Yes and Styx Summer tour

[Everett]

Tickets for the July 16 Nashville show went on sale today:

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B004 ... norcatid=1

No other concerts are listed on Ticketmaster yet, has anybody seen a list of all the shows yet?

Excuse me while I go take a dump.

You really are the biggest dumbass on this planet. Get help tophie you need it. Now go ahead and copy and paste the glen should've kicked my ass reply

You know, I may not be happy that DDY isn't in the band anymore and has been sorta replaced by someone I don't really get excited about as an artist... but I don't have a problem with him. Nor am I gonna bash him or the band. I agree with your reply to a pretty childish comment by someone I've noticed makes a lot of those. Mister Father of the Year. Anyways, Yes and Styx sounds like a great combo. Different styles which gives goers a pretty darn good show. If they come near me, I'll take my 13 year old. Maybe they'll do Light Up and he'll sing along cause I'm a rotten father.

I love watching you agree with yourself.

Just as long as I entertain you, all is good.

amen bro

"Baron" at 6:37
"Baby" at 8:08
"Everett" at 8:18

Things that make you go hmmmm...

Another reason why you need help tophie.

[Higgy]

"Baron" at 6:37
"Baby" at 8:08
"Everett" at 8:18

Things that make you go hmmmm...

...and all written in the sort of way that make you picture a big fat naked guy sitting in front of a computer - interspersing his porn habit with Styx forums.

[Baron Von Bielski]

"Baron" at 6:37
"Baby" at 8:08
"Everett" at 8:18

Things that make you go hmmmm...

...and all written in the sort of way that make you picture a big fat naked guy sitting in front of a computer - interspersing his porn habit with Styx forums.

That's a very big word. I am so very proud that you used it in a sentence.

[Rockwriter]

DDY doesn't need money and dislikes the road so he doesn't tour very much. Same thing would be if he was in Styx. A tour once every few years maybe, on HIS terms of course. Read Sterling's book...plenty of stories about his dislike of the road and demand to only do a limited amount of shows. He could maybe be opening band on a small theater tour with an oldie band.

I don't think that DDY dislikes touring in general. He may not have wanted to tour as much some of the others. After all, in the 70's to the early 80's they did a lot of touring. As far as Sterling's book, you can't count that as gospel. After all, he didn't interview DDY or the majority of the band members directly. So in a sense you have one side of the story which there are always two sides.

Well, put it this way; I don't think Dennis dislikes PERFORMING in general. Touring is different than performing fly dates, which is what he usually does. He likes to go out, do the show, and get back home. He doesn't like going out for months at a time, living in hotel rooms and buses, and dealing with the stress of daily travel under constant duress.

I don't blame him, because in all sincerity I myself would not choose to do a long tour for any conceivable reason on this planet. The main problem between him and the other guys was probably that difference. It's money and scheduling based, as are the big problems in most bands, because it generally works out that the guy who earns way more as a writer wants to tour less. The people who earn their primary income from touring - no surprise, this - they want to tour more. It's just kinda the way things work out, it's not even remotely unusual.

As for my book, I don't think I had one side of the story. I think I had more like eight sides to the story. There's a very strong consensus among people who have worked with Dennis across decades - those who like and dislike him - that he doesn't like hard touring. I don't know why anyone would feel defensive about that. It's not a crime not to want to leave your home and family for six months. It isn't an insult to him as a person. It's just the way one person wants to live vs. the way another person wants to live. The positive or negative view of that is in the eye of the beholder.


Sterling

[Baron Von Bielski]

Honestly, with DDY back in the band they'd fill more seats at bigger venues... thus making more money allowing them to do less shows. The big three all of their share of writing credits.

[Monker]

Honestly, with DDY back in the band they'd fill more seats at bigger venues... thus making more money allowing them to do less shows. The big three all of their share of writing credits.

That may have worked for one or two tours after BNW....but not 10 continuous years.

[Babyblue]

Tickets for the July 16 Nashville show went on sale today:

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B004 ... norcatid=1

No other concerts are listed on Ticketmaster yet, has anybody seen a list of all the shows yet?

Excuse me while I go take a dump.

You really are the biggest dumbass on this planet. Get help tophie you need it. Now go ahead and copy and paste the glen should've kicked my ass reply

You know, I may not be happy that DDY isn't in the band anymore and has been sorta replaced by someone I don't really get excited about as an artist... but I don't have a problem with him. Nor am I gonna bash him or the band. I agree with your reply to a pretty childish comment by someone I've noticed makes a lot of those. Mister Father of the Year. Anyways, Yes and Styx sounds like a great combo. Different styles which gives goers a pretty darn good show. If they come near me, I'll take my 13 year old. Maybe they'll do Light Up and he'll sing along cause I'm a rotten father.

I love watching you agree with yourself.

Just as long as I entertain you, all is good.

amen bro

"Baron" at 6:37
"Baby" at 8:08
"Everett" at 8:18

Things that make you go hmmmm...

Whatever

[gr8dane]

Tickets for the July 16 Nashville show went on sale today:

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B004 ... norcatid=1

No other concerts are listed on Ticketmaster yet, has anybody seen a list of all the shows yet?

Excuse me while I go take a dump.

This was the last post I read before I went on holiday.
Mid week I had this dream that woke me up laughing.
froy higgy and topher were at a bar getting a little tipsy and trying to out do one another.

higgy: Yesterday I had 4 dumps in one day.
froy: That's nothing,I had 4 before I went to work.
toph: Not to be out done said,I had 4 before I even got out of bed.

Good ole topher.

[DerriD]

Tickets for the July 16 Nashville show went on sale today:

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B004 ... norcatid=1

No other concerts are listed on Ticketmaster yet, has anybody seen a list of all the shows yet?

Excuse me while I go take a dump.

You really are the biggest dumbass on this planet. Get help tophie you need it. Now go ahead and copy and paste the glen should've kicked my ass reply

You know, I may not be happy that DDY isn't in the band anymore and has been sorta replaced by someone I don't really get excited about as an artist... but I don't have a problem with him. Nor am I gonna bash him or the band. I agree with your reply to a pretty childish comment by someone I've noticed makes a lot of those. Mister Father of the Year. Anyways, Yes and Styx sounds like a great combo. Different styles which gives goers a pretty darn good show. If they come near me, I'll take my 13 year old. Maybe they'll do Light Up and he'll sing along cause I'm a rotten father.

I remember reading long ago (mid 80's) that Styx was actually patterned after Yes. An American version of sorts. Never actually thought that myself, but it is funny how writers see things.

[pinkfloyd1973]

I remember reading long ago (mid 80's) that Styx was actually patterned after Yes. An American version of sorts. Never actually thought that myself, but it is funny how writers see things.

I remember about 20 or so years ago when Show Me The Way was popular, American Top 40 with Shadoe Stevens did a little tribute to Styx. He described Styx as "America's answer to English Progressive Rock"

[Boomchild]

I remember reading long ago (mid 80's) that Styx was actually patterned after Yes. An American version of sorts. Never actually thought that myself, but it is funny how writers see things.

I remember about 20 or so years ago when Show Me The Way was popular, American Top 40 with Shadoe Stevens did a little tribute to Styx. He described Styx as "America's answer to English Progressive Rock"

I have heard that comparison before too.