There I said it! I'm in a total Styx fix lately and I have come out to say I AM a Styx fan!

Lady, Come Sail Away, Renegade, Grand Illusion, Paradise Theater, Mr Roboto, Dennis DeYoung, Tommy Shaw, JT...all of it.

Poplife88 said:

There I said it! I'm in a total Styx fix lately and I have come out to say I AM a Styx fan!

Lady, Come Sail Away, Renegade, Grand Illusion, Paradise Theater, Mr Roboto, Dennis DeYoung, Tommy Shaw, JT...all of it.

All I have to do is hear these songs and then suddenly I'm a teenage rock star again...complete with a bad ass air guitar!

purplethunder3121 said:

Poplife88 said:

There I said it! I'm in a total Styx fix lately and I have come out to say I AM a Styx fan!

Lady, Come Sail Away, Renegade, Grand Illusion, Paradise Theater, Mr Roboto, Dennis DeYoung, Tommy Shaw, JT...all of it.

All I have to do is hear these songs and then suddenly I'm a teenage rock star again...complete with a bad ass air guitar!

Again?

aardvark15 said:

purplethunder3121 said:

All I have to do is hear these songs and then suddenly I'm a teenage rock star again...complete with a bad ass air guitar!

Again?

Well, one in my own mind like way back when...

Of COURSE I'm a Styx fan. Could there have been any doubt?

I saw them in '76 or '77, opening for KISS. They were great. Then I saw them a couple times over the last three years. They were still great.

The funniest thing, though. At one of the shows (must have been 2008), during intermissions you could text stuff and it would go across the big monitors, like an ESPN scroll.

Most people were texting about how much they loved so-and-so, or whether McCain or Obama was going to win, but then this went by:

TOMMY SHAW STILL OWES ME CHILD SUPPORT

OMG, I *still* laugh when I think about that, LOL.

RodeoSchro said:

Of COURSE I'm a Styx fan. Could there have been any doubt?

I saw them in '76 or '77, opening for KISS. They were great. Then I saw them a couple times over the last three years. They were still great.

The funniest thing, though. At one of the shows (must have been 2008), during intermissions you could text stuff and it would go across the big monitors, like an ESPN scroll.

Most people were texting about how much they loved so-and-so, or whether McCain or Obama was going to win, but then this went by:

TOMMY SHAW STILL OWES ME CHILD SUPPORT

OMG, I *still* laugh when I think about that, LOL.

That's classic! Probably why they stopped showing text messages on the monitors...

RodeoSchro said:

TOMMY SHAW STILL OWES ME CHILD SUPPORT

I went to a concert by them a few years ago. The guy right next to me freaked out because they didn't play Mr. Roboto and closed with Lady instead

I do like Styx but at the same time they need to quit pretending they where ''metal''

They are one of the many classic rock bands that have gone on ''that metal show'' a show i watch on VH1 Classic.

They say how heavy there early albums where STYX you are a soft rock band... don't try to convince me otherwise

Gunsnhalen said:

you are a soft rock band... don't try to convince me otherwise

I've always thought of them as a pop-rock band

yeah!

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aardvark15 said:

Gunsnhalen said:

you are a soft rock band... don't try to convince me otherwise

I've always thought of them as a pop-rock band

That works to

I also love Def Leppard & think of them exactly the same... but people try hard to say there ''metal to'' hell even Van Halen i can admit 80's wise pop-rock to and i'm cool with that.

I guess saying you are metal gives you an edge?:p

Gunsnhalen said:

aardvark15 said:

I've always thought of them as a pop-rock band

That works to

I also love Def Leppard & think of them exactly the same... but people try hard to say there ''metal to'' hell even Van Halen i can admit 80's wise pop-rock to and i'm cool with that.

I guess saying you are metal gives you an edge?:p

^^^ This, and it made people like me think they were actually into metal for a brief moment! But, my brother educated me otherwise... And, more recently, my son when he was a teenager but he grew out of metal (I can't believe how many sub-genres of metal exist now!).

purplethunder3121 said:

Gunsnhalen said:

That works to

I also love Def Leppard & think of them exactly the same... but people try hard to say there ''metal to'' hell even Van Halen i can admit 80's wise pop-rock to and i'm cool with that.

I guess saying you are metal gives you an edge?:p

^^^ This, and it made people like me think they were actually into metal for a brief moment! But, my brother educated me otherwise... And, more recently, my son when he was a teenager but he grew out of metal (I can't believe how many sub-genres of metal exist now!).

oh purple u have no idearrrrrr

Death metal, black metal, psycho metal, scream metal, Alt Metal, Funk Metal(My Fav), Avant-Grade Metal, Symphonic Black Metal, Viking Metal, Cello metal, Slurge Metal etc.

There is more then that.. but that is all i care to list

Gunsnhalen said:

purplethunder3121 said:

^^^ This, and it made people like me think they were actually into metal for a brief moment! But, my brother educated me otherwise... And, more recently, my son when he was a teenager but he grew out of metal (I can't believe how many sub-genres of metal exist now!).

oh purple u have no idearrrrrr

Death metal, black metal, psycho metal, scream metal, Alt Metal, Funk Metal(My Fav), Avant-Grade Metal, Symphonic Black Metal, Viking Metal, Cello metal, Slurge Metal etc.

There is more then that.. but that is all i care to list

groove metal, folk metal, goth metal, nu metal, power metal, industrial metal......

aardvark15 said:

Gunsnhalen said:

oh purple u have no idearrrrrr

Death metal, black metal, psycho metal, scream metal, Alt Metal, Funk Metal(My Fav), Avant-Grade Metal, Symphonic Black Metal, Viking Metal, Cello metal, Slurge Metal etc.

There is more then that.. but that is all i care to list

groove metal, folk metal, goth metal, nu metal, power metal, industrial metal......

Unbelievable, eh?!! I couldn't believe some of the stuff that my son was listening to then...

purplethunder3121 said:

aardvark15 said:

groove metal, folk metal, goth metal, nu metal, power metal, industrial metal......

Unbelievable, eh?!! I couldn't believe some of the stuff that my son was listening to then...

Don't even get me started on ''porn metal''

This silent sub0genre of metal that has interludes of porn sounds & taped interlaced with screaming & heavy guitars

Gunsnhalen said:

purplethunder3121 said:

Unbelievable, eh?!! I couldn't believe some of the stuff that my son was listening to then...

Don't even get me started on ''porn metal''

This silent sub0genre of metal that has interludes of porn sounds & taped interlaced with screaming & heavy guitars

That's a genre of music

aardvark15 said:

Gunsnhalen said:

Don't even get me started on ''porn metal''

This silent sub0genre of metal that has interludes of porn sounds & taped interlaced with screaming & heavy guitars

That's a genre of music

Trust me... when you hear ''porn metal'' That guy who wrote about Nicki Minaj would feel dumb

Their notes on "Lady"...

WHAT?! Especially Tommy Shaw's... jeez louise.

Their Behind the Music docu was fascinating as to why Dennis DeYoung and Tommy Shaw couldn't come to terms with musical direction. Reminds me of all those '70s rock acts who did the arena thing and occasionally softer pop rock and then went directly into the latter genre in the '80s and, in the case of Styx, progressive and electronic rock.

And there's still friction.

Gunsnhalen said:

purplethunder3121 said:

Unbelievable, eh?!! I couldn't believe some of the stuff that my son was listening to then...

Don't even get me started on ''porn metal''

This silent sub0genre of metal that has interludes of porn sounds & taped interlaced with screaming & heavy guitars

I think my son hasn't even heard that one!

purplethunder3121 said:

Gunsnhalen said:

Don't even get me started on ''porn metal''

This silent sub0genre of metal that has interludes of porn sounds & taped interlaced with screaming & heavy guitars

I think my son hasn't even heard that one!

I think it's time you've had a little talk with your son

Timmy84 said:

Their notes on "Lady"...

WHAT?! Especially Tommy Shaw's... jeez louise.

Their Behind the Music docu was fascinating as to why Dennis DeYoung and Tommy Shaw couldn't come to terms with musical direction. Reminds me of all those '70s rock acts who did the arena thing and occasionally softer pop rock and then went directly into the latter genre in the '80s and, in the case of Styx, progressive and electronic rock.

And there's still friction.

I did watch some show on Styx that explained all the dissention that took place... I'll have to go back and look at Behind The Music again to see if that's the one I saw before...

aardvark15 said:

purplethunder3121 said:

I think my son hasn't even heard that one!

I think it's time you've had a little talk with your son

He's too old now--in his 20's and moved out recently when he got a job. He's beyond my disapproving finger...

purplethunder3121 said:

aardvark15 said:

I think it's time you've had a little talk with your son

He's too old now--in his 20's and moved out recently when he got a job. He's beyond my disapproving finger...

Damn you older than I thought

purplethunder3121 said:

Timmy84 said:

Their notes on "Lady"...

WHAT?! Especially Tommy Shaw's... jeez louise.

Their Behind the Music docu was fascinating as to why Dennis DeYoung and Tommy Shaw couldn't come to terms with musical direction. Reminds me of all those '70s rock acts who did the arena thing and occasionally softer pop rock and then went directly into the latter genre in the '80s and, in the case of Styx, progressive and electronic rock.

And there's still friction.

I did watch some show on Styx that explained all the dissention that took place... I'll have to go back and look at Behind The Music again to see if that's the one I saw before...

Yeah I believe it's the BTM thing. I don't think they did another documentary where they freely talked about it. I don't think anyway.

Timmy84 said:

purplethunder3121 said:

I did watch some show on Styx that explained all the dissention that took place... I'll have to go back and look at Behind The Music again to see if that's the one I saw before...

Yeah I believe it's the BTM thing. I don't think they did another documentary where they freely talked about it. I don't think anyway.

Oh yeah got hardcore beef

It's interesting to note Tommy Shaw is about as clean cut as you can get, and he ended up in a band with one of the craziest, most politically incorrect mofos around Ted Nugent.

And there band was all ballads & countryesque songs.. i mean i liked the band but...

And he co-wrote Shut Up & Dance with Aerosmith.

Nowaday's he's trying to pass off as if he is a hardcore metalhead & that styx where ''metall'' and songs like Lady & Babe where just phases

HOE PLEEEEEEEEEEEEZZZZE