yogi wrote:So who is in the band?
What will they be called??
JY?? Todd?? Chuck???
Is this for real???
No, not yet, lol. Don't think it's impossible, though, because in all seriousness, Suite is absolutely right, the grapevine coming out of both camps has changed recently and this seems more and more a possibility. It has been destined to happen since the day Dennis got fired and even if it does not happen next year, it will happen as surely as I take my next breath. The guys are tied together in the perception of the public forever, and as it always has, that will inexorably push them back together.
Interesting we were talking about sevens yesterday, check this out . . . from the date of Tommy's first record with the band to the breakup, 1976-1983 is seven years. Then the band was inactive for seven years. The Dennis-less lineup has been together seven years now, so you might say that this is inevitable by the power of seven, lol. That's kinda bizarre, but in all seriousness, Styx has a history of periods of estrangement and periods of work that all last 5-7 years, and it seems like that's how long it takes for them to gets things out of their system and come back around, so it's not a big surprise.
There's nothing to announce yet, but like I said, the vibe out of the Styx camp in particular has changed from "Never, no way, not with that bastard" to "Hmmm, what if, interesting, nothing's impossible . . ." and that means something is up. It won't be long before they start gradually re-working their position on this in public to get people prepared, in my opinion. I guess we'll see.
I hope all is well.
Sterling