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“I remember Lars was unwrapping all these Styx and REO Speedwagon records and I’m going, ‘What are you buying this crap for?’”: Why James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich didn’t always see eye to eye in Metallica’s early days

Plus: Hetfield's memories of his first gig – when AC/DC opened for Aerosmith

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One of the Best Stealth Series Ever Is Finally Free to Claim on Epic

Ahead of the next 'Styx' game, both existing entries in the stealth series are free to claim on the Epic Games Store.

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"I don’t think I have to forgive them. They replaced me when I was sick and said I ruined the band" Styx fired Dennis DeYoung in 1999, but he still wants a reunion for the fans

The co-founding Styx singer and keyboardist on his prog influences, why he hired a woman to shout at his kids – and why he doesn’t care if he isn’t remembered

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“Mikael Åkerfeldt and I were close for a while. We wound up with the same management and drifted apart”: Devin Townsend discusses his prog world (while he’s hiding from his dogs)

Stick-collecting Canadian who preferred Motorhead to Marillion says Captain Beefheart didn’t know he was nuts, the Interstellar soundtrack floored him, and the Wildhearts are prog

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“I said: ‘If the South Park guys are gonna do a Barbra Streisand on us, it’s a no’”: How Queen, The Who and Star Wars inspired the greatest power ballad about alien abduction ever written

It even got the South Park seal of approval

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"My plan was always to keep the organisation together, but the challenges are just overwhelming": REO Speedwagon's Kevin Cronin admits it's harder to sell tickets under his own name

Kevin Cronin has come to a decision

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“inspired, uniformly excellent music – both vintage and fresh”: Styx continue their prog-powered renaissance with Circling From Above

Chicago’s AOR-prog veterans return in fine fettle – although the music vastly outweighs the concept on their 18th album

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“I told Chris Squire, ‘I really owe you for being an influence.’ He said, ‘Well, pay up, mate!’” When Styx ex Ricky Phillips met his hero, it all went well

American bassist recalls being captivated at an early age by the Yes icon’s approach, and how it felt to tour together many years later

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“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

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Styx share first new music from upcoming new album Circling From Above

US pomp rockers Styx will release their 18th studio album Circling From Above in July

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"How anyone can be 'deeply disturbed and hurt' by this is beyond me": REO Speedwagon charity show bickering continues as Bruce Hall fires back at Kevin Cronin

Why can't we all just get along?

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"I am deeply disturbed and hurt by all of this": Kevin Cronin slams REO Speedwagon concert organisers after being "knowingly excluded" from hometown show

The charity show in Champaign, Illinois, will pay tribute to late REO Speedwagon members Gary Richrath and Gregg Philbin

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Genre giants Metal Gear Solid and Splinter Cell might not be kicking like they used to, but underrated stealth gem Styx is coming back for another game

Styx: Blades of Greed is sneaking out later this year

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“I don’t believe I have to forgive them. They replaced me when I was sick. They even said I had ruined the band”: Styx fired Dennis DeYoung in 1999, but he still wants a reunion for the fans

Co-founding singer and keyboardist on his prog influences, hiring a shouting woman to conserve his voice, taking a rock-is-dead approach to his final solo albums – and why he doesn’t care if he isn’t remembered

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"All we wanted was to stamp out Queen and Aerosmith": Inspired by Keith Moon and Star Trek, Come Sail Away took Styx to places they never expected

A song about being picked up and taken away by aliens, Come Sail Away gave Styx a career boost and eventually took on a life of its own

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"The songs will live on with this band and with me under the name Kevin Cronin": REO Speedwagon have played their final ever show but the band formerly known as REO Speedwagon will continue

Watch Kevin Cronin pay tribute as REO Speedwagon officially step away from the stage

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"From a period when the band's theatricality had yet to spill over into pretension": Styx successfully fight the pomp rock wars on The Grand Illusion

The Grand Illusion was the first of four consecutive triple-platinum albums for Styx, establishing them as one of America’s biggest rock acts

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"Forever neutered after this, at least they went out with a bang": Gary Richrath shines as REO Speedwagon actually rock on Nine Lives

In which the midwestern rockers rock a little harder than normal, but not everyone is convinced

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“We opened for bands we really hated, like Styx. People were relating to us and not them. They got a little pissed”: the stellar rise and sudden fall of The Cars, the new wave band who soundtracked America

For nearly a decade in the late 70s and early 80s, The Cars were one of America’s most popular bands

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“I didn't tell the band, but I went to the gig and sat at the back. It was strange to see this other guy singing my lines… I really felt for him”: Michael Sadler was always going to rejoin Saga, and they knew it

Canadian singer’s five-year absence was long enough for his bandmates to fail the challenge of reinventing themselves

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“We were inspired by the Brits at the start, then the British media forced us to become a different type of band. Made and broken in the UK, you could say”: The prog credentials of Styx

Dennis DeYoung and Tommy Shaw believe that despite the big hits, the band always had something more substantial at heart

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"Like a heavier Styx or a lighter Uriah Heep, but dressed like the Bee Gees": Angel by Angel - Album Of The Week Club review

Discovered by Gene Simmons and sold as a more wholesome alternative to Kiss, Angel's stage show was equally theatrical, but their music was a mix of pomp and prog

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F1: Lewis Hamilton Mocks Red Bull Rival Max Verstappen With Mercedes AMG GT Review

Hamilton drove a car that Verstappen failed to rent recently.

Guitar World

“I realized I was never going to be a great player like Tommy Shaw, so I guess I’m just a power-chord and single-string lead player now. But I’m pretty good at it!” Styx’s James “J.Y.” Young on his guitar journey

The Godfather of Styx shares his most embarrassing moments on stage, the advice he would give his younger self, and why he’s Chicago through and through when it comes to the blues

Guitar World

Rik Emmett: “If I wrote a pop tune, the guys wanted to make it heavy. I’d put more power chords in and Townshend it up. For a while, it worked”

The former Triumph guitarist looks back on the Canadian rock phenomenon, addresses those Rush comparisons, and reveals how they kept the Rock & Roll Machine running – until it ground to a halt

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