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James Vincent Young (born November 14, 1949) is an American musician who is best known as one of the guitarists in the American rock band Styx, having served as the only continuous original member of the band. Young began playing keyboard and piano at the age of five.
Jun 17, 2022 · James Young Looks Back on 50 Years of Styx: Exclusive Interview. Matt Wardlaw Published: June 17, 2022. Jason Kempin, Getty Images. The roots of Styx began with two fraternal brothers who...
Jan 13, 2017 · Jan 13, 2017. By: Dr. Nancy Berk - Parade. James “JY” Young is no stranger to hard work. With an aerospace engineering degree under his belt, the guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, who has been credited with steering the multi-million-selling band Styx toward their first recording contract decades ago, continues to play hundreds of shows a year.
- How Styx Came to Rule The Airwaves
- Then Suddenly 'Mr. Roboto' Was Here
- What Really Broke Up The Band
- Weathering The Storm with Tommy Shaw
- A New Generation Discovering Styx
- The Recording of 'The Mission'
- Coming to Terms with 'Roboto'
- 'I'm Not Mad at Dennis Deyoung Anymore'
- Talk of A 'Highly Unlikely' Reunion
- 'You Have to Forgive Your Captors'
They'd changed their name to Styx by the 1972 release of their first album, "Styx I," breaking through with a ballad called "Lady" in 1975 and following through two years later with "Come Sail Away." And thus began the golden age of Styx as a commercial force. In the course of four albums, the band sent a string of huge hit singles up the pop chart...
Then DeYoung shared the concept for "Kilroy Was Here" and a synth-driven single called "Mr. Roboto" that Young was sure would ruin everything. "He had been the most significant writer in the band," Young says. And if "Mr. Roboto" is what he really wanted? "I felt like, 'OK, we'll take a chance on this. But it was such a hard left turn on the wheel ...
And that, Young recalls, is "what really broke up the band." They reunited in 1990 without Tommy Shaw, the guitarist who'd written and sung two of their biggest hits, "Renegade" and "Too Much Time on My Hands," releasing an album before they parted ways again in 1991. The next reunion was with Shaw on board in 1995. They re-recorded "Lady" for a "G...
Today, Young and Shaw are the lone remaining ties to Styx's multi-platinum heyday, with occasional appearances by founding bassist Chuck Panozzo. Panozzo's brother John, the band's founding drummer, died in 1996. Guitarist John "J.C." Curulewski was replaced when he quit on the eve of a tour in late in 1975 and died in 1988. "Tommy and I have weath...
But they've also been noticing more and more young people filling those seats at their concerts. Young recalls meeting the daughter of "a radio guy" backstage last summer. She was wearing a Styx shirt and holding old Styx vinyl. "I said 'Geez, a young lady like you, I figured you'd be into Katy Perry or Taylor Swift,'" he recalls. "She goes, 'I eff...
Fans sharing links to streaming music that no one paid to hear is also a completely different business model than the one that led to triple-platinum sales for several Styx releases. That's why Young was resistant when Shaw first suggested recording "The Mission," a 2017 release that became their first album of original material in 14 years. "I was...
It was after "The Mission" that Styx allowed an old, estranged acquaintance on their stage. The band added "Mr. Roboto" to their setlist, having asked their merch guy and lighting director what songs the fans had been requesting. "They're both in the line of fire when people leave the show," Young says. "So we sat down and said, 'What song gets mos...
In the meantime, his feelings have mellowed toward the man who wrote the song. "I'm not mad at Dennis DeYoung anymore," he says. "And that single is part of our lineage." In working it up, he says, they did their best to "see if we can toughen it up and make it a little more rocked-up." And 95% of the time, he says, "it's just a thunderous ovation ...
Given the relative shortness of life and the fact that he says he's not mad at DeYoung anymore, could Young seeing himself patching things up with the singer of "Mr. Roboto" enough to maybe work together? It's a simple question followed by a lengthy, awkward silence. "Highly unlikely," he finally says. "The man sued us in federal court over the use...
He likens the situation to a movie he recently saw called "Unbroken," produced and directed by Angelina Jolie. It's the tale of an Olympic athlete who's captured by the Japanese after his bomber crash-lands in the ocean during WWII. "He came back from the Second World War and was just a bitter man about everything," Young says. "And his wife took h...
8/16/1995. College. Kentucky. Draft Info. 2014: Rd 1, Pk 17 (BOS) Birthplace. Rochester Hills, MI. Stats. PTS. 2.3. REB. 1.0. AST. 0.3. FG% 36.7. View the profile of New York Knicks Guard James...
Aug 16, 1995 · 8/16/1995. College. Kentucky. Draft Info. 2014: Rd 1, Pk 17 (BOS) Birthplace. Rochester Hills, MI. Career Stats. PTS. 2.3. REB. 1.0. AST. 0.3. FG% 36.7. Complete career NBA stats for the New York...
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Jan 25, 2024 · James Young of Styx — Still a Renegade | Next Avenue. James 'JY' Young has been rockin’ and touring for decades with the band he helped found. He catches us up on their latest. By Michele...
