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“It isn’t simple radio-friendly rock.” How Styx brought prog to Crash Of The Crown
By Dave Ling last updated
Tommy Shaw and Larry Gowan discuss how progressive rock has brought a new lease of life to stadium rockers Styx

The 10 best Styx songs
By Malcolm Dome last updated
Styx were the definitive pomp rock band of the 70s and 80s, and these 10 songs embody their epic songwriting and showmanship

The story behind Styx's Pieces Of Eight album artwork
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Styx commissioned Hipgnosis, the high priests of album art, to provide a cover for their 1978 album Pieces Of Eight. They ended up being bamboozled by artspeak

Styx interview: 'We’ve had to circle the wagons many times as a band'
By Jerry Ewing published
Over 50 years Styx have cruised through heavenly highs and weathered hellish lows. With latest album Crash Of The Crown, they continue to enjoy their latest creative and popular high

10 pomp rock albums you should definitely own
By Malcolm Dome published
Pomp Rock was the unruly child disowned by prog and orphaned by AOR. Its melodies were a hit at radio and filled arenas across America, and here's 10 albums to get you started

Dennis DeYoung interview: 'no band has worked harder than Styx at diminishing its own reputation'
By Paul Elliott published
Former Styx singer Dennis DeYoung on bowing out, new album 26 East Vol 2, and the disappointment of no last Styx reunion tour

Dennis De Young recaptures Styx's prog glory with new single Isle Of Misanthrope
By Jerry Ewing last updated
Former Styx singer Dennis DeYoung will release his final studio album, 26 East Vol. 2, in June

Dennis DeYoung hooks up with Tom Morello for The Last Guitar Hero
By Jerry Ewing published
Former Styx singer Dennis DeYoung will release his final studio album, 26 East Vol. 2, in June
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