WHERE WOULD YOU RANK MUSIC TIME??

[yogi]

I thought some of you would enjoy ranking the important events that chronicle Styx. Rank in what you feel is your order of importance.

a) James JY Young joins the band
b) Chuck Panozzo tells his brother John that he needs to rest up, get well and not tour with the band.
c) Dennis Deyoung joins brothers Chuck & John to form a band that will later become Styx
d) A&M signs Styx, who then release the album Equinox
e) You hear your first Styx single it is titled_________________?
f) You attend your first Styx concert.
g) John Curulewski quits the band.
h) Styx releases the single Lady off of Styx ll.
i) Glen Burtnik is hired to replace Tommy Shaw.
j) Dennis Deyoung is kicked out of the band.
k) John Panozzo dies from complications of alcohol abuse.
l) You purchase your first Styx album it is titled_________________?
m) Tommy Shaw is hired to replace John Curlewski.
n) Styx signs a recording contract with Wooden Nickle.
o) Lawerence Gowan is hired to replace Dennis Deyoung.
p) Todd Sucherman is hired to replace John Panozzo on the Return To Paradise tour.
q) Styx releases The Grand Illusion.
r) Chuck Panozzo comes out of the closet and tells the world that he is suffering from AIDS.
s) Styx releases the single Babe.
t) MTV plays Too Much Time On My Hands in their first hour as a network.
u) Styx releases the album Kilroy Was Here and the single Mr. Roboto.
v) Tommy Shaw quits the band to pursue a solo career. Dennis then also pursues a solo career.
w) Styx releases the album Paradise Theatre then goes on a worldwide tour supporting the album.
x) Styx releases Pieces Of Eight and then headlines their first tour' The Main Event'.
y) Tommy, JY & Dennis meet in Dennis's house to rerecord Lady for a Greatest Hits CD.
z) Orginal Styx guitarist/ vocalist John Curulewski dies.
z1) Dennis Deyoung takes his ex bandmates to court.

aa) something else____________________________________________
ab) something else____________________________________________

[bugsymalone]

Hmmmm, Yogi. Had to think on this.

OK, first, they record “Music Time”!

OK, ok…. In order of important events, as I see them (taking some from your list) -- Top Ten only:

1. Dennis asks the Panozzo’s to come over to his house to play some music and form up a band.
2. James, JY, Young joins the band
3. Styx gets a record deal with A & M thanks to the success of “Lady.”
4. Equinox is released, with the signature song “Suite Madame Blue” on it, blazing the trail for a great “Styx sound” that would follow on several big-selling albums.
5. Tommy Shaw replaces John C. in the band, creating a songwriting and musical dynamic that gave Styx its final push to the mainstream and to mainstream success.
6. Change of direction musically sends Styx to the top of the charts with a power ballad, Babe, and a concept album, Paradise Theater.
7. The downfall of Styx begins with the release of Kilroy Was Here and the subsequent controversial (but successful) tour.
8. Tommy leaves the band.
9. Styx is revived thanks to the need to re-record Lady for release of a multi-platinum Greatest Hits which leads to the reunion of the band for a very successful Return to Paradise tour, live CD and live DVD.
10. Dennis DeYoung is thrown out of the band.

Bugsy