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Back in the late 60's when Dennis and The Panozzo's were jamming and getting ready to form Styx you had to know that deep down their goal was a jewellery contract.

This quote was taken from the A&M archives right after The Grand Illusion was released. "We feel really good about this album. We did release it on 7-7-77 for luck but if this hits like we think it can and then we can follow it up successfully with another great album who knows somewhere down the road we might get our own jewellery line". James JY Young-

This was taken from Rolling Stone soon after Kilroy was released: "I did take us in a more theatric direction but hey I knew how bad the guys wanted a jewellery line I am the leader of Styx and this was the path I thought we should take to get us that jewellery line" - Dennis DeYoung


Also taken fron Rolling Stone " Dennis gets to be out there in that Robot costume with all the lights & glitter. He gets to wear all the jewellery and cool stuff. Why does he get to be the star? This just aint fair. All I want to do is rock and wear neat looking jewellery. This aint fair one bit"- Tommy Shaw

From Billboard " Chuck and Dennis both told me to wear it but I was still pissed off about the whole Kilroy concept. It's now that I realize that if Dr. Rightous would have only worn the anklet 'High Time' could have reached #1" That jewellery contract was so close I could taste it, why didnt I listen?" - James JY Young

Also from Billboard "Jonathan Chance only gets to wear a cheap watch and a bandanna". " Kilroy (Dennis) gets to wear all that cool jewelery, his stuff glitters" "Hello Girls With Guns, I'm outta here when this tour ends" - Tommy Shaw


Who would of thunk it??? Rock on Styx!!!! You have truly sold out!!!!!

P.S. Poth is still around. I was about ready to concede that Froy may have been right all along and then I read Poth's opinions and I know I just cant head off to that line of thinking.

How about some signature James JY Young dedorant as a stocking stuffer for Christmas??? The ad can read: " Styx and James JY Young present 'Out On A Day Pass' deodorant. Worn by inmates in 19 US states. This aroma has a hint of arena sweat mixed with Dr. Rightous Fried chicken . A must this Christmas"

I am also hearing that Styx is looking to strike a deal with the struggling US Postal Service for 'What If' packaging for US and International shipments. Tommy Shaw met today with US Postmaster General Patrick Donahue.

yogi wrote:Back in the late 60's when Dennis and The Panozzo's were jamming and getting ready to form Styx you had to know that deep down their goal was a jewellery contract.

This quote was taken from the A&M archives right after The Grand Illusion was released. "We feel really good about this album. We did release it on 7-7-77 for luck but if this hits like we think it can and then we can follow it up successfully with another great album who knows somewhere down the road we might get our own jewellery line". James JY Young-

This was taken from Rolling Stone soon after Kilroy was released: "I did take us in a more theatric direction but hey I knew how bad the guys wanted a jewellery line I am the leader of Styx and this was the path I thought we should take to get us that jewellery line" - Dennis DeYoung


Also taken fron Rolling Stone " Dennis gets to be out there in that Robot costume with all the lights & glitter. He gets to wear all the jewellery and cool stuff. Why does he get to be the star? This just aint fair. All I want to do is rock and wear neat looking jewellery. This aint fair one bit"- Tommy Shaw

From Billboard " Chuck and Dennis both told me to wear it but I was still pissed off about the whole Kilroy concept. It's now that I realize that if Dr. Rightous would have only worn the anklet 'High Time' could have reached #1" That jewellery contract was so close I could taste it, why didnt I listen?" - James JY Young

Also from Billboard "Jonathan Chance only gets to wear a cheap watch and a bandanna". " Kilroy (Dennis) gets to wear all that cool jewelery, his stuff glitters" "Hello Girls With Guns, I'm outta here when this tour ends" - Tommy Shaw


Who would of thunk it??? Rock on Styx!!!! You have truly sold out!!!!!

P.S. Poth is still around. I was about ready to concede that Froy may have been right all along and then I read Poth's opinions and I know I just cant head off to that line of thinking.

Funny post. I think the fact that they had/have a coffee blend named after them and pitched on their website was a big clue that more stuff like this was to come.

Boomchild wrote: I think the fact that they had/have a coffee blend named after them and pitched on their website was a big clue that more stuff like this was to come.

I think they're taking a page out of Gene Simmon's book

pinkfloyd1973 wrote:

Boomchild wrote: I think the fact that they had/have a coffee blend named after them and pitched on their website was a big clue that more stuff like this was to come.

I think they're taking a page out of Gene Simmon's book

Please, Journey did the same thing with jewelry years ago...along with incense, soap, wine, Christmas decoration, and all kinds of crap.

Do you guys whine about EVERYTHING? This is one of the biggest non-issues I've ever read here. It's just proof that you people grasp at anything you can find as an excuse to whine about Styx.

Monker wrote:

pinkfloyd1973 wrote:

Boomchild wrote: I think the fact that they had/have a coffee blend named after them and pitched on their website was a big clue that more stuff like this was to come.

I think they're taking a page out of Gene Simmon's book

Please, Journey did the same thing with jewelry years ago...along with incense, soap, wine, Christmas decoration, and all kinds of crap.

Do you guys whine about EVERYTHING? This is one of the biggest non-issues I've ever read here. It's just proof that you people grasp at anything you can find as an excuse to whine about Styx.

Who's whining? Just making an observation, you can untwist your panties now

personally I'm looking for some styx porn on dvd.......i mean according to several around here and their beliefs of all things STYX there MUST be footage somewhere of the butt raping that JY and Tommy gave Dennis........right??????????????????????????

Monker here is where you are wrong. When is the last time Styx has put out new music? When Dennis was booted part of the reason according to Tommy & JY was this band wanted to ROCK. Dennis was taking them in a direction that they didnt want to go. Who would have thought that that direction was Jewelery? No new music but a coffee & jewelery line. Top that off with the fact their first piece of jewelery is a necklace with the inscription 'Come Sail Away With Me ' on it.

Lets get this right Styx kicks Dennis out of the band partly by their own admission because thy dont like the direction he is leading them. They ' want to rock' . After making Cyclorama they stop making new music and now they come up with a Jewelery Line featuring a song that was written and sung by the guy who helped form the band and that they kicked out.

Back when Styx was in their prime they were falsly accused by Rolling Stone and other magazines and 'experts' in the field of creating and playing McDonalds type cheap sell out manufactured faceless rock music. We all knew at the time that assessment was false. But no more . The 'rock' band that no longer creates new music has now SOLD out.

I wish Tommy,JY and the rest all the best. I hope they sell tons of jewelery. They wont be selling me their Grand Illusion/Pieces of Eight CD that I truly wanted or the DVD that I semi wanted.

Who would have thought that when Tommy said he wanted to rock, that rock meant jewelery? Now Come Sail Away needs to be spelled Come Sale Away??

yogi wrote:Monker here is where you are wrong. When is the last time Styx has put out new music? When Dennis was booted part of the reason according to Tommy & JY was this band wanted to ROCK. Dennis was taking them in a direction that they didnt want to go. Who would have thought that that direction was Jewelery? No new music but a coffee & jewelery line. Top that off with the fact their first piece of jewelery is a necklace with the inscription 'Come Sail Away With Me ' on it.

Lets get this right Styx kicks Dennis out of the band partly by their own admission because thy dont like the direction he is leading them. They ' want to rock' . After making Cyclorama they stop making new music and now they come up with a Jewelery Line featuring a song that was written and sung by the guy who helped form the band and that they kicked out.

Back when Styx was in their prime they were falsly accused by Rolling Stone and other magazines and 'experts' in the field of creating and playing McDonalds type cheap sell out manufactured faceless rock music. We all knew at the time that assessment was false. But no more . The 'rock' band that no longer creates new music has now SOLD out.

I wish Tommy,JY and the rest all the best. I hope they sell tons of jewelery. They wont be selling me their Grand Illusion/Pieces of Eight CD that I truly wanted or the DVD that I semi wanted.

Who would have thought that when Tommy said he wanted to rock, that rock meant jewelery? Now Come Sail Away needs to be spelled Come Sale Away??

wow.....it's hard to imagine that a piece of jewelry can evoke such emotions.

Hey Yogi... keep in mind... they are "Rocking" but only if they add diamonds do their jewelry line up. Those are rocks. So they could truly say they are ROCKING out then.

masque wrote:

yogi wrote:Monker here is where you are wrong. When is the last time Styx has put out new music? When Dennis was booted part of the reason according to Tommy & JY was this band wanted to ROCK. Dennis was taking them in a direction that they didnt want to go. Who would have thought that that direction was Jewelery? No new music but a coffee & jewelery line. Top that off with the fact their first piece of jewelery is a necklace with the inscription 'Come Sail Away With Me ' on it.

Lets get this right Styx kicks Dennis out of the band partly by their own admission because thy dont like the direction he is leading them. They ' want to rock' . After making Cyclorama they stop making new music and now they come up with a Jewelery Line featuring a song that was written and sung by the guy who helped form the band and that they kicked out.

Back when Styx was in their prime they were falsly accused by Rolling Stone and other magazines and 'experts' in the field of creating and playing McDonalds type cheap sell out manufactured faceless rock music. We all knew at the time that assessment was false. But no more . The 'rock' band that no longer creates new music has now SOLD out.

I wish Tommy,JY and the rest all the best. I hope they sell tons of jewelery. They wont be selling me their Grand Illusion/Pieces of Eight CD that I truly wanted or the DVD that I semi wanted.

Who would have thought that when Tommy said he wanted to rock, that rock meant jewelery? Now Come Sail Away needs to be spelled Come Sale Away??

wow.....it's hard to imagine that a piece of jewelry can evoke such emotions.

Exactly, considering all the critique I have thrown at Journey, I never critiqued their SWAG. How lame to even go there.

Monker wrote:

pinkfloyd1973 wrote:

Boomchild wrote: I think the fact that they had/have a coffee blend named after them and pitched on their website was a big clue that more stuff like this was to come.

I think they're taking a page out of Gene Simmon's book

Please, Journey did the same thing with jewelry years ago...along with incense, soap, wine, Christmas decoration, and all kinds of crap.

Do you guys whine about EVERYTHING? This is one of the biggest non-issues I've ever read here. It's just proof that you people grasp at anything you can find as an excuse to whine about Styx.

Man, go infect another board with cry baby nonsense! You are the whiner. We can "talk" about whatever we want to. I haven't even entered in the particular topic, but it took your little rant to make it so. Must you defend every single thing about the current lineup? Can they do no wrong in your eyes? Also, with as much disrespect and insults that are thrown at DDY by some here, I have no desire to see a band who such people support. See it goes both ways. Big deal... neither side will miss us. Grow up.

Baron Von Bielski wrote:

Monker wrote:

pinkfloyd1973 wrote:

Boomchild wrote: I think the fact that they had/have a coffee blend named after them and pitched on their website was a big clue that more stuff like this was to come.

I think they're taking a page out of Gene Simmon's book

Please, Journey did the same thing with jewelry years ago...along with incense, soap, wine, Christmas decoration, and all kinds of crap.

Do you guys whine about EVERYTHING? This is one of the biggest non-issues I've ever read here. It's just proof that you people grasp at anything you can find as an excuse to whine about Styx.

Man, go infect another board with cry baby nonsense! You are the whiner. We can "talk" about whatever we want to. I haven't even entered in the particular topic, but it took your little rant to make it so. Must you defend every single thing about the current lineup? Can they do no wrong in your eyes? Also, with as much disrespect and insults that are thrown at DDY by some here, I have no desire to see a band who such people support. See it goes both ways. Big deal... neither side will miss us. Grow up.

Well, for now anyway, froy can't say anything here...so you are wrong about that.

But, really, going about attacking *anything* for the swag they produce is just fucking ridiculous. It has nothing to do with Styx doing something right or wrong to me...it has to do with how pathetic some of the discussion has beco0me here. Honestly, you people can't go on talking about what you LIKE about Dennis for more then a week without being distracted by trolls like Toph or idiots like froyline with topics like this one or repeated stupidity like Boom boom posts. Some here would rather HATE Styx then like Dennis.

And, I know Dennis won't miss me. I'm not doing some kinda stupid boycott like froyline. I don't think he'll be coming here any time soon anyway. It has to do with being around people I don't want to be around. So, it doesn't even have much to do with Dennis. i LIKE his last solo CD. I thought his does an OK job in concert...but his fans are so lame that they sit on their hands and only shout out when it is to make a lame joke about Styx or it is the last song of the night. I don't find that very fun. If you feel that way about Styx, that's fine...you make room for somebody who WILL enjoy the show, and I'll make room for somebody who hates Styx.

Maybe you all are losing sight of the big picture.....the one in which bands and music are business. Business includes marketing. Come on, Kiss has been doing this stuff since the 70s (lunchboxes and dolls, for Pete's sake)....not to mention all the Beatle paraphernalia that was marketed in the 60s. Any of you recall Beatle wigs? Beatle boots? Hell, people used to rip up sheets from hotels that the Fab Four had slept on and sell the pieces. So Styx is selling jewelry. Big deal. At least, they are in control of this, unlike the Beatles. I don't understand why y'all are getting your panties twisted about this. The marketing and selling of bands has been going on forever.

Cassie May wrote:Maybe you all are losing sight of the big picture.....the one in which bands and music are business. Business includes marketing. Come on, Kiss has been doing this stuff since the 70s (lunchboxes and dolls, for Pete's sake)....not to mention all the Beatle paraphernalia that was marketed in the 60s. Any of you recall Beatle wigs? Beatle boots? Hell, people used to rip up sheets from hotels that the Fab Four had slept on and sell the pieces. So Styx is selling jewelry. Big deal. At least, they are in control of this, unlike the Beatles. I don't understand why y'all are getting your panties twisted about this. The marketing and selling of bands has been going on forever.

Kiss has been more about merchandise and hype for god knows how long. Not really centered around the music. That's the way Gene Simmons has handled it. Sure it has made them boat loads of money too. But does anyone want to see Styx become like that? Not that it would even be remotely possible which has nothing to do with Dennis in or out of Styx.

You know what Monker? I don't know what your major malfunction is, I made mention of Styx taking a page out of Gene Simmon's book (no insult there) and you get all pissy about it. I actually do not care what they do with licensing of the name. The comment had nothing to do with Dennis, only about the fact that the band KISS puts their name on a lot of merchandise and makes a buttload of money. Tommy and JY et al., can do that to their hearts' content, I don't give a rat's heiny

pinkfloyd1973 wrote:You know what Monker? I don't know what your major malfunction is, I made mention of Styx taking a page out of Gene Simmon's book (no insult there) and you get all pissy about it. I actually do not care what they do with licensing of the name. The comment had nothing to do with Dennis, only about the fact that the band KISS puts their name on a lot of merchandise and makes a buttload of money. Tommy and JY et al., can do that to their hearts' content, I don't give a rat's heiny

Your post just happened to be the last post in the thread when I replied to it. I guess I should have deleted your quote before I posted it. My 'whining' is more directed at the response in general then directly what you said.

My point was, and is, that ALL bands do this and to complain about swag is just lame.

In the case of Kiss, yeah, they did/do seem to go after the money for how they promote themselves. But, selling jewelry isn't going to get them squat, any more then it did for Journey, or any other band. It's SWAG, prmotion, to keep the name out there and peiople intersted in the band and to buy tickets. It probably helps Dennis as much, or more, then it does Styx anyway.