Styx was loved by teenage girls. Most of their music is annoying, synthesized organ shite.

Getty Lee of Rush has an annoying voice, and they aren't the best songwriters, but their technical skill and virtuosity as a group is unquestionable. Getty Lee would throw down some increadibly complicated bass riffs in mixed meter while singing and playing piano with his feet (I've seen him do it). All while Neil Pert plays a 3,000 piece drum set like he's an entire drum line and drum corp pit crew (complete with marimba and vibraphone). You have to remember, when listening to Rush, that that's only 3 people playing...and that's what they sound like live. They are actually all playing that shite at the same time. Incredible.

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Posted by Lsupimp

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Posted on 11/6/14 at 1:24 pm to kingbob

I was always a Tommy Shaw guy. Tommy Shaw free of all that Dennis DeYoung Broadway Musical stuff would have been legit.

The Rush documentary where Geddy Lee laughs about other bands making "I drink the milk of honey dew" jokes in the 70's is comedy gold.

Both were essential Rite Of Passage bands for American teens exactly my age. Five years either way, and I can't imagine it being your thing. You had to be there not just show up at the deconstruction with the snark...

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Posted by RogerTheShrubber

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Posted on 11/6/14 at 1:54 pm to kingbob

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You have to remember, when listening to Rush, that that's only 3 people playing...and that's what they sound like live. They are actually all playing that shite at the same time. Incredible.

Rush's sound was large, amazing sound for a trio. Some of their live musical pieces from the late 70's are almost indistinguishable from their studio sound.

As for Styx, I liked a couple of their songs where Tommy Shaw was featured. Snowblind, Crystal Ball, Renegade. The DeYoung stuff was definitely more theatrical and oriented toward females and I didn't care for it.

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Posted by pochejp

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Posted on 11/6/14 at 3:19 pm to kingbob

[quote]Getty Lee of Rush has an annoying voice, and they aren't the best songwriters, but their technical skill and virtuosity as a group is unquestionable. Getty Lee would throw down some increadibly complicated bass riffs in mixed meter while singing and playing piano with his feet (I've seen him do it). All while Neil Pert plays a 3,000 piece drum set like he's an entire drum line and drum corp pit crew (complete with marimba and vibraphone). You have to remember, when listening to Rush, that that's only 3 people playing...and that's what they sound like live. They are actually all playing that shite at the same time. Incredible.[/quote]

Truth.

I saw them in the Superdome in 84-85 and they rocked the house. I think it was the Moving Pictures album tour. Great times.