"Concept albums are tricky," Dennis DeYoung tells UCR. "Sometimes I think it's just a horse-shit excuse to get people to think you're smarter than you are. [But] it gave us a focus, if we chose, to ...

According to That ’70s Show, Styx was the Nickelback of the ’70s — walk with me here. In the ninth episode of season seven — entitled “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” à la The Rolling Stones — ...

Last night, for reasons entirely too convoluted to explain, I was standing around in a Palm Springs casino showroom that was empty except for myself, my traveling companions, a tight-knit and highly ...

People might forget today, but there was a time in the late 1970s and early 1980s when Midwestern rockers were heavyweights on the pop charts. Specifically, rock bands from my home state of Illinois.

If you were to check in on Styx today, the theme you could affix to this heritage AOR act is one of then and now.

Styx was formed in Chicago in the early '70s. Originally comprised of the Panozzo brothers (Chuck on bass and John on drums), Dennis DeYoung (keyboards), James "JY" Young (guitar) and John Curulewski ...

The six men comprising STYX have committed to rocking the Paradise together with audiences far and wide by averaging over 100 shows a year every year since (yes) 1999, and each one of them is ...