Styx - Renegade

[jackbraglia]

I'm old enough that I should know Styx but the only one I remember was Mr Roboto... Going to check out these recommendations for sure.

yea check out crystal ball too. mr. roboto actually sounds corny by comparison to all these others mentioned. but hey, thats what the "masses" like

 

[Lodge]

Hate to revived an old thread here, but shit like this is awesome. I fall in the odd age these days. I'm 27, therefore old enough to remember the 80's, be there for the death of metal and rise of grunge, the birth of emo, core, blah blah blah shit like that, that personally I lump together (no offense millions of trendy core guys on the forums, but honestly you know what you are ). I got into metal by discovering bands like Megadeth, Blind Guardian, Iced Earth, Demons and Wizards (same shit, I know), Rhapsody, etc... I find myself reaching the point where, after hearing all these bands have to offer over and over since I was in my teens, instead of moving on to bands that copy these guys, I move back to their influences! To me, its the natural metal head progression, and you know what I'm talking about. You start off playing/listening to furious metal, next thing you know all you write is dad rock, which is awesome. So seek out the Styx, Uriah Heep, Rainbow, Fleetwood Mac, Jethro Tull, Rush, whatever else that your favorite metalheads from your favorite metal bands site as influences, and you will come back writing the most furious, inventive, creative, nonbreakdown saturated metal of your life.

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[halcyonwayband@aol.com]

I LOVE this song, would love for HW to do a cover of it. I actually demoed it out but some of the other guys don't dig the song. Those vocal harmonies would be right up our alley....

 

[Tommy Evans]

I only heard Renegade because it was in a skateboard video I watched about 5-6 years ago. Loved it back then, love it now too.

 

[Doctor Gay]

blue call man is good shit!

 

[jamvanman]

Been listening to this stuff for a couple of months now and gotta say it's really growing on me. Really nice songwriting and some great singing. Good stuff.

 

[Russtopher]

Always loved Styx, I spent hours air drumming along to them, the Scorpions, and Deep Purple with a pair of chopsticks as a kid

Speaking of sneaking vinyl - some copies of the Paradise Theater album had the Styx logo on the second side of the record, imprinted in a holograph form. I used to pull that record out and stare at the logo, mesmerized, when I was around 7-8 years old. I thought that was the coolest damn thing ever.

 

[schust]

my foggy old brain may have this wrong, but i "think" i actually had a Styx 8-track. LOL.... talk about feeling ancient.

i had the pleasure of meeting Dennis DeYoung a few years ago at a party here in Chicago. nice guy.

 

[AndrewB]

My cover band is working on a cover of Renegade right now. Complete with three part vocal harmonies.

14 year old here, by the way. Not all of my generation's music sucks, just most of it.

 

[schwinginbatman]

I'm actually quite a young guy, I love Styx. Renegade is simply awesome, but my favorite Styx song will always be Blue Collar Man. It's been a while since I heard a song that you only need to hear the first few seconds to know you'll love it.

 

[Ben Johnson]

Seriously, one of my favorite songs, ever!