MP3 Exclusives New Arrivals   Alt-Country Alternative Blues Electronic Jambands Jazz Metal Pop Punk R&B Rap/Hip Hop Reggae Rock   Top Downloads Features Archive Contests Control Panel MUSICBLITZ Alert!   METALBLITZ REGGAEBLITZ BLUESBLITZ Musician's Friend   Alt-Country Alternative Blues Electronic Jambands Jazz Hip Hop Metal Pop Punk R&B Reggae Rock   Getting Started Free Players	Welcome !      Styx / REO Speedwagon Known for most of the Twentieth Century as "The Second City," Chicago was undeniably a major player in the development of blues and soul, but the city's always placed a distant third to New York and Los Angeles in terms of quality rock music. Until Smashing Pumpkins and Liz Phair gave it some much-needed alternative juice in the mid-'90s, Chi-town's biggest claim to rock and pop fame was the 1970s proliferation of such M.O.R. perennials as Chicago, Survivor, Styx and REO Speedwagon (Chicagoans also like to take credit for Cheap Trick, although Bun E. and the boys actually hail from not-so-nearby Rockford). Of the latter two, Styx leaned much further into "progressive" territory than the boogie-minded Speedwagon, though both bands favored an ultra-commercial brand of hard rock that was soft enough to appeal to non-stoners, and exhibited a shared weakness for sappy power balladry and lousy haircuts. From 1977 to the around 1985, Styx and REO ruled the local roost, leaving their mark on everyone from Richard Marx to Billy Corgan (who has way more Styx in his music than he'd prefer to admit). Both bands resurfaced intermittently throughout the Nineties, but membership upheavals and the rise in youth-oriented radio formats prevented them from fully carrying out their evil plans. However, as their joint Summer of 2000 tour proved, Styx and REO can still pack 'em in on the arena circuit. The new Arch Allies: Live At Riverport offers a two-CD documentation of said tour, complete with numerous old favorites and several tag-team jam sessions (lighter and sleeveless t-shirt not included).     Styx / REO Speedwagon Roll With The Changes (Jam Version) LiquidAudio Rock Midwestern arena-rock nostalgia, served live with an extra helping of cheese! Too bad Dennis DeYoung chose to sit this one out!
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