The next album, Styx II, featured the hit ballad “Lady”, but when it was initially released, the song didn’t chart, which disappointed the band. [1]
While the albums (as well as nonstop touring) helped the group build a substantial following locally, Styx failed to break through to the mainstream, until the track “Lady,” originally from their second album, started to get substantial airplay in late 1974 on Chicago radio station WLS-FM. [5]
The Serpent Is Rising would foreshadow later endeavors by the group’the so-called concept album is an idiom upon which Styx would rely heavily by the 1980s. [3]
Right on the heels of Tommy Shaw’s 1987 solo album Ambition, his 1984 solo album Girls with Guns is being re-released on CD today by American Beat Records label. [4]
The record deal didn’t come until 1971, when the band signed to Wooden Nickel, a small Chicago-based subsidary of RCA Records. [...] Their friend and neighbor, Dennis DeYoung (keyboards, vocals), joined them shortly afterwards. [1]
On the eve of the tour in support of the album, Curulewski abruptly left the band, and was replaced by Tommy Shaw (sadly, Curulewski would pass away from an aneurysm in 1988). [2]
Twin brothers Chuck and John Panozzo first got together with their neighbor Dennis DeYoung in 1961 in the Roseland section of the south side of Chicago, eventually taking the band name “The Tradewinds”. [3]
Note that Jimmy Leahey who is mentioned in the article has also played with Glen Burtnik’s band in the past. [...] Since July 17, 2007 all of the surviving principle members of pre-1999-Styx (James Young, Chuck Panozzo, Tommy Shaw, Glen Burtnik, and now Dennis DeYoung) have given recent interviews. [4]
The seeds for the band were planted in another Chicago band during the late ’60s, the Tradewinds, which featured brothers Chuck and John Panozzo (who played bass and drums, respectively), as well as acquaintance Dennis DeYoung (vocals, keyboards). [2]
Sources:
[1] Styx
[2] Styx | Music Videos, News, Photos, Tour Dates, Ringtones, and Lyrics | MTV
[3] Styx - Wikipedia
[4] Styxnet.com
[5] Amazon.com: Styx: Albums, Songs, Bios, Photos