Longevity and relevance are key components to any successful career. The Beatles were together only eight years, but the group’s prolific music catalog still stands the test of time. Formed in 1972, Chicago-based, progressive pop-rock group Styx is closing in on a half century of success with more than 54 million records sold. Todd Sucherman has held the drum chair for more than 25 years of the band’s luminous career. How’s that for longevity? Regarding the relevance issue, Styx’s new album, Crash of the Crown [Universal Music Enterprises] reached number one on Billboard’s Rock Albums chart. After decades of stylistic changes, breakups, and lockdowns, the band can still hit the top of the charts. Even more impressive, anyone who has attended a Styx concert in recent years would agree the band sounds as fresh as it did nearly 50 years ago. There seems to be no stopping these timeless rock […]

August 2021 Issue