Tag: Styx

Here’s our first Essential Series Volume aimed at the Pomp rock genre.

Third studio album of original songs from the current Styx lineup since they parted ways with Dennis DeYoung more than…

Styx deliver fourteen tracks – a great deal of listening to be had. Some tracks are awesome, while some, well,…

But what’s with ‘Big Bang Theory’? What is the theory beyond a set of covers from Styx? What record label…

For Styx, the more radio friendly style of ‘Cornerstone’ continued on ‘Paradise Theatre’ albeit laced with theatrics.

If Styx were going to crack the big time then their next album would have to be the one, and…

‘The Grand Illusion’ could be considered Styx’s commercial breakthrough album.

Styx was now a lean mean live machine and needed an album that reflected their new harder rocking direction.

On ‘Equinox’, Styx began their transition from progressive rock to an altogether more commercial brand of pomp, it was a…

By 1974, Styx were still mixing it up, fusing their brand of midwest rock n roll with British progressive rock,…

The official comeback is now underway; with ‘The Mission’ being Styx’s first proper studio album since 2003’s ‘Cyclorama’.

Styx’s third record ‘The Serpent Is Rising’ is the strongest of the Wooden Nickel era albums with its trademark mix…

Maybe ‘Styx II’ got overlooked because its follow-up was only 3 months later, not enough time to sink into the…

After 1980’s ‘Paradise Theatre’, we would wait three years before hearing from AOR gods Styx again with ‘Kilroy Was Here’.

This is the debut album from the AOR and pomp legends from the southside of Chicago – Styx.

For many punters, the resultant 1990 reunion album ‘Edge Of The Century’ was Styx’s best effort since 1978’s ‘Pieces Of…

I’ll admit I wasn’t a fan of Styx from 1979 through to 1984. However, the decision was made to review…

The Styx album ‘Cornerstone’ was a huge letdown for me after the glories of ‘The Grand Illusion’ and ‘Pieces Of…

Last sighted in 2017, Styx return with a fabulous effort and coupled with Dennis De Young’s farewell album, it’s a…