Man, that was painful. From "Renegade" to this? I'm ashamed to call myself a product of the 80's.

I watched 30 seconds. I'd never seen it. I'm kind of glad I stopped watching MTV before it was released. Up through Paradise Theater -- very good. After that, Styx sucked but at least DeYoung and Shaw had some good solo music.

Good God that was horrible..I also need to fire up "Renegade" as ear bleach.

Bovine the Terrible: I'm ashamed to call myself a product of the 80's.

Relax...none of us really knew any better. All the Aqua Net fumes, I think.

Almost as gay as THIS Billy Squier video. (new window)

TripSixes: Almost as gay as THIS Billy Squier video. (new window)

No, I believe you were meaning to reference THIS Billy Squier video.

I had never spelled his name "Billy's Quier" before watching this.
If you've never seen it before, give it more than the first 30 seconds. It's mesmerizing.

Yes, but it's still better than all the lame ass reality shows that make up MTV these days.

TripSixes: Almost as gay as THIS Billy Squier video. (new window)

The song is pretty gay. The video isn't as gay as the Styx video. If you want a gay Billy Squier video as a benchmark to measure 80's video gayness against, you should use this one instead. (new window).

However, there is nothing that compares to the lameness of this little cheese curd. Behold! The Power of 80's Video Cheese! (new window)

dahmers love zombie: TripSixes: Almost as gay as THIS Billy Squier video. (new window)

No, I believe you were meaning to reference THIS Billy Squier video.

I had never spelled his name "Billy's Quier" before watching this.
If you've never seen it before, give it more than the first 30 seconds. It's mesmerizing.

Opps, I was thinking I was linking there. Stupid internets, making me look stupid.

Just to be clear: nttawtt.

I am ashamed to say that I know the words to that song.

/Where the hell is my Grand Illusion?

Styx is the worst popular rock band in American history. The only reason they're not the worst in all of North America is because the members of Rush also live on this continent.

MTV sucks.

Submitter you made me feel happy, sarcastically nostalgic, then sad again in less than four minutes.

/hate you now

I don't understand.

STYX >>> all else!

(this song blows though. it was on the Caught In The Act live album. Wore that sucker out!)

WHAT THE DEVIL'S GOING ON ??? (new window)

The Styx Behind The Music is the best episode ever. Oh, sure, there's no stories of being clinically dead after an OD like in the Motley Crue episode, but it's better because it features Dennis DeYoung's pathological self-regard. He seems to truly believe that he is the transcendent musical genius of our time, and up there with Mozart and Bach all time.

And it all bottomed out with him forcing the band to do the full "Kilroy Was Here" production, featuring dialogue, costumes, and sets (yes, it was a full musical theatre production) at a Texas butt-rock festival in the '70s, headlined by Sammy Hagar. Yeah, musical theatre in front of 25,000 drunk Hagar fans in Texas doesn't work out too well.

Wow, that video brings me back. Thanks, Subby.


That video was just some super cheesy fun. Without the video the song sucked.

Either way, it probably isn't fair to compare it to Styx's other work.

Queen of Spades,Blue Collar Man,Renegade,Come Sail Away these are the Styx songs that I remember. Anything before Paradise Theater.

TripSixes: Almost as gay as THIS Billy Squier video. (new window)

or this Saga video ^{(^)}

Good farking god, that was AWFUL.

I'll take Renegade or Snowblind any time, though. Always preferred the Tommy Shaw songs, anyway.

My stars, that's terrible. I'm grateful that I grew up at a time when Styx was no longer played on the radio. Yeesh.

Dennis de Young stars in "Liberace - My Life Story."

My first concert ever was Styx for the "Paradise Theater" tour...I was 11 years old, and it was the greatest moment of my life up to that point.

"Music Time" = meh.

SUITE MADAM BLUE FTW!

I saw Styx perform at The Gorge ampitheatre with Kansas as opening act. Was fun.

I was still a Styx fan at that point (I own all of their albums except the out of print stuff from Wooden Nickle Records)

Funny, I lived though that and I don't remember when Styx decided to become a horrible, watered down Oingo Boingo knock off.


Somehow Boingo could have made that same song work, though.

rocinante721: WHAT THE DEVIL'S GOING ON ??? (new window)

I remember picking up Kilroy was Here the day it came out. I was cranking it in my sisters Kraco stereo on the way home. I thought I was the coolest twelve year old in the world.

Ok...Ok...forgive me as I am too old,dumb and drunk for them new fangled HTML skills but:


Here are some truly sweet 80s goodness....
(yeah,they have that awful "80s sound" but I think these are actually kinda good songs)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C_fVnE3xHY (longer LP version is better)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB0GMfFeTjs (amazing)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWlCD68oeu0 (crappy,corny--awesome)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P6I4pT_tVA (and you thought Flea was the first white dude who could play bass like that)

....and by far my personal favs--

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1aA-SY7Hnk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8j2ej5jqQw

COPY AND PASTE GOODNESS

What are those video of bands playing music doing on MTV?!

msannomalley: Yes, but it's still better than all the lame ass reality shows that make up MTV these days.

TripSixes: Almost as gay as THIS Billy Squier video. (new window)

The song is pretty gay. The video isn't as gay as the Styx video. If you want a gay Billy Squier video as a benchmark to measure 80's video gayness against, you should use this one instead. (new window).

Wasnt rock me tonight the video people cite that ended his career? Any popular music is gonna suck as time goes by.

But the guy who laid out troll bait equating styx to rush is just crazy.

I hate to admit it, but I saw Styx with the guy who Tommy Shaw replaced. I thought they were mind-blowing - very tight with amazing vocals.

/lawn, off, you know the drill

That stynx.

Gangway Fathead: Funny, I lived though that and I don't remember when Styx decided to become a horrible, watered down Oingo Boingo knock off.


Somehow Boingo could have made that same song work, though.

You know what? You are EXACTLY right.
OB would have done it full on snark.

Styx is being earnest.

they deserved more recognition.
I thought being was my life (new window)

Dennis DeYoung is hard to take, but since he didn't dominate the band, Styx was OK for a while. Then "Babe" was a monster hit, DeYoung became the dictator, and Styx became a complete joke. What a cheese ass band.

Hobodeluxe: TripSixes: Almost as gay as THIS Billy Squier video. (new window)

or this Saga video (^)

I was very disturbed by the singer's free-balling in his own pants and the fact that he was wearing knee pads.

Before telling the youth of today to get off my lawn, and complaining that MTV doesn't play videos anymore like they did when I was a teen.....these are the videos I conveniently forget that they did show.

steamingpile: msannomalley: Yes, but it's still better than all the lame ass reality shows that make up MTV these days.

TripSixes: Almost as gay as THIS Billy Squier video. (new window)

The song is pretty gay. The video isn't as gay as the Styx video. If you want a gay Billy Squier video as a benchmark to measure 80's video gayness against, you should use this one instead. (new window).

Wasnt rock me tonight the video people cite that ended his career?

Pretty much.

craigdamage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8j2ej5jqQw

I haven't heard that song in FOREVER!!! Thanks!

OMG I love Styx.

I have seen them like 7 times. And man this song is bad. The video is horrible...

Tommy Shaw shows up only at the end of this... the band had pretty much broken up by this time in 1984.

I remember thinking this video was the bee's knees. In like, sixth grade.

Not surprisingly, a few years later I found David Lee Roth's "Yankee Rose" to be the height of artistic achievement.

/I have no shame.

jake_lex: The Styx Behind The Music is the best episode ever. Oh, sure, there's no stories of being clinically dead after an OD like in the Motley Crue episode, but it's better because it features Dennis DeYoung's pathological self-regard. He seems to truly believe that he is the transcendent musical genius of our time, and up there with Mozart and Bach all time.

And it all bottomed out with him forcing the band to do the full "Kilroy Was Here" production, featuring dialogue, costumes, and sets (yes, it was a full musical theatre production) at a Texas butt-rock festival in the '70s, headlined by Sammy Hagar. Yeah, musical theatre in front of 25,000 drunk Hagar fans in Texas doesn't work out too well.



Well... They went Dennis' way yes. He pushed for it, and nobody else had a better overall idea. He did inspire and plan a lot of their albums but they all worked together to bring each album a reality.

Kilroy Was Here ws 1983, so it's well past the 70's. The show was expensive and not too great (long videos and acting)

I saw Dennis live this year and I loved it. I honestly wish he were still with the band because their final album was Cyclorama and it was crap (I think Big Bang Theory was covers??) Anyway, Styx is great.

More obscure 80's Cheese for your consumption. (new window)

That video seemed like a 3rd rate Oingo Boingo ripoff.

Kudos subby!

When STYX went insane it was a shock. I loved Grand Illusion with a passion, then Mr. Roboto showed up ... a true WTF moment. My second concert of all time was the Paradise Theater tour of STYX in ( undelievably ) Billings, Montana.

/I'm Sailing Away

smells like old guys trying desperatley to be "wacky"

The best part of the Styx Behind The Music was hearing Tommy Shaw talk about playing at the Texas Jam during the Kilroy Was Here tour...

"We're going on after Ted Nugent, in front of 120,000 people, and playing dinner theater."

TripSixes: Almost as gay as THIS Billy Squier video. (new window)

The Stroke is a killer tune bro. You meant to link to Rock Me Tonight I think.

MadSkillz: I saw Styx perform at The Gorge ampitheatre with Kansas as opening act. Was fun.

I was still a Styx fan at that point (I own all of their albums except the out of print stuff from Wooden Nickle Records)

The Wooden Nickel stuff is out on a two disc set now. Interesting and good stuff from the early days. I recommended it.