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Hey ChicagoSTYX, just to let you know, Dennis will be taking some time off from touring to go to the studio and hopefully finish his new album/cd!!!

Also, he's getting positive feedback on his new song, sounds like the Classic Styx sound!!!!!

Oh and by the way, his show tonight is SOLD OUT in Kansas City and last night there was only about 50 tickets left earlier in the day!!!

SOLD OUT in Canada, a few SOLD OUT shows here in the good old U S of A !!!

WAY TO GO DENNIS !!!!

He really sounded like, in that one interview, that he is getting much closer to releasing the CD of new music. It sounds like he is just going to put it out there and let the chips fall where they may.

I know he will sell at least ONE copy!

Bugsy

Make that 50 copies - LOL

I'll buy that many again, I'm sure!!!

I'm looking forward to his new cd, did I mention that already???

I’ll believe it when I see it. Just because he said he will be working on it doesn’t mean we’ll ever see it. Remember Edge 2? btw, how many seats sold in KC?

ChicagoSTYX wrote:

I’ll believe it when I see it. Just because he said he will be working on it doesn’t mean we’ll ever see it.

You'll see it!! Hopefully before 2007 - LOL There's no rush. There's no reason to be. Why would he need to rush a cd out? He's doing pretty good right now, eh?

Remember Edge 2?

Hmmm, being a smartass this morning?? Do you think what happened to Edge 2 was all Dennis, OMG, I don't think so mister. Nice try though.

Suite,

Why don't you just post them, you do with the other numbers?

And you're right. What's the rush on Dennis' new cd.....it's only been 18 years since his last rock oriented solo album...

ROCK is a cuss word in the DeYoung household......

and originality is one in the Styx world. so what is your point?

Suite... I gotta say - that picture in your avatar is just nasty. Dennis looks like a used car salesman, JY looks like a gigolo, chuck looks like Lebo from hogan's heroes and tommy looks like a crack whore in drag. John kinda looks like he should be sitting in front of the christmas tree reading "twas the night before Christmas" and not drumming in a rock band.

styxfanNH wrote:

And you're right. What's the rush on Dennis' new cd.....it's only been 18 years since his last rock oriented solo album...

Exactly, what's another year - LOL It will be out in no time. Time flies when you're having fun!


Ash wrote:

Suite... I gotta say - that picture in your avatar is just nasty. Dennis looks like a used car salesman, JY looks like a gigolo, chuck looks like Lebo from hogan's heroes and tommy looks like a crack whore in drag. John kinda looks like he should be sitting in front of the christmas tree reading "twas the night before Christmas" and not drumming in a rock band.

OMG that was FUNNY!!!!!! I couldn't decide which one to put up since all the guys get so bent over my men ones - LOL I thought this was a funny one. I'll have to find a different one - LOL

Ash wrote:Suite... I gotta say - that picture in your avatar is just nasty. Dennis looks like a used car salesman, JY looks like a gigolo, chuck looks like Lebo from hogan's heroes and tommy looks like a crack whore in drag. John kinda looks like he should be sitting in front of the christmas tree reading "twas the night before Christmas" and not drumming in a rock band.

I had never seen that Styx look before. Dennis with the short hair and mustache and Tommy with the short hair. Was this taken after Cornerstone? During Paradise Theater? I am trying to get the time frame - it definitely screams 80s.

SuiteMadameBlue wrote:styxfanNH wrote:

Suite, Why don't you just post them, you do with the other numbers?

I don't feel like it - LOL

Color us shocked.

And you're right. What's the rush on Dennis' new cd.....it's only been 18 years since his last rock oriented solo album...

Exactly, what's another year - LOL It will be out in no time. Time flies when you're having fun![/quote]


Or for those of us who stopped paying attention. lol

Ash wrote:and originality is one in the Styx world. so what is your point?

Well, you sure told him. Should I go get a ruler?

I think that originality a bad word in DeYoungland as well, BTW.

Here's what gets me - Neither "incarnation" of Styx - the group touring as Styx or Dennis and his solo efforts are unique or particularly catchy. Dennis and Styx both use the same jokes, dance moves, and songs they've been playing for years, with the exception of a few (Cyclo stuff, DDY's Hunchback material, etc.). Some of us prefer Styx, some prefer Dennis. Why? Because we're different types of people with different tastes. So why do some of you feel it's constantly necessary to throw in each other's faces the success or lack of success of the one you're not cheering for?

This has been going on for almost 7 YEARS, people. We are supposed to be ADULTS, for Christs sake. Pull the stick out and move on. Enjoy what makes you happy and allow others to do the same without reminding them every chance that "your guy/band" is better?

Personally, I couldn't give a flying flip about Dennis' new album, tour, setlist, wardrobe, wife's new boob lift, etc. I know many of you feel the same about the new Styx. Asise from my occasional rant like this, which I will no doubt regret because common sense tells me this is a waste of F$(&ing breath, I don't get into this trite BS (anymore) because I've discovered that nothing I feel, think, or say matters to anyone but me and those who agree with me. Why haven't some of you figured that out? Will your world end if you actually had to STFU and let other people enjoy their favorite band/performer without sticking your proverbial heels in their eyes?

And Suite, if you are so hell-bent on posting stats of Styx's lack of concert sales, then you'd better be damned sure you're willing to post Dennis'. And NOT JUST THE ONES THAT SELL OUT. Funny how you slam JY for making disparaging remarks about Dennis as often as he does, yet you do it here at least once a day about them. Don't be the same hypocrite that your hero is.

Zan wrote:Well, you sure told him. Should I go get a ruler?

Actually... yard stick might be a better choice.

I was sarcastically making the same point as you (well some of your point) in that - you can say x about Dennis and I can say y about Styx. And we can repeat this game as long as the day goes.

It'd be better if we all stopped making the passive agressive comments at the end of our forum posts about other camps. I've been guilty of it in the past... sometimes kidding.... most times not

And besides, if JY hadn't started....... KIDDING.

Zan wrote:Personally, I couldn't give a flying flip about Dennis' new album

OT - I actually own "flyingflip.com"

I was sarcastically making the same point as you (well some of your point) in that - you can say x about Dennis and I can say y about Styx. And we can repeat this game as long as the day goes.

If it only lasted a day, I'd be thrilled. But 7 years? Pathetic.

It'd be better if we all stopped making the passive agressive comments at the end of our forum posts about other camps. I've been guilty of it in the past... sometimes kidding.... most times not

Yeah, well...LOL

Personal feelings aside, I think hypocrisy is the fastest way to get people to stop taking you seriously. Sarcasm being a runner-up.

And besides, if JY hadn't started....... KIDDING.

You & I both know that is NOT the case.

Ash wrote:Actually... yard stick might be a better choice.

You & I both know that is NOT the case.

Zan wrote:Personal feelings aside, I think hypocrisy is the fastest way to get people to stop taking you seriously. Sarcasm being a runner-up.

Oh wow... I could go on for days about this topic alone. You'd need almost a whole other forum to contain it.

I think at the end of the day you need to remember this is a forum sitting on a computer somewhere with a wire connected to it. We're giving personal opinions and statements about a rockband that was popular 20 years ago. We're not doing doctoral thesis presentations on war and peace here.

Every single person on this forum has at one time been a hippocrite. Which is why I preface my pointing out of hippocracy by demonstrating my own guilt in the matter. Everyone acts like hippocracy is the end of the world - when in reality we all have situational conditions to real life happenings. You may not always react the same way to the same set of stimuli depending on your external pressure. That's not evil - thats called being human. And we need to remember that just because we type on a machine doesn't mean we should act like one.

Ash wrote:

I think at the end of the day you need to remember this is a forum sitting on a computer somewhere with a wire connected to it. We're giving personal opinions and statements about a rockband that was popular 20 years ago. We're not doing doctoral thesis presentations on war and peace here.

They were popular 20 years ago????? 20 YEARS AGO???? Boy do I feel old.

How many years ago was there last hit??

Every single person on this forum has at one time been a hippocrite.

Yep, I agree. And I'll be the first to admit that I'm probably the #1 hypocrite on this board.

Seems to me...this point has been brought up by several of us over the last few years. Also seems to me that those who do not learn from history...are indeed often doomed to repeat it. Part of the grand yet baffling condition known as humanity.

Raises a toast to another 7 years of the circle jerk in all of us.

Raises a toast to another 7 years of the circle jerk in all of us.

Yup! Bring it on!!!

Bugsy

You know what - I am sick to death of this DDY/Styx bullshit, I could spit. I know a lot of you and ave nothing against any of you personally, but this place is becoming a joke.

I understand the points Ash is making. I don't need for anyone to explain to me that people aren't perfect. I don't need anyone to point out that I too am flawed. Of this, I am painfully aware, trust me. That said:

SuiteMadameBlue wrote:How many years ago was there last hit??

16 years ago. 7 years before that.

Every single person on this forum has at one time been a hippocrite.

Yep, I agree. And I'll be the first to admit that I'm probably the #1 hypocrite on this board.[/quote]


Like Ash said, we're all human, and no one, least of all me, is perfect or free of character flaws. However, being human should not excuse us from basic social etiquette. Especially when the shortcoming, once we become aware of it, is used as a justification instead of as a lesson that maybe we should try to change for the better.

To say "Yeah, that was hypocritical, I will try to be more true to my own principles in the future" is usually the ideal way to embrace our humanness, rather than using it as an excuse to keep being hypocritical.

The "computer screen" bit doesn't jive with me either. Ask anyone who knows me, I'm the same deal in person as I am online - although I'm told I come off less abrasive because of facial expression and tone of voice. I firmly believe that if you don't have the dangly bits to say to someone's face what you espouse on the internet, then you probably shouldn't be saying it at all.

Raises a toast to another 7 years of the circle jerk in all of us.

CHEERS to all for another 7 years!!! WooHoo!!

Styx will always be my favorite band!!

Raises a toast to another 7 years of the circle jerk in all of us.

ya know.... thats one of those thoughts that I wish I would have thunk up first. Love it...

Zan wrote:The "computer screen" bit doesn't jive with me either. Ask anyone who knows me, I'm the same deal in person as I am online - although I'm told I come off less abrasive because of facial expression and tone of voice. I firmly believe that if you don't have the dangly bits to say to someone's face what you espouse on the internet, then you probably shouldn't be saying it at all.

Wow -- where did I say any of this? I didn't say anything about being one person when in a post and another in real life. All I said was we're typing irrelevant babble (in comparison to to the serious matters of real life) into an ethereal canvas spewing bits of opinion mixed with spice while we live vicariously through those we admire in a particular group of interest and that we should keep that in mind when we all decide to get worked up about things. I'm assuming you're referring to my comment since I'm the one who mentioned sitting behind a computer. If I'm wrong, I'll purge this from the collective record.

My point about hippocracy seems to be lost also. I guess I'll just drop it because I really don't want people getting all worked up over this crap. It's just words people. We're not curing cancer. It'd be nice if we were, but we're not.

Aren't there some message boards out there that can't stand Dennis and love Current Styx? Maybe some who post here, and are so unhappy with what is discussed here, should spend their time there? Just a suggestion.

Every now and then, much less now than a few years ago, we get off on the "two camps" tangent and hurl some bombs both directions. But it calms down.

I think I pretty much know who is coming from where on this board. I enjoy reading what everyone says, though, and appreciate the fact that we can respond in kind and still remain somewhat civil.

And there are a few who like to tease and have a little fun, but no harm done.

I also will say any of what I say here to someone's face, anytime. Even if I don't like their face and they do not like mine.

Done here.

Bugsy

bugsymalone wrote:Aren't there some message boards out there that can't stand Dennis and love Current Styx? Maybe some who post here, and are so unhappy with what is discussed here, should spend their time there? Just a suggestion.

Seeing stuff like the above motivates me to post MORE.

Telling peopleto LEAVE is not the best thing to happen in a forum. Enough Styx fans have left already. It's basicaly become a DDY forum. Any mention of Styx turns into sarcastic BS not worthy of even reading.

Every now and then, much less now than a few years ago, we get off on the "two camps" tangent and hurl some bombs both directions. But it calms down.

It calms down because people leave or stop posting. Yeah, that's a good thing.

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I think I pretty much know who is coming from where on this board. I enjoy reading what everyone says, though, and appreciate the fact that we can respond in kind and still remain somewhat civil.
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Yet you ask people to consider leaving instead of telling people to stop the BS. Good advice there.

And there are a few who like to tease and have a little fun, but no harm done.

Yes, there IS harm done to the forum when that 'teasing' involves insulting the band this forum is supposed to be about. If that is all the humor one can think of then maybe that person shouldn't say anything at all.

Maybe the Steve Perry board should have DDY added to it then the 2 ex singers who tried to dictate everything could be together..........i will ask Andrew if this is possible then the DDY fans could go there and leave this board to the fans of STYX

You guys need to take a chill pill.... seriously.

If you like the place -- stay and post... if you don't -- then leave. Nobody is holding a gun to your head. Stop taking forums, and yourselves, so seriously.

It's a forum... people will say things you agree with. People will say things you disagree with. THere will be people you love and people you hate. Please get a grip. I know it's hard... I had to learn how to take my lumps and read things I didn't agree with - and you can too... and at the end of the day we'll both have our training wheels off and playing with the big kids.

Anytime the forum becomes the topic - it's usually over ego and not over content. Just get over yourselves. This is supposed to be recreation, not bullshit.