I'm positive this is how foggy the images of this event will be in twenty more years, but the memories will be crystal clear. I'm glad I got to experience these Rock Opera's from the bands who had the talent to do music this way, The Tubes, Pink Floyd but of a few.
This rendition of “haven’t we been here before” is incredible. There are 0 male vocalists like this anymore, never mind any rock and roll artists. Legends.
I'm impressed that while they weren't getting along and everyone except Dennis hated doing the Kilroy show they managed to put on a great performance. I wish the band's management or A&M would have filmed their Grand Illusion or Pieces of Eight tours.
Yeah me too! this is one of my favorite Styx videos. I've own this live video since 1995. And I never knew that Tommy Shaw and James Young hated the Kilroy Was Here album and tour until after I saw the band on VH1's behind the music. Now I know exactly why Tommy Shaw left the band in 1984.
The original VHS tapes release was on the first to feature VHS HiFi, a quantum leap in sound fidelity...finally, a video tape worthy of being played through an expensive audio system!
Truly be nice have it on DVDs in stores or online. My favorite band. Truly love all songs I grow up listen my last year of high school class of 1983. Was only 19 at time. Been more then 25 year plus this video came out. All way Rock N Roll here to stay. Lots classic hit songs.
My parents went to this concert, and I used to watch this vhs religiously. Cheesy lines, sometimes... but I love that they went for something different. It was a performance, not just a concert... and it was cool as Hell when I was little. Thanks for posting this, been dancing around my living room for days :).
Bennie Rae Palko Glad a few people like this. I went to the Show at the UNI Dome in Cedar Falls. I'll agree the acting was poor, but the concept was great. It was my third Styx show. Nobody around the dome complained. It was definitely not the worst concert I'd ever been to. People want consistency. After I heard about all the complaining, it reminded me of when UB40 opened for The Police. UB40 was great, but the crowd booed the off stage.
I was at both those concerts. Styx and The Police. What a horrible night getting to the show with the ice storm and we lost KFMW for a while with their tower coming down!
my parents didnt go but i watched this tape religiously in the early 90s,named my son tommy when i grew up and this tape made me pick up guitar i now own an ibanez artist the same one tommy plays in this video,the cherry sunburst one. your comment is 8 years old so you probs wont see this lol but just wanted you to know the caught in the act tape means something to me too :)
Setlist: Movie Video 9:27 Mr. Roboto 15:40 JY Guitar Solo 19:20 Rocking the Paradise 23:30 Keyboard Solo 24:42 Blue Collar Man 29:05 Snowblind 35:00 Too Much Time on Your Hands 39:50 Don't Let It End 45:14 Cold War 52:50 Best of Times 59:05 Come Sail Away 1:06:40 Renegade 1:12:35 Haven't We Been Here Before 1:16:45 Don't Let it End (Reprise) This actually isn't the full dvd video, missing 4 songs (Babe, Heavy Metal Poisoning, Boat on The River) , and Music Time non live video
WOW. Used to have this on LaserDisc (long gone by now though). I would wake up & go to sleep with this song. I wish the old days of actually accomplishing/creating things would come back. "I'VE GOT THE POWER, & I'VE GOT THE WILL..." p.s.-maybe (we're) already there.
this was the end of the original ,Styx from here the guys ,from Styx, went on their on way for a while!sad for me Styx was the rock band of my early days!got all the long play!albums unfortunately i lost them just still have the pieces of eights and the paradise theater album! but saw the band and the original Styx like five times!yeah!love the Styx music forever in my life still carry on the best of time of my life of my early day!with Styx music love you always, guys , Dennis DE young, Tommy Shaw James DE young, John and chuck ponazzo! thanks !love you guys!
I saw Styx during the ‘Cornerstone’ tour, the ‘Paradise’ tour and the ‘’Kilroy’ tour. I’ve seen a ton of concerts in my day, and Styx was always an incredibly tight band when they played. Probably the best... without getting into the banter of why they broke up, it’s just a shame that they can’t continue. Without John, Styx will never be the same as a whole... I saw Dennis this past weekend and he killed it. Incredible voice and talent. At 71 he is still kicking ass... thanks for the memories and the music...
@@tsitracommunications2884Tommy Shaw wrote and sang some a decent amount of “pop” and “air supply” stuff as well. A lot of rock bands went ‘mainstream’ and became more popular with ballad type songs. Of the entire catalogue of DDY, the majority of his songs were rock. If not weren’t for his songs, Styx would’ve never made it.
@@JoeyP322 but in doing so styx lost the prog rock sound they were famous for so styx as we know it ceased to exist and turned AOR/pop/dave foster/barry manilow sinking in the swamp of mediocrity. Styx was and still is a classic prog rock band and still is, so much the better. Dennis should had never stole the banda thunder and turned into a cross twixt debbie harry, Paul mc cartney, Glenn Frey dave Lee Roth and worse, Roger waters. Like Paul, dennis preferred the pop trash while Tommy preferred good ol rock, just like John lennon
2:08 - sounds like they used a couple of Motorola Quik Call I tones (a.k.a. the fire paging tones from "Emergency!"). Anyone who grew up watching that show knows that sound. :)
I just wrote another thing about Damone literally yesterday. I saw something that said the reason Vinyl sounds better is because the music was better. The picture showed a Led Zeppelin cover. So I said "Now, this is the most important thing, Rat. When it comes down to making out, whenever possible, put on side 1 of Led Zeppelin 4."
This was my first full concert I saw on HBO, I was familiar with Styx cause I had older sisters and Brothers but this I saw on HBO. This one and I believe it The Belladonna tour from Stevie Nicks ( I might have the tour name wrong) But I have loved Styx since I first saw this. It made me go and buy all their albums before it and after. DDY has been a love of mine, I bought all his solo stuff , and I still do. I was 11 when this came out.
AWESOME!!! I've been looking for this video for 30+ years! When Styx was still Styx with Dennis, JY, Tommy, Chuck and John. Have seen the latest reincarnations of the band several times over the last few years. While they are stil good, they'll always br Styx 'Lite' to me.
Psh. If you want to go that route, Styx ain't been Styx since Equinox when JC bailed. They ain't bad with Lawrence, Todd, and Glenn. Fact is, Styx is Styx. Then, now, it's the music mate. Always has been. Always will be.
Hey I truly enjoyed concert so much year out my high school days. Looking back songs like Dont Let it End. I have 45 record. Fantastic show. I enjoy different setting. My favorte is Tommy Shaw . Since all my high school days. I truly watch again Mr. Roboto enjoy the setting. Class 1983 was greatest year. My favorte band though years back 1980s. Still is today.
Thank you so much for posting this! I bought the album the day it came out when I was young. But when I heard of the vhs release, I could never find a copy. I pretty much forgot about it until now. Awesome!!!
When Paradise Theater came out, James "JY" Young had Blue Oyster Cult in him when he sung Half-Penny-Two-Penny, especially at the end of the guitar solo. The song came across between Blue Oyster Cult's The Vigil, I am The Storm, and Lips In The Hills. I can definitely picture Blue Oyster Cult's guitarist and vocalist Eric Bloom singing Half-Penny-Two-Penny. But even though Dennis DeYoung has no Blue Oyster Cult in him. He sings vocals on Prelude 12 written by ex-Styx member, the late John Curulewski from the album, Equinox. DeYoung's singing was clear and pure. I can definitely picture Blue Oyster Cult's guitarist Donald Buck Dharma Roeser singing the song, Prelude 12. So it's like, Eric Bloom sings vocals on Half-Penny-Two-Penny. And Donald Buck Dharma Roeser sings vocals on Prelude 12.
Just went back in the time capsule and felt 20 again! Too Cool.....Pure Love for my Styx of ole!! Never gets dull and pure entertainment from then til now! Peace & Love to one of the Best Bands ever!!! Rock On! :)
Must admit that I was never a Dennis fan and the whole "theatre" aspect that seemed to be his vision for the band. Young and Shaw just wanted to rock, which is what I and most of my friends wanted. Caught Styx on this tour at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis way back when as a teenager. Remember feeling back then it was pretty cheesy. That was in the 80s though, so everything was cheesy. That being said, Styx really had some great music over the years.
They stayed disbanded for several years but they got back together by 1990. And they stayed together until 1999. Styx music is mostly DDY's anyway! When they tour do you think THEY get paid the majority! DDY goes on and tours with his BETTER band and get's paid from the tribute band!
Yeah... I kind'a get it, too. I never saw the live show, but I first saw the "Mr. Roboto" video on HBO Video Jukebox. Then later on MTV, I caught a broadcast of the full "Kilroy was Here" concert. I got the gist of the story: "Tommy" meets George Orwell's "1984" or something. "Footloose" with Kevin Bacon hadn't hit the cinemas yet, but the trope was already in place, thanks to this production: In a dystopian future where a socialist dictator outlaws rock & roll and controls social opinion (and Japanese robotic servants make up the work force) rock artists are branded as rebels, get imprisoned or escape into the urban underground. But 2 such rebels connect (one breaks out of prison, the other spreads graffiti messages and pirates TV signals) meet, and take a stand for their music, as the last form of "freedom of expression" for the human race. {And with today's trend of bio rock films: "Bohemian Rhapsody, RocketMan" and such...it seems a shame this has never become a full-fledged movie. Especially after learning the FX artist who created the Roboto suit & mask, was "Terminator" and "Jurassic Park" artist Stan Winston.]
I understand that Tommy and JY didn't like making it but many fans love it including me. It may be cheesy but everyone loves cheese especially on their pizza and cheese steaks 😋
Dennis ever the entertainer while the fellas just want to rock. Well, they are able to just rock now because of all the money made due to Dennis' skills. Example-Babe was a cheesy love song that made #1 and tons of money. So sad they couldn't embrace the versatile members and each other's strengths. Dennis loved to rock out..but always the showman.
I am hoping a long version of the video is released with Suite Madame Blues, Crystal Ball, Miss America, Angry Young man, etc is released in the future.
The MMM was hot on Robert Romanus' tail for scalping 80 pairs of Styx tickets... That being said i saw Styx this summer for the first time in over 20 years and they not only played Mr Roboto, they did it in their encore.
Just reading a few of the comments about what a disaster Killroy and the subsequent tour was. I get what DeYoung was trying to do: he wanted to apply live theatre standards to a rock concert that everyone else was doing. Pink Floyd's The Wall Live; David Bowie; Peter Gabriel and Genesis; Yes and Tales from Topographical Oceans; Jethro Tull and Passion Play; Rush and Hemispheres ... every single big rock act of the day had some kind of theatrical gimmick built into their live show. And the motivation was bigger is better - Pink Floyd's The Wall for example. Styx's live show was always bordering on the theatrical, so why not go all the way? The result was campy and cheesy, and maybe it didn't always work out - in the stadium shows, it was a bad idea. But when it worked, it worked brilliantly.
+Bear Mare One of my favorite bands (Dream Theater) is currently touring behind their newest release The Astonishing which is sort of a modern take on the concept of Killroy Was Here. They were asked to tour in some arenas but refused because their plan for a fully fleshed out theatrical performance to accompany their live performances would not have worked in an arena setting so they're touring in theaters...and they're making a killing doing it.
***** The show in Houston, Texas wasn't exactly good for Styx. According to accounts, the show was not well received. The stadium rock/Broadway show theme didn't go over well. The smaller setting always worked better for Styx: the Grand Decathlon and Paradise Theatre were more effective as rock concerts, with a dash of Broadway.
+Bear Mare I was at the Cotton Bowl show in Dallas. It was the 1983 Texxas Jam on a 100 degree day. Also on the bill was Sammy Hagar, Triumph, Ted Nugent, and Uriah Heap. Sammy had just finished his set by bringing up Rik Emmett & Uncle Ted for a rousing version of Whole Lotta Love. He finished it by hanging over the lighting rig several stories above the Cotton Bowl floor, still playing his guitar. The place went ape shit! Now imagine having to follow up that with a robot movie in front of 80,000 hot, sweaty, drunk people. People started streaming out in droves. Everyone was sitting down, booing, and flipping off the band. Tommy Shaw got pissed off. He kept yelling at the audience to get up and make noise. People kept telling him "fuck you." He took off his guitar, smashed it, and walked off stage. JY finally got him back out to finish the set but by then it was too late. That was the end of Styx. (for the time being)
JW is the Chris Squire of Styx...Just as Chris Squire is the only member on every album by the English band Yes, JY is the only Styk on every album by the American band called Styx
Don't forget Rick Davies appeared on every Supertramp release, Nick Mason appeared on every Pink Floyd album (although not every song and he and Rick Wright did every Pink Floyd tour), Ian Anderson did every Jethro Tull album, Tony Iommi did every Black Sabbath album
Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford appeared on all Genesis albums, Nick Mason of Pink Floyd appeared on all albums (although he and Rick Wright did every tour).
Kilroy Was Here is a concept album about the future without rock and roll music. It was inspired by Escape from New York, Assault on Precinct 13, and KISS meets the Phantom of the Park.
Dystopian future in which Rock and Roll was made illegal on moral grounds? It may have been inspired by those, but the concept was lifted from "Joe's Garage" by Frank Zappa!
I haven't watched the entire video yet, but I can tell you that “Blue Collar Man” is not from the Caught In The Act concert video, as evidenced by the new mustache that Dennis is sporting. He never had a mustache in the entire concert video (of which I still have the VHS copy). Just compare his face between Rockin’ The Paradise and Blue Collar Man, and you'll see the difference.
This show was great in theaters, but it didn’t work in bigger venues. What’s a shame about this video is that they edited the first half of Shaw’s solo on Cold War (the entire rap section appears to have been added in post production)…I guess it’d also be nice if they’d played the entire New Orleans show-ideally the last show of the run, which I believe was the sunday show, because it had an extra song.
Mr. Roboto was my favorite song as a kid. Especially the video. That said, as lame as the overall Kilroy tour/video was, it was still better than Chess: The Musical which was big at around the same time.
Id like to know more about the awesome light up strat in the last bit. looks totally stock,finish and pickguard, only giveaway is the huge ribbon cable at 1:18:41. ...And in the day of 16K home computers! Awesome
Nevrmind the stories, they were getting along just fine, they were a 70's band trying to adapt to the new musical landscspe of the 80's with no new material except DeYoung's Kilroy idea which I think would've went over better if released in 1984 (George Orwell) and flushed out a bit more. It's a shame they can't just take it for what it was and get back with Dennis.
Correct. MTV with silly videos, new wave with techno pop dominated the early mid 80's. Dennis predicted in 1979 or 80 the band would not last another 5 years. He understood music would change. Bottom line is Tommy and JY don't have an ear for music like Dennis,
Look in my opinion Dennis DeYoung is a talented singer songwriter & keyboard player.... that being said he should have saved the whole Kilroy concept for a solo album like many have said.... what went down after the album was released & the financial disaster of the tour it was obvious that the rest of the band had enough of the stupidity & cut him loose.... It was sad to see it happen but it was inevitable....
Trouble was A&M wanted another album to prop up its balance sheet and Tommy and JY were stifled due to drugs. Dennis had to carry the band with Kilroy. Though it sold well (#3 and Double Platinum are nothing to whine about), it did alienate some fans. Same was said for Genesis' Abacab (with the stripped down sound), Pink Floyd's The Final Cut (which did in effect end Pink Floyd as Rick Wright was kicked out due to Roger Waters' ego, Dennis DeYoung never kicked anyone out of Styx) and Supertramp's ...Famous Last Words....
ogrebattle22763 ~ You're correct in that Kilroy was a disaster both financially and for Styx's career. Ever since "Babe" came out though, Styx was no longer taken seriously as rock artists'. Dennis turned them into a pop & circus act. Unlike what the Dennis crowd believe's, Kilroy was not the cash cow they tell everyone. It's initial sales was only 1 million copies. Now I believe it's up to 2 million, but that's over 34 years later. Also, the truth is Styx broke up because of these ridiculous broadway theatrics. It had nothing to do with Tommy's drug addiction. Anyone who says Dennis carried the band, I say, "yeah, into the ground, is where DDY carried Styx." This whole concept/Lp/tour finally destroyed this incantation of Styx. And there's no one to blame but Dennis since this was completely his idea.
Although Kilroy Was Here was a hated album, I attended this concert and it was one of my favorite. With all respect to some band members this was one my favorites.
Kilroy Was Here was also a loved album. especially by me. But it was hated by a lot of people especially by guitarist Tommy Shaw and guitarist James "JY" Young.
When I first discovered Styx, I was a soldier overseas and someone donated this live album to the Department of Defense. I loved this LP and the accompanying video, completely ignorant of the band politics. Whatever the differences, the guys put on a great professional show. Sure, Mr. Roboto is kind of cheesy, but Dennis De Young always had a flair for the dramatic, which is not necessarily camp. I prefer the earlier Styx albums, too, but there's no need to continue the Dennis vs. Styx argument! It's all settled and they have moved on. One more thing -- is this video damaged? It keeps skipping!
After "Mr.Roboto" and a talky bit do they ever go back to the story or is it just a regular concert after that? I couldn't be bothered watching past that guitar solo.
helend269 I can understand what you mean, the way he keeps pausing just to beg for applause. I mean, let the work gain the applause man, c'mon. But at least it transitions into Rockin' the Paradise. At the end of that, there's a fade transition to a keyboard solo that transitions into Blue Collar Man. I figure there was another scene of them talking that got cut out for the vhs tape this was ripped from, which is a shame. I would've loved to see Kilroy Was Here as a feature film with the same budget as that 10 minute film.
Thank you for posting this. I personally loved Kilroy Was Here. 36:32 Lyrics are actually, "Is it any wonder I'm not a criminal..." but he sings, "is it any wonder I'm not a terrorist..." It's their music so they can sing it how they want yet that change was so odd to me. Did anyone else notice it? Lol, I had to Google the lyrics even though I knew them. Anyway, enjoyed the trip down Memory Lane 🙂
Has to be the greatest concert ever!
Tommy shaw is such a good singer.
Tommy is a great actor. Very believable
When I watch this, it is hard to believe that relations were so strained at that time. It looks like they are really having a good time.
Cathy T that’s why it’s called acting
@@dukealbert7017 They pulled it off but "acting" might be a stretch.
Its the same with the beatles as well
at least one of them is.
@@lucky7mojo and its dennis having fun
I love STYX
i saw the show in the Berkeley Community Theater march 16th 1983
it was a great show
I'm positive this is how foggy the images of this event will be in twenty more years, but the memories will be crystal clear. I'm glad I got to experience these Rock Opera's from the bands who had the talent to do music this way, The Tubes, Pink Floyd but of a few.
When Kilroy punches the Roboto and it shouts "Kawasaki! Datsun Nissan...Scrotum Hurtum!!" 😂😂😂
And after Roboto said scrotum hurtum. He said oh my balls.
LOVE this show, just wish there was a better quality version of it on here.
This rendition of “haven’t we been here before” is incredible. There are 0 male vocalists like this anymore, never mind any rock and roll artists. Legends.
Exactly!
Many may disagree but I think it was different and amazing 🤩
I'm impressed that while they weren't getting along and everyone except Dennis hated doing the Kilroy show they managed to put on a great performance. I wish the band's management or A&M would have filmed their Grand Illusion or Pieces of Eight tours.
I saw this live in Evansville. I know of all the negative stuff about the "Kiiroy Was here" tour, but I LOVED IT.
Yeah me too! this is one of my favorite Styx videos. I've own this live video since 1995. And I never knew that Tommy Shaw and James Young hated the Kilroy Was Here album and tour until after I saw the band on VH1's behind the music. Now I know exactly why Tommy Shaw left the band in 1984.
The original VHS tapes release was on the first to feature VHS HiFi, a quantum leap in sound fidelity...finally, a video tape worthy of being played through an expensive audio system!
Yes, I had it. (Still do). I played it with my panasonic 2-piece VCR which had hi-fi. Awesome times!
Saw this show in Cedar Falls at the UNI Dome. Great show. Very innovative. Can’t believe this is one of the things that broke them up. Sad.
Maybe it isn't. Maybe it was Shaw's substance abuse and his belief that he should go solo.
Truly be nice have it on DVDs in stores or online. My favorite band. Truly love all songs I grow up listen my last year of high school class of 1983. Was only 19 at time. Been more then 25 year plus this video came out. All way Rock N Roll here to stay. Lots classic hit songs.
i got it on dvd
My parents went to this concert, and I used to watch this vhs religiously. Cheesy lines, sometimes... but I love that they went for something different. It was a performance, not just a concert... and it was cool as Hell when I was little. Thanks for posting this, been dancing around my living room for days :).
Bennie Rae Palko Glad a few people like this. I went to the Show at the UNI Dome in Cedar Falls. I'll agree the acting was poor, but the concept was great. It was my third Styx show. Nobody around the dome complained. It was definitely not the worst concert I'd ever been to. People want consistency. After I heard about all the complaining, it reminded me of when UB40 opened for The Police. UB40 was great, but the crowd booed the off stage.
I was at both those concerts. Styx and The Police. What a horrible night getting to the show with the ice storm and we lost KFMW for a while with their tower coming down!
my parents didnt go but i watched this tape religiously in the early 90s,named my son tommy when i grew up and this tape made me pick up guitar
i now own an ibanez artist the same one tommy plays in this video,the cherry sunburst one.
your comment is 8 years old so you probs wont see this lol but just wanted you to know the caught in the act tape means something to me too :)
Great-Sci-fi and rock,I used to be scared wth Mr.Roboto and fascinated at the same time, back in 83 the video was Awesome!
Setlist:
Movie Video
9:27 Mr. Roboto
15:40 JY Guitar Solo
19:20 Rocking the Paradise
23:30 Keyboard Solo
24:42 Blue Collar Man
29:05 Snowblind
35:00 Too Much Time on Your Hands
39:50 Don't Let It End
45:14 Cold War
52:50 Best of Times
59:05 Come Sail Away
1:06:40 Renegade
1:12:35 Haven't We Been Here Before
1:16:45 Don't Let it End (Reprise)
This actually isn't the full dvd video, missing 4 songs (Babe, Heavy Metal Poisoning, Boat on The River) , and Music Time non live video
Heavy Metal Poisoning is the only one that's actually has video from your list
U guess we liked JY's guitar solo enough to show it twice. :)
WOW. Used to have this on LaserDisc (long gone by now though). I would wake up & go to sleep with this song. I wish the old days of actually accomplishing/creating things would come back.
"I'VE GOT THE POWER, & I'VE GOT THE WILL..."
p.s.-maybe (we're) already there.
I managed to find this DVD at frys before frys stopped being fun to go to!! Great concert
this was the end of the original ,Styx from here the guys ,from Styx, went on their on way for a while!sad for me Styx was the rock band of my early days!got all the long play!albums unfortunately i lost them just still have the pieces of eights and the paradise theater album! but saw the band and the original Styx like five times!yeah!love the Styx music forever in my life still carry on the best of time of my life of my early day!with Styx music love you always, guys , Dennis DE young, Tommy Shaw James DE young, John and chuck ponazzo! thanks !love you guys!
The real end for styx started with the Cornerstone album which was the "WTS" moment turning point
Haven't seen this in years. I used to have it on BETA. Thanks for posting this.
Great Concert! Wish I was there!
Just about wore out my vhs copy of this in the 80s.
I ❤❤❤❤ STYX!
I saw Styx during the ‘Cornerstone’ tour, the ‘Paradise’ tour and the ‘’Kilroy’ tour. I’ve seen a ton of concerts in my day, and Styx was always an incredibly tight band when they played. Probably the best... without getting into the banter of why they broke up, it’s just a shame that they can’t continue. Without John, Styx will never be the same as a whole... I saw Dennis this past weekend and he killed it. Incredible voice and talent. At 71 he is still kicking ass... thanks for the memories and the music...
Mores the pity dennis went pop and air supply. His change over was what botched styx
@@tsitracommunications2884Tommy Shaw wrote and sang some a decent amount of “pop” and “air supply” stuff as well. A lot of rock bands went ‘mainstream’ and became more popular with ballad type songs. Of the entire catalogue of DDY, the majority of his songs were rock. If not weren’t for his songs, Styx would’ve never made it.
@@JoeyP322 but in doing so styx lost the prog rock sound they were famous for so styx as we know it ceased to exist and turned AOR/pop/dave foster/barry manilow sinking in the swamp of mediocrity. Styx was and still is a classic prog rock band and still is, so much the better. Dennis should had never stole the banda thunder and turned into a cross twixt debbie harry, Paul mc cartney, Glenn Frey dave Lee Roth and worse, Roger waters. Like Paul, dennis preferred the pop trash while Tommy preferred good ol rock, just like John lennon
2:08 - sounds like they used a couple of Motorola Quik Call I tones (a.k.a. the fire paging tones from "Emergency!"). Anyone who grew up watching that show knows that sound. :)
Except they left out the third tone, a very low, bassy one. It is what is called a klaxon.
I failed to mention I transferred this to cassette, VHS, & Sony Beta too!!! If I needed to listen, I didn't need an I-pod!!! I miss those times!
HOLY CRAP! That's Robert Romanus as "Jonathan Chance's Friend". He played Damone the Ticket Scalper in ""Fast Times At Ridgemont High"!
Guy Fawkes I caught that too!
I just wrote another thing about Damone literally yesterday. I saw something that said the reason Vinyl sounds better is because the music was better. The picture showed a Led Zeppelin cover. So I said "Now, this is the most important thing, Rat. When it comes down to making out, whenever possible, put on side 1 of Led Zeppelin 4."
This was my first full concert I saw on HBO, I was familiar with Styx cause I had older sisters and Brothers but this I saw on HBO. This one and I believe it The Belladonna tour from Stevie Nicks ( I might have the tour name wrong) But I have loved Styx since I first saw this. It made me go and buy all their albums before it and after. DDY has been a love of mine, I bought all his solo stuff , and I still do. I was 11 when this came out.
AWESOME!!! I've been looking for this video for 30+ years! When Styx was still Styx with Dennis, JY, Tommy, Chuck and John. Have seen the latest reincarnations of the band several times over the last few years. While they are stil good, they'll always br Styx 'Lite' to me.
1000% HORSESHIT
Psh. If you want to go that route, Styx ain't been Styx since Equinox when JC bailed.
They ain't bad with Lawrence, Todd, and Glenn. Fact is, Styx is Styx. Then, now, it's the music mate. Always has been. Always will be.
@@diego2112gaming and when jp died and cp departed
@@diego2112gaming I think he is referring to the classic mid 70's and 80's.
long live rock and roll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've been looking for the full version of this concert. Thank you so much. 🤘👍
The beginning of the end for Dennis as a member of Styx.
He brung it on hisself
Hey I truly enjoyed concert so much year out my high school days. Looking back songs like Dont Let it End. I have 45 record. Fantastic show. I enjoy different setting. My favorte is Tommy Shaw . Since all my high school days. I truly watch again Mr. Roboto enjoy the setting. Class 1983 was greatest year. My favorte band though years back 1980s. Still is today.
Thank you so much for posting this! I bought the album the day it came out when I was young. But when I heard of the vhs release, I could never find a copy. I pretty much forgot about it until now. Awesome!!!
This is cool.....never seen it..... watching beginning
Awesome 👍😎
“Stop that filth! Ahhhh!” Tommy, Chuck, John and JY in the studio yelling at Dennis.
"No more rock! No more rock!" Styx: "Okay, we'll do a techno album."
Robert Romanus (the ticket scalper dude) from "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" is in this.
No he doesn't have any Blue Öyster Cult!
Diego2112Gaming He had 20 pairs last time.
When Paradise Theater came out, James "JY" Young had Blue Oyster Cult in him when he sung Half-Penny-Two-Penny, especially at the end of the guitar solo. The song came across between Blue Oyster Cult's The Vigil, I am The Storm, and Lips In The Hills. I can definitely picture Blue Oyster Cult's guitarist and vocalist Eric Bloom singing Half-Penny-Two-Penny. But even though Dennis DeYoung has no Blue Oyster Cult in him. He sings vocals on Prelude 12 written by ex-Styx member, the late John Curulewski from the album, Equinox. DeYoung's singing was clear and pure. I can definitely picture Blue Oyster Cult's guitarist Donald Buck Dharma Roeser singing the song, Prelude 12. So it's like, Eric Bloom sings vocals on Half-Penny-Two-Penny. And Donald Buck Dharma Roeser sings vocals on Prelude 12.
Tommy Shaw is sitting there thinking, man this shit is gonna drive me to drink.
My childhood band!
hut up all u critics.........amatures all of u....... styx great talent.....
Just went back in the time capsule and felt 20 again! Too Cool.....Pure Love for my Styx of ole!! Never gets dull and pure entertainment from then til now! Peace & Love to one of the Best Bands ever!!! Rock On! :)
Must admit that I was never a Dennis fan and the whole "theatre" aspect that seemed to be his vision for the band. Young and Shaw just wanted to rock, which is what I and most of my friends wanted. Caught Styx on this tour at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis way back when as a teenager. Remember feeling back then it was pretty cheesy. That was in the 80s though, so everything was cheesy. That being said, Styx really had some great music over the years.
The ONLY good thing about this is that is paved the way to a pair of Damn Yankees albums.
+Tommy Hazlewood Oh God what a cheesy awful band that was! Bubble Gum rock at its best!
If you listen closely, you can hear a band breaking up
Kilroy & paradise were GREAT RECORDS STYX ROCKS SHAW. DeYoung.
They stayed disbanded for several years but they got back together by 1990. And they stayed together until 1999. Styx music is mostly DDY's anyway! When they tour do you think THEY get paid the majority! DDY goes on and tours with his BETTER band and get's paid from the tribute band!
Styx is way better now; this is great but they kill every show and they have fun
@@trevorhoadley6331 Way better band? Yeah their album sales are through the roof right???😂
@@legasiguy551 if dennis was styx why didnt he can the rest of the dudes and work as a one man band?
@@legasiguy551 just like mc cartney
Yeah... I kind'a get it, too. I never saw the live show, but I first saw the "Mr. Roboto" video on HBO Video Jukebox. Then later on MTV, I caught a broadcast of the full "Kilroy was Here" concert. I got the gist of the story: "Tommy" meets George Orwell's "1984" or something. "Footloose" with Kevin Bacon hadn't hit the cinemas yet, but the trope was already in place, thanks to this production: In a dystopian future where a socialist dictator outlaws rock & roll and controls social opinion (and Japanese robotic servants make up the work force) rock artists are branded as rebels, get imprisoned or escape into the urban underground. But 2 such rebels connect (one breaks out of prison, the other spreads graffiti messages and pirates TV signals) meet, and take a stand for their music, as the last form of "freedom of expression" for the human race. {And with today's trend of bio rock films: "Bohemian Rhapsody, RocketMan" and such...it seems a shame this has never become a full-fledged movie. Especially after learning the FX artist who created the Roboto suit & mask, was "Terminator" and "Jurassic Park" artist Stan Winston.]
Don't let it end ruined the album concept in kilroy and should had never been written. Whats unrequited love have to do with banning rock?
I understand that Tommy and JY didn't like making it but many fans love it including me. It may be cheesy but everyone loves cheese especially on their pizza and cheese steaks 😋
Thanks for posting~
I bet the whole time Tommy is just thinking "what the hell have I gotten into"
I watch this on DVD is a kid the DVD was released December 11, 2007 it was recorded at the Seger theater in New Orleans, on April 9 and April 10, 1983
Dennis ever the entertainer while the fellas just want to rock. Well, they are able to just rock now because of all the money made due to Dennis' skills. Example-Babe was a cheesy love song that made #1 and tons of money. So sad they couldn't embrace the versatile members and each other's strengths. Dennis loved to rock out..but always the showman.
But he was bitten by the artsy fartsy pop bug
@@shooting4star2023 better still dennis should had formed his own post styx band ala Paul mc cartney & wings before the cornerstone album
1:04:10 Must have been before the times when fans ATTACKED the bandmates! They're just kinda dancing together for a while 😄 Good times (The 80s)
I am hoping a long version of the video is released with Suite Madame Blues, Crystal Ball, Miss America, Angry Young man, etc is released in the future.
Same here, and why not an expanded, full edition of the CD version as well?
yep cool
That would be my Styx wet dream bro!
Fast times at Kilroy high. Damone is in this.
plus the noise dude from Police Academy as Jimi Hendrix
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excelent , thanks
Not bad actors surprisingly enough
The MMM was hot on Robert Romanus' tail for scalping 80 pairs of Styx tickets...
That being said i saw Styx this summer for the first time in over 20 years and they not only played Mr Roboto, they did it in their encore.
Just reading a few of the comments about what a disaster Killroy and the subsequent tour was. I get what DeYoung was trying to do: he wanted to apply live theatre standards to a rock concert that everyone else was doing. Pink Floyd's The Wall Live; David Bowie; Peter Gabriel and Genesis; Yes and Tales from Topographical Oceans; Jethro Tull and Passion Play; Rush and Hemispheres ... every single big rock act of the day had some kind of theatrical gimmick built into their live show. And the motivation was bigger is better - Pink Floyd's The Wall for example. Styx's live show was always bordering on the theatrical, so why not go all the way? The result was campy and cheesy, and maybe it didn't always work out - in the stadium shows, it was a bad idea. But when it worked, it worked brilliantly.
+Bear Mare
One of my favorite bands (Dream Theater) is currently touring behind their newest release The Astonishing which is sort of a modern take on the concept of Killroy Was Here.
They were asked to tour in some arenas but refused because their plan for a fully fleshed out theatrical performance to accompany their live performances would not have worked in an arena setting so they're touring in theaters...and they're making a killing doing it.
Tommy Shaw didn't get it. He was a purist and against the idea. Me, I loved the concept and the idea.
***** The show in Houston, Texas wasn't exactly good for Styx. According to accounts, the show was not well received. The stadium rock/Broadway show theme didn't go over well. The smaller setting always worked better for Styx: the Grand Decathlon and Paradise Theatre were more effective as rock concerts, with a dash of Broadway.
+Bear Mare I was at the Cotton Bowl show in Dallas. It was the 1983 Texxas Jam on a 100 degree day. Also on the bill was Sammy Hagar, Triumph, Ted Nugent, and Uriah Heap. Sammy had just finished his set by bringing up Rik Emmett & Uncle Ted for a rousing version of Whole Lotta Love. He finished it by hanging over the lighting rig several stories above the Cotton Bowl floor, still playing his guitar. The place went ape shit!
Now imagine having to follow up that with a robot movie in front of 80,000 hot, sweaty, drunk people. People started streaming out in droves. Everyone was sitting down, booing, and flipping off the band. Tommy Shaw got pissed off. He kept yelling at the audience to get up and make noise. People kept telling him "fuck you." He took off his guitar, smashed it, and walked off stage. JY finally got him back out to finish the set but by then it was too late. That was the end of Styx. (for the time being)
At that show Styx was preceded by Ted Nugent who worked the crowd into a frenzy and then they got this skit
i played here 6/15/2018 #lifer :)
"Confirm and Conform".
JW is the Chris Squire of Styx...Just as Chris Squire is the only member on every album by the English band Yes, JY is the only Styk on every album by the American band called Styx
And Ian Paice is the only member of Deep Purple on every album, as is Neal Schon on every Journey album.
Don't forget Rick Davies appeared on every Supertramp release, Nick Mason appeared on every Pink Floyd album (although not every song and he and Rick Wright did every Pink Floyd tour), Ian Anderson did every Jethro Tull album, Tony Iommi did every Black Sabbath album
Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford appeared on all Genesis albums, Nick Mason of Pink Floyd appeared on all albums (although he and Rick Wright did every tour).
I believe Chuck Panozzo is also on every Styx album even if it is only for 1 song.
The george harrison of styx is what james is
In the future, KFC will be prison food!
Judging by the last few times I've had it, THEY WERE RIGHT!
Venus Spa The future is now.
NO kidding. I doubt its even real chicken
That will be considered "Cruel and Unusual" punishment
Cartman would love that if he had to go to prison.
Todd in the Shadows brought me here. Anyone else?
Robert Romanus from Fast Times. I keep forgetting he’s in this video 😂
7/12/2017 ........
Kilroy Was Here is a concept album about the future without rock and roll music. It was inspired by Escape from New York, Assault on Precinct 13, and KISS meets the Phantom of the Park.
+Eric Modzelesky Actually it was inspired by evangelical groups that claimed Styx inserted backwards Satanic messages into Snowblind.
Dystopian future in which Rock and Roll was made illegal on moral grounds? It may have been inspired by those, but the concept was lifted from "Joe's Garage" by Frank Zappa!
Or possibly Rush's album 2112, which came out three years before.
I haven't watched the entire video yet, but I can tell you that “Blue Collar Man” is not from the Caught In The Act concert video, as evidenced by the new mustache that Dennis is sporting. He never had a mustache in the entire concert video (of which I still have the VHS copy). Just compare his face between Rockin’ The Paradise and Blue Collar Man, and you'll see the difference.
This show was great in theaters, but it didn’t work in bigger venues. What’s a shame about this video is that they edited the first half of Shaw’s solo on Cold War (the entire rap section appears to have been added in post production)…I guess it’d also be nice if they’d played the entire New Orleans show-ideally the last show of the run, which I believe was the sunday show, because it had an extra song.
killer fighting moves at 21.00...i'm pretty sure dennis could've been a MMA superstar
Mr. Roboto was my favorite song as a kid. Especially the video.
That said, as lame as the overall Kilroy tour/video was, it was still better than Chess: The Musical which was big at around the same time.
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Styy,
Hey Roboto...ur mudder was a Toyota
DeYoung reminds me of Elaine's boss on Seinfeld... Lol... You know, the one that goes on safaris and writes books.
"This is crazy! Why can't we for once just learn from the past?" I don't think that was acting since Tommy HATED this album.
Id like to know more about the awesome light up strat in the last bit. looks totally stock,finish and pickguard, only giveaway is the huge ribbon cable at 1:18:41. ...And in the day of 16K home computers! Awesome
Nevrmind the stories, they were getting along just fine, they were a 70's band trying to adapt to the new musical landscspe of the 80's with no new material except DeYoung's Kilroy idea which I think would've went over better if released in 1984 (George Orwell) and flushed out a bit more. It's a shame they can't just take it for what it was and get back with Dennis.
Correct. MTV with silly videos, new wave with techno pop dominated the early mid 80's. Dennis predicted in 1979 or 80 the band would not last another 5 years. He understood music would change. Bottom line is Tommy and JY don't have an ear for music like Dennis,
I see the dvd version cut out John Panozzo's drum solo at the end of Renegade. lol
BLUE COLLAR MAN \m/
Blue collar man is from a different concert.. awesome performance though!
Styx was so squeaky clean.
GREAT MOVIE MORE SCI-FI, MORE HEAVY METAL.
Underrated album
I agree. Excellent 👍
Gee Styx's version of of Rush's 2112 a dystopia with no music, pretty cool see the relation?
For me it is ironic that you bring this up bcz as a kid I listened to Rush & Styx more than anyone else.
I have this on vhs
Look in my opinion Dennis DeYoung is a talented singer songwriter & keyboard player.... that being said he should have saved the whole Kilroy concept for a solo album like many have said.... what went down after the album was released & the financial disaster of the tour it was obvious that the rest of the band had enough of the stupidity & cut him loose.... It was sad to see it happen but it was inevitable....
Trouble was A&M wanted another album to prop up its balance sheet and Tommy and JY were stifled due to drugs. Dennis had to carry the band with Kilroy. Though it sold well (#3 and Double Platinum are nothing to whine about), it did alienate some fans. Same was said for Genesis' Abacab (with the stripped down sound), Pink Floyd's The Final Cut (which did in effect end Pink Floyd as Rick Wright was kicked out due to Roger Waters' ego, Dennis DeYoung never kicked anyone out of Styx) and Supertramp's ...Famous Last Words....
ogrebattle22763 ~ You're correct in that Kilroy was a disaster both financially and for Styx's career. Ever since "Babe" came out though, Styx was no longer taken seriously as rock artists'. Dennis turned them into a pop & circus act. Unlike what the Dennis crowd believe's, Kilroy was not the cash cow they tell everyone. It's initial sales was only 1 million copies. Now I believe it's up to 2 million, but that's over 34 years later.
Also, the truth is Styx broke up because of these ridiculous broadway theatrics. It had nothing to do with Tommy's drug addiction. Anyone who says Dennis carried the band, I say,
"yeah, into the ground, is where DDY carried Styx." This whole
concept/Lp/tour finally destroyed this incantation of Styx. And there's no one to blame but Dennis since this was completely his idea.
Towards the end of the 1983 Kilroy tour, Tommy Shaw lost it. He smashed his guitar and threw the remains at the audiences and stormed off stage.
@@jasondudash5501 Nice guy. Sounds like he has anger issues.🥵
Tommy damn underrated guitar player! He’s awesome rhythm player but also has ability to shred with his lead work and melodic solos as well!
Although Kilroy Was Here was a hated album, I attended this concert and it was one of my favorite. With all respect to some band members this was one my favorites.
Kilroy Was Here was also a loved album. especially by me. But it was hated by a lot of people especially by guitarist Tommy Shaw and guitarist James "JY" Young.
@@jasondudash5501 an me. Dennis was paul mc cartney, Tommy was John lennon and james was George harrison
SAW THIS AT IRVINE MEADOWS, 80'S MAN.
Tommy fan boys on here forgetting how coked up your hero was back then
Too much technology... how prophetic.
When I first discovered Styx, I was a soldier overseas and someone donated this live album to the Department of Defense. I loved this LP and the accompanying video, completely ignorant of the band politics. Whatever the differences, the guys put on a great professional show. Sure, Mr. Roboto is kind of cheesy, but Dennis De Young always had a flair for the dramatic, which is not necessarily camp. I prefer the earlier Styx albums, too, but there's no need to continue the Dennis vs. Styx argument! It's all settled and they have moved on. One more thing -- is this video damaged? It keeps skipping!
+Jeffrey Leatherwood I just hope they do a reunion tour someday.
+churfire smith they can't because John Panozzo died back in '96... Styx was always an underrated band. 'Cornerstone' was an awesome album...
After "Mr.Roboto" and a talky bit do they ever go back to the story or is it just a regular concert after that? I couldn't be bothered watching past that guitar solo.
helend269 I can understand what you mean, the way he keeps pausing just to beg for applause. I mean, let the work gain the applause man, c'mon. But at least it transitions into Rockin' the Paradise. At the end of that, there's a fade transition to a keyboard solo that transitions into Blue Collar Man. I figure there was another scene of them talking that got cut out for the vhs tape this was ripped from, which is a shame. I would've loved to see Kilroy Was Here as a feature film with the same budget as that 10 minute film.
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Basically the same set as the Paradise Theater tour with the Roboto.Dr. Righteous stuff replace the theater opening /closing.
Thank you for posting this. I personally loved Kilroy Was Here. 36:32 Lyrics are actually, "Is it any wonder I'm not a criminal..." but he sings, "is it any wonder I'm not a terrorist..." It's their music so they can sing it how they want yet that change was so odd to me. Did anyone else notice it? Lol, I had to Google the lyrics even though I knew them. Anyway, enjoyed the trip down Memory Lane 🙂