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Although they began as an artsy prog rock band, [[Styx]] would eventually transform into the virtual arena rock prototype by the late [[The Seventies|1970s]] and early [[The Eighties|1980s]], due to a fondness for bombastic rockers and soaring power ballads. The seeds for the band were planted in another Chicago band during the late [[The Sixties|1960s]], the Tradewinds, which featured brothers Chuck and John Panozzo (who played bass and drums, respectively), as well as acquaintance Dennis DeYoung (vocals, keyboards). By the dawn of the 1970s, the group had changed its name to
The band had a string of top 40 hits throughout the 1970s and into the 1980s, including such mainstays as "Come Sail Away", "Renegade" and "Snowblind". Internally, the group was wracked with tension. DeYoung, who had begun to take onto himself the role of "band leader", attempted to steer Styx into a dramatic, almost operatic direction. This brought him into direct conflict with most of the rest of the band, who were more interested in a harder, rocking sound than the soaring balladic style DeYoung envisioned. The tensions came to a head in the form of the tour for ''[[Kilroy Was Here (album)|Kilroy Was Here]]'', an early-80s concept album cast around a [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]] scenario in which [[Moral Guardians]] had succeeded in outlawing [[Rock and Roll]]. DeYoung managed to turn the concert into a ''musical'' telling the story of the album; this pleased neither his bandmates (who felt profoundly uncomfortable trying to ''act'' in between songs) nor the fans (who felt they were being cheated). The tour failed miserably, and in its wake the band broke up.
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* [[Gratuitous Japanese]]: Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto...
** Especially in the mini-film of Kilroy breaking out from prison, from the poor Roboto he hits with a [[Groin Attack]].
* [[Greatest Hits Album]]:
* [[Incredibly Long Note]]: DeYoung sometimes does this in live performances of "Suite Madame Blue". Also done by Tommy Shaw during a cover of "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" on the Styxworld: Live 2001 album.
* [[Japan Takes Over the World]]: Part of the [[Bad Future]] of ''Kilroy Was Here'', to the point of selling [[Robot]] laborers for menial work.
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