Styx - Styx

The 1972 self-titled album from Chicago-based quintet Styx could be considered an ambitious outing for any band's debut. Clearly influenced by the primarily U.K-centered progressive rock scene, Dennis Deyoung (keyboard/vocals) hooked up with twin siblings Chuck Panozzo (bass/vocals) and John Panozzo (drums/percussion/vocals) in a combo named The Tradewinds during the late 1960s. The first lineup of Styx began to emerge once John Curulewski (guitar/synthesizer/vocals) and James "j.y." Young (guitar/vocals ) joined up, initially surfacing under the moniker Tw4. Read More