Exclusive interviews with Tommy Shaw, James 'JY' Young, Lawrence Gowan and former member, co-founder Dennis DeYoung.
Dallas, TX - JULY 17, 2012. North American syndicated Rock radio show InTheStudio: The Stories Behind History's Greatest Rock Bands sails away this week with Styx for the 35th anniversary of their breakthrough album The Grand Illusion. It took 7 albums in 7 years, but on 7/7/77 Styx would shatter any perception of Midwest mediocrity with the release of The Grand Illusion, an album questioning life's illusion versus its reality. Surprisingly timely today, the Top 10-selling Grand Illusion album produced two massive hit singles, “Come Sail Away” and “Fooling Yourself”, and began what would result in four straight platinum-plus selling albums. In 1999 Lawrence Gowan replaced cofounding member Dennis DeYoung on keyboard and vocals.
Currently on tour now through November, Lawrence shares with program host Redbeard his thoughts on the power of the Styx vocal assault.
“The toughest thing for me coming into Styx, and the thing I have to be most cognizant of, is being a part of that three voice, three headed monster. The power of those three voices together are one of the most distinctive things about the sound of Styx. And being able to put myself into that block harmony with JY and Tommy has been the thing I'm most aware of. I think that's just one of our strengths.”
The Styx The Grand Illusion/ InTheStudio program will air on radio this weekend on over 50 radio stations across North America. To stream this interview online, visit: www.inthestudio.net/redbeards-blog/styxthe-grand-illusion-35th-anniversary/
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