Styx- Paradise Theater 45th Anniversary- Tommy Shaw, James Young 1-12-26

Forty-five years after the release of the Styx #1-selling Paradise Theater, I marvel at how impressively undated the sonics of playing, singing, and arranging remain, yet disturbed by how little we Americans have changed any of a number of societal ills that were addressed on this loosely conceptual 1981 album.

Styx lifers to this day Tommy Shaw and James “JY” Young detail the real-life headlines in 1981 America which inspired “Rockin’ the Paradise”, “Too Much Time on My Hands”, the pre-opioid precursor “Snowblind”, and the anthemic “Best of Times” along with Styx co-founder/former member Dennis DeYoung the week of January 12 for the Paradise Theater forty-fifth anniversary! -Redbeard