We've hinted at the edges of these guys before. Another band mostly from my hometown. A band that barely survived into the 80's. They were slick and harmonic and were doing their level best to pass as an American Art Rock band. No band failed quite so badly in reaching artistic expression, and yet the songs they left for me were idealistic, goony, and cartoony.
I'm talking about the Mighty
It doesn't really matter, Angels or Aliens, you best get your ass on that boat.
So there's this guy in Styx who ain't from Chicago, the call him Tommy Show, he's a vegetarian and apparently he's also a Renegade
That Dennis DeYoung, he is so Nautical. Even his love songs are named after sailing Myths. Lorelai is a Siren, isn't she?
Styx has had many faces.
sometimes they were mystical
sometimes historic
sometimes immersed in the self-indulgence of a Sci-Fi themed Rock Opera
sadly they found out that they were just...
and ended up with
finally it left them exclaiming
if they had left the gimmicks and just remembered the early days when they would
it really would have been
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