At that very moment MTV was just beginning to take a foothold in this country then and the band Styx missed that whole first weave of the video revolution that was taking place.”ĭeYoung adds that when Shaw returned to the band in 1995, they “had some very successful tours and we got it all together and the fans came running back end masse and no one said a word about ‘Mr. “That’s what really killed the momentum or the golden goose in my opinion. “It really did catch us off guard and stunned the other four guys in the band,” recalls DeYoung, who says he fought against a move to immediately replace Shaw and continue on, including a planned stadium tour for 1984. Roboto” and “Don’t Let It End.” He counters that it was Shaw’s decision to depart for a solo career in 1984 that really brought that phase of Styx’s career to a close. Those comments rankle DeYoung, who calls Kilroy an “experiment” that still went platinum and launched two top 10 Hot 100 singles in “Mr. Roboto' After 35 Years: 'We're Embracing the Fan Requests' “We killed the golden goose, at least for the time being, and it’s taken a long time to resurrect it.” “We gave enough rope to hang himself, and us, collectively … and it’s clear that moment in time was a huge mistake,” Young said. Young told Billboard in June that “it was an ugly time” in the band and “none of the rest of us” liked the Kilroy project. Roboto” this year has made news because band members James “J.Y.” Young and Tommy Shaw have long been critical of the song and of the accompanying Kilroy Was Here concept album.

But if I could write four more of those tomorrow, I’m doing it.” “They love it because it’s insinuated itself somehow into the culture, which is beyond my comprehension because when I wrote the thing it was never intended to be a single. Roboto’ at every show and people go mental,” DeYoung, who parted ways with Styx acrimoniously during 1999, tells Billboard. And the group’s former singer, songwriter and keyboardist feels that any lingering controversy over the 1983 single is disingenuous. In a recent lengthy social media message, Dennis DeYoung made it known he was happy to hear Styx had returned to playing “Mr.

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