About 2 years after Dennis debuted this track and had a number one single in the canadian market with the title track, he gets a release on Rounder Records. The cd came under the radar, i hadnt been checking in with Dennis, he had been doing alot of theater and broadway stuff, and "the music of styx" tours, ironically he was forced to tour that name, even though he is the co-founder of the band. But since 2 original members are in STYX now, and there is just him, the major rules in court, and he lost the name rights.

But with that all behind, its been 10 years since Dennis got kicked to the curb, by JY and Chuck Panozzo and Tommy Shaw. And i recently found this new album by him and caught a 45 minute interview he did with Retro Rewind. Well first the album

This is as critics have said, the best album STYX never made, its that simple. One of the complaints or contributing factors to the Styx "fights" were that Dennis was the guy that could get you that top 40 hit, JY gave the hard rocker, and Tommy Shaw gave you both and acoustic stuff too. On this new solo album by Dennis he clearly is taking his first shot at the former band mates, clearly making a STYX record better than they have made without him, he has taken on all those forms and shown that HE can do all those things himself, with his new backing band which is tight as hell. The title track, "Cross the Rubicon" "Save Me" "Rain" and "I dont believe in Anything" are songs that could have come from ANY styx record especially during their mid 70's to early 80's run where they had 4 consecutive multi-platnum albums in a row, the first band since the BEATLES to do that.

Right now a personal fave is "i dont believe in anything" which is a shot at everything and everyone from actors to the president and other singers clearly in this line.....

"I dont believe in anything that i hear, cause they got ways of fixing things and make notes disappear, so if you're having trouble staying in pitch, or keeping your rythym tight, double-click on the little mouse and everything will be alright"

FUCKING AMAZING, summed up the entire business today.