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ThereвЂ™s a 1926 Steinway and a Hammond B3 organ. From my vantage point, from my angle of the record, I was able to utilize, make use of all my vintage stuff that normally I can never move out of the studio. When I say in real time, I mean theyвЂ™re listening on their speakers simultaneous to when weвЂ™re listening on our speakers in Toronto. We were able to play in real time and record our parts. Subsequent to that, I received two extra songs that were post-pandemic, вЂњOur Wonderful Lives,вЂќ and вЂњTo Those,вЂќ and we decided letвЂ™s finish this record in our remote cities, but we used an app called Audiomovers, where I could be in my studio in Toronto, Tommy Shaw and Will Evankovich, the producer, were in Nashville. TheyвЂ™re very, very relatable, even though they were written prior to the pandemic. As we listened to the songs you realized this is really eerie, because itвЂ™s like these songs are beginning to describe the situation as it sits right now in peopleвЂ™s lives. When the pandemic hit, suddenly, in the first two months, letвЂ™s say, of the pandemic, we thought, well, once this is behind us, which we thought it would take about six weeks, weвЂ™ll get back to work on the record. First of all, when we were first working on it back in 2019, I thought these areвЂ¦ We were really coming up with some really strong songs here. This particular record, I find, is it surprised me.

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ItвЂ™s roughly 40 minutes long, like an album traditionally is, arbitrarily, you can say a little under, a little over, but generally itвЂ™s a record that should be listened to in its entirety in order to get the full musical experience of it, because it doesnвЂ™t dwell on any particularвЂ¦ WeвЂ™re not championing one hit single over another or something like that, because that makes absolutely no sense at this stage of ourвЂ¦ of the music industry, anyway, for a band with this kind of a legacy, because theвЂ¦ But what does make sense is that we try to continue the tradition of an albumвЂ™s worth of music where you listen to this thing and go on a little musical adventure over a 40 minute period. Lawrence:В The first thing to understand is that it was composed as an album. What can you tell us about this album that fans might or might not grab the first time they listen through, Lawrence? What are some of the nuances that you guys draped across the musical landscape of this record? You guys have come out of this pandemic like wildfire with an amazing album that came out June 18th, little over a month ago, Crash of The Crown. Toddstar: WeвЂ™ll talk about it when Styx next hits Michigan. Lawrence: Am I not supposed to get a jacket for that or something?

The first person on 100% Rock thatвЂ™s been interviewed five times. Toddstar: Lawrence, thank you so much for taking time out of your schedule, man. Photo credit: Todd Jolicoeur вЂ“ Toddstar Photo Roboto,вЂќ вЂњMan In The Wilderness,вЂќ вЂњMiss America,вЂќ вЂњRadio Silence,вЂќ and вЂњRenegade.вЂќВ We get keyboardist / vocalist Lawrence to discuss new music, the recording process, and much moreвЂ¦ Additionally, for Record Store Day on Saturday, June 12, STYX also released THE SAME STARDUSTВ EP on blue 180-gram 12-inch vinyl only, which will feature two brand-new songs on side one (вЂњThe Same StardustвЂќ and вЂњAge of EntropiaвЂќ), as well as five live performances on side two of some of STYXвЂ™s classic hits previously heard during their вЂњSTYX FixвЂќ livestreams that have been keeping fans company during the pandemic on their official YouTube page, including вЂњMr. According to a recent press release: вЂњThe legendary rockersвЂ“James вЂњJYвЂќ Young (lead vocals, guitars), Tommy Shaw (lead vocals, guitars), Chuck Panozzo (bass, vocals), Todd Sucherman (drums, percussion), Lawrence Gowan (lead vocals, keyboards) and Ricky Phillips (bass, guitar, vocals)вЂ“ released their 17thВ album CRASH OF THE CROWNВ June 18 on the bandвЂ™s label, Alpha Dog 2T/UMe, which will be sold as clear vinyl, black vinyl, CD, and on digital platforms.

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