Q: Glen, what are your overall thoughts, first of all, about the new albumfi Is there anything you would like to bring upfi BURTNIK: My first and foremost thought right now is this is the first ...

Since vocalist/keyboardist Lawrence Gowan joined Styx in 1999, he's already played more than 1,200 shows -- yes, more than 1,200 -- around the world. In late December, the legendary rock group with a ...

James “JY” Young, founding guitarist of Styx, says there’s little chance for getting its new music played on the radio these days. So on a new tour that pairs the rock band with proto-punk rocker Joan ...

In the 25 years since Lawrence Gowan took over on keyboards for Styx in 1999, the progressive rock band has played 20 shows in and around Pittsburgh. And that total doesn’t even include the various ...

Icons of 1970s FM rock radio, Chicago-based Styx, were and still are rocking in the free world and at the top of their game, despite a fractious history that involves a founding member, Dennis DeYoung ...

When you lay your hands on The Mission, the first studio album from Styx in 14 years, you’ll hear something that’s a bit rare these days: “A true hi fidelity analog recording,” as they’ve termed it in ...

When the original lineup of Styx (Dennis DeYoung, Tommy Shaw, James “J.Y.” Young and Chuck Panozzo) called it quits in 1999 after a successful reunion tour, it seemed that one of classic rock’s finest ...

Back in the day when Styx bassist Ricky Phillips was on the road, touring was a lot different compared to the technology-loaded perks that bands enjoy these days. “We were playing Boggle and poker and ...

Tommy Shaw had already become kind of a hometown hero in his native Montgomery, before the call came from Styx. He'd left to work with bands including MSFunk, out of Chicago. To club bands like his, ...

For the past 20 years, Styx have put their fans in an impossible situation. Anyone who attends one of their shows not only misses out on seeing founder and ex-frontman Dennis DeYoung, but the current ...

Legendary rock band Styx is releasing a new album called Crash of the Crown on June 18. Also on that day, band members James "JY" Young (lead vocals, guitars), Tommy Shaw (lead vocals, guitars), Chuck ...

If a guitar breaks on any tour, the spare is usually right there onstage ready for a quick change. What happens if something goes wrong with the keyboard? Not often, but occasionally something does ...