ST YX presents CRASH OF THE CROWN
Interview by Ken Morton - Live Photo by Joe Schaeffer Band Photo Courtesy of Todd Gallopo and Styx A new era of hope, survival, and prosperity comes calling with the release of Crash Of The Crown, Styx’s new studio album, which was written pre-pandemic and recorded during the trying times of the pandemic. The legendary rockers-James “JY” Young (lead vocals, guitars), Tommy Shaw (lead vocals, guitars), Chuck Panozzo (bass, vocals), Todd Sucherman (drums, percussion), Lawrence Gowan (lead vocals, keyboards) and Ricky Phillips (bass, guitar, vocals)-has just unveiled their 17th studio magnum opus via Alpha Dog 2T/UMe, and it’s destined to thrill their fans all over 18
the world. Highwire Daze recently interviewed Lawrence Gowan to find out a whole lot more about the grand and sweeping Crash Of The Crown.. Is there any overall story or concept behind the new album Crash Of The Crown? We tried to put out something that was really open to interpretation, but to my mind it means the mountaintop suddenly being cut off – sliced off. And what happens then? Well, a big hole in the ground opens up and things go forth that wouldn’t otherwise. That’s my little lyrical interpretation of it. I don’t see it connecting to monarchy or anything of that nature at all – but really, whatever’s been held in the highest June/July 2021
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