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I heard Styx live early this century and they were great. >
>They've sounded better in concert the last several years, after booting Dennis DeYoung from the band. Tommy Shaw and JY might be senior citizens by now, but they can still rock.
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>Styx did some decent album work a long time ago - the Grand Illusion and Pieces of Eight albums were good, and even earlier albums (Crystal Ball, Equinox, Serpent is Rising) were good even by today's standards.
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>But Dennis DeYoung ruined the band's reputation with all the pop ballad silliness...and then there was the entire "Mr Roboto" stuff. In their 1983 tour following their album, their own fans were often booing them in concern.
Another who fits in the "can still rock" category is Neil Young. Part of his secret IMO is that he constantly tries new things, still has an active musical imagination. He still releases new stuff, in various styles, and will never do the same show you could have gone to 40 years ago. (As opposed to the Stones, who haven't released anything of note in decades).
For anyone with the remotest interest in Neil Young, you can't beat this with a stick for $16.46. Somewhere in the basement I still have the original 3 record set on vinyl, even though I no longer have a turntable.
http://www.amazon.com/Decade-Neil-Young/dp/B000002KCS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1308662297&sr=8-2That came out quite a while ago and he has continued to release a new CD every year or so. Whoa! -- Amazon lists 127 titles. That is almost beyond belief. And it doesn't even seem to include CSNY and Buffalo Springfield.
