YMMV / Styx

• Anvilicious:
  • Kilroy Was Here, especially the "Caught in the Act" video. At least JY and the Pannozzos seem to be enjoying what they may have thought of as Ham and Cheese.
  • Also, a lot of the songs on The Grand Illusion and Pieces of Eight.
• Awesome Music: Pretty much all of it, but special mentions to "Mr. Roboto", "Renegade", and "Come Sail Away".
• Critical Dissonance: Among the most famous in music history: Critics loathed Styx throughout their entire career and to this day have never truly softened their opinion on them. That said, the band's success is due to their fans alone, who were enough to get the records going several times platinum.
• Germans Love David Hasselhoff: The band is particularly popular in Puerto Rico for some reason.
• Heartwarming Moments: The band's only US #1 single, "Babe", was originally written by Dennis DeYoung as a birthday present for his wife Suzanne. The band liked it and convinced Dennis to include it in the album Cornerstone.
• Memetic Mutation: DOMO ARIGATO, MR. ROBOTO. MATA AU HI MADE!
• Narm Charm:
  • "Babe" is about as saccharine and soggy as a '70s soft rock song can sound, but damn if it's not still romantic as heck.
  • "Mr. Roboto" is ridiculous through and through, and that's why people love it.
• Retroactive Recognition: Given his reputation for things in his films exploding these days, you might be surprised to find out the director of the music video for "Show Me the Way" was Michael Bay.
  • Mr. Roboto was designed by a then-unknown Stan Winston.
• Signature Song: Usually comes down to a four-way split between "Come Sail Away", "Blue Collar Man", "Renegade", and "Mr. Roboto".
• Tear Jerker: "Show Me The Way" on the Return to Paradise tour. At the end, an image of drummer John Panozzo, who had just died, came up on the screen. The caption read: "John Panozzo—Rockin' in Paradise," followed by his birth and death years.
  • "Babe" and "She Cares" can both be this, or Tears of Joy.
  • "Dear John" is a tearful requiem for John Panozzo. The band put away their mutual animosity to record this song shortly after their drummer's death due to a sudden and unexpected heart attack.
• They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: Kilroy Was Here divided many fans, due to its more New Wave Music sound and to the point that said fans consider it a Creator Killer for them, though conversely, the lead single, "Mr. Roboto", has a sizable amount of fans.

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