{"id":944,"date":"2009-05-14T13:07:40","date_gmt":"2009-05-14T13:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/awesome_80s_flashback.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:44:41","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:44:41","slug":"awesome_80s_flashback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/awesome_80s_flashback.shtml","title":{"rendered":"Awesome 80&#8217;s Flashback"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><object width=\"500\" height=\"405\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/MBtZk13miAE&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x2b405b&#038;color2=0x6b8ab6&#038;border=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/div>\n<p>I was into Styx big time in HS and college, collecting all their albums and following the band member&#8217;s solo careers.  Mr. Roboto was the song that started it for me, believe it or not.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve got a couple of Dennis DeYoung&#8217;s and Tommy Shaw&#8217;s solo albums as well as a three Damn Yankees albums with Tommy Shaw.  I even have James &#8216;JY&#8217; Young&#8217;s first solo album with <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jan_Hammer\">Jan Hammer<\/a> of Miami Vice fame (not good, at all).  Tommy Shaw was the only one to have any real musical success outside of Styx with the Damn Yankees, who were awesome.  I always thought that although Dennis was seen as the leader of Styx, it was Tommy who made the band a big success in the 70&#8217;s.<br \/>\nThe Kilroy was Here tour was pretty cool, at least I thought so (I only saw it on VHS tape after teh fact). It opened with a movie made by the band that told the story of how Rock and Roll was banned and &#8216;Kilroy&#8217; was a rocker who was imprisoned because he wouldn&#8217;t stop. He overpowers a Mr. Roboto (Japanese servant robot thing) and uses it as a disguise to escape. He then organizes a protest\/concert in the old Paradise Theater. That was the end of the film and the start of the concert. At the end of the show, the &#8216;authorities&#8217; break in and drag the band off stage.<br \/>\nDennis DeYoung (lead singer) was always interested in the Rock Opera concept and this was his baby. Yeah it was cheesy, but it was 1983, everything was cheesy.<br \/>\nI later saw them on the Edge of the Century tour int he late 90&#8217;s and they put on a great show.<br \/>\nThanks to Jared at <a href=\"http:\/\/thinklings.org\/posts\/everybody-chill-for-a-minute\">the Thinklings<\/a> for the video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was into Styx big time in HS and college, collecting all their albums and following the band member&#8217;s solo careers. 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