“I grew up in the greatest time in the history of mankind to be a musician. But now the deck is heavily stacked against old farts like myself!”: The classic rock singer exiled by his old band after writing their biggest hits

Dennis DeYoung fronting Styx in 1983.

It was Dennis DeYoung who wrote and sang the hit songs that made Chicago rock band Styx a multi-million selling phenomenon in the ’70s and early ’80s.

His winning way with a piano-led power ballad had him nicknamed ‘the Manilow of metal’.