PARADISE THEATRE

Of all the Styx I ever have or had, only KILROY is worse. This is pretty much straight-forward 80's arena rock with some power ballads thrown in. Dennis gets out some pompous song writing and the band plays on...classic Styx did not die a pleasant death...they just kept hanging on. The concept isn't even that great on this "concept" album. When I trashed my Styx records, this wasn't a keeper. Give me GRAND ILLUSION or EQUINOX. You can have this. Whatever Styx had in terms of Prog, which wasn't a lot even on their best efforts, is absent here. 1 star.