![]() ![]() After adding guitarist James “J.Y.” Young in 1970, the band scored some modest regional hits, but their popularity soared in 1975 when guitarist/vocalist Tommy Shaw joined the group and a major-label record deal propelled the dewy power ballad “Lady” into the Top 10. ![]() That spirit of adventure has been a Styx hallmark since Dennis DeYoung and his friends started playing music together in Chicago during the ’60s. Styx weren’t the only guitar-heavy ’70s act to embrace synthesizers, but they were one of the most enduring and successful examples of rockers going New Wave.
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