Styx

Mjr7531
Mjr7531 Posts: 856
edited June 2006 in Music & Movies
How many of you still follow them/appreciate them? I posted a thread a great while back asking what'd you give to play with your fav. band, I meant to follow it up, but I waited for more details...

Anyhoo...

The Contemporary Youth Orchestra (based in Cleveland) is playing with Styx at Blossom. It's pretty exciting, we've had rehearsals with James Young so far, and reps from House of Blues, HD TV, and others looked on. The concert is on May 25th, but no worries, if you miss it, it'll be on TV sometime in December :D

http://www.styxworld.com/listingsEntry.asp?ID=424768&PT=STYXNews

Rock the Orchestra!
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  • Zen Dragon
    Zen Dragon Posts: 501
    edited May 2006
    About two years ago I went to one of those multi-group all day concerts at The Gorge Ampitheater in WA. Styx closed the show and I was surprised how much energy they could still muster.
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  • petrym
    petrym Posts: 1,912
    edited May 2006
    I had no idea Styx was still up and at it, they were prime when I was in HS 74-78 and listened to them extensively. Good for them and congrats on getting the youth involved. I'll definitely watch for the TV broadcast! :D
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  • McLoki
    McLoki Posts: 5,231
    edited May 2006
    I saw them at a Novell convention (BrainShare) about 3 years ago in Salt Lake City. They were really good and put on a great show. They played mostly their old songs (all of which I knew) and just a couple of their new ones (none of which I had ever heard).

    All in all - well worth seeing if you get the chance and enjoyed their music. Details are getting fuzzy now, but I remember it sounding almost like a high energy, big budget cover band rather than the original styx from the recordings that I have. (I assume it was the vocals that were different, but I really cant remember now) either way - they put on a good show.

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    BTW - its awesome you are getting a chance to play with them. Enjoy it - any chance they will be recording it?
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  • EricT43
    EricT43 Posts: 130
    edited May 2006
    I like Styx. Lady and Come Sail Away are a couple of my favorites. Their singer sounds a little fruity sometimes, but they rock.
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited May 2006
    I'm a big Styx fan.
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  • Mjr7531
    Mjr7531 Posts: 856
    edited May 2006
    McLoki wrote:
    BTW - its awesome you are getting a chance to play with them. Enjoy it - any chance they will be recording it?

    Yeah, I beleive it's going to be on a national label by October, otherwise the recording company forfeits their contract.
    EricT43 wrote:
    I like Styx. Lady and Come Sail Away are a couple of my favorites. Their singer sounds a little fruity sometimes, but they rock.

    Is that Dennis DeYoung maybe? He won't be there, they kicked him out of the group. heh, it's kinda funny hearing about the group politics.

    Yeah it's really exciting for us. We get "I am the Walrus" tomorrow, I'll keep you guys updated. :)
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited May 2006
    Mjr7531 wrote:
    Is that Dennis DeYoung maybe? He won't be there, they kicked him out of the group. heh, it's kinda funny hearing about the group politics.

    It was too funny when they were talking about the group politics on VH1's "Behind The Music - Styx". Dennis DeYoung is on tour by himself nowadays.
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  • Sthrndream
    Sthrndream Posts: 70
    edited May 2006
    Tommy Shaw--My hometown Montgomery, Al
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,511
    edited May 2006
    Good for you Mjr.

    I still have some of their albums on vinyl. They had quite a fan base in the Chicago area when they played in local clubs and schools, before they hit the big time. Back in the days when my wife to be and I partied till dawn. Lots of great memories.
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  • Billm57
    Billm57 Posts: 689
    edited May 2006
    SCompRacer wrote:
    Good for you Mjr.

    I still have some of their albums on vinyl. They had quite a fan base in the Chicago area when they played in local clubs and schools, before they hit the big time. Back in the days when my wife to be and I partied till dawn. Lots of great memories.
    yea they played our high school a couple times back in the early to mid 70's
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  • Mjr7531
    Mjr7531 Posts: 856
    edited May 2006
    It's tomorrow.
    It's amazing, we had our full rehearsal at blossom today, lights, sound and everything today. It had their veteran sound mixer (for 30 years) in tears because it was such a powerful vibe. If you can go, go! It will easily be the event to be at. I'll have pictures later.

    Rock on!
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited May 2006
    Yea, they played at our prom back in 72, I think they were called TW-4 back then, anyway, glad you got a chance to do some tunes with them.

    I saw the Roboto concert sometime in the eightees, the night was blur for alot of reasons, but I do remember enjoying the show.
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  • drew spelts
    drew spelts Posts: 310
    edited May 2006
    Domo Morigoto Mr. Roboto anyone?:) I may only be 23 and young compared to alot of you polk heads out there but I have liked styx since I first heared them and I think that is saying something about their quality of music.
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited May 2006
    I saw them here on Ft. Huachuca (hard to believe huh?) about 4 yrs ago; it was fantastic--except for the "I'm trying sound like Dennis Deyoung" singer they had. Luckily, 90% of what they played were Tommy Shaw lead vocal songs...

    It was a great evening for an outdoor concert, about 73 degrees, no wind. My wife & I had a blast.
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  • MSALLA
    MSALLA Posts: 1,602
    edited May 2006
    I saw them in Atlantic City last year. They still put on a great show. The fans were alittle strange but in all a good show.
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  • Graymane
    Graymane Posts: 92
    edited May 2006
    They're palying at Darien Lake, NY this Saturday if anyones interested.
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  • Mjr7531
    Mjr7531 Posts: 856
    edited May 2006
    "I'm at a loss for words to tell you how much we enjoyed last night with CYO and the chorus. Thank goodness we filmed it, and in High Definition no less! It's going to take a while for us to get in and edit it with the producer and director (we already had a lot to do this year) but we'll get to it as quickly as time allows.

    The orchestra and chorus kicked butt from the git go. The sound, lighting, video crews were fantastic. They got what we were doing and they caprtured it. We already saw the live cut and heard the front of house mix with it. That alone would be a great show but we want to go make it even better so we'll spend time with it and make it the best we can.

    Thanks to everyone in Cleveland who participated last night. We're still buzzing today here in Long Island, and though we play tonight at Jones Beach with Foreigner, it's hard to stop thinking about last night with CYO et al...

    Here's to music education! If ever there was a better case for it, I haven't seen it."

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  • starchaser
    starchaser Posts: 354
    edited June 2006
    Styx has always been one of my favorites, saw them a few years back in vegas.

    God bless our music teachers! "Once more w/ feeling..."

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  • uncyogi
    uncyogi Posts: 24
    edited June 2006
    Saw them back in '77 at an old opera house in Buffalo, NY just moments before they exploded into a full-on arena band. Still to this day one of my favorite shows, they were just awesome!
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,341
    edited June 2006
    How many of the original band are still playing? I think there is some bad blood among some of them. Lawsuits and all that good stuff!:(
    Carl

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