Las Vegas, NV (October 12, 2021) — Fusing hard rock with soaring vocals and sizzling synthesizers, Styx defined a sound that to this day has no equal. Their non-stop sets cover all the classics that made them the premier purveyors of high-concept progressive power pop in the 1970s and ’80s, as well as new explorations such as those on their 2021 studio album Crash of the Crown — all with zero pre-recorded backing vocals. Longtime Styx monitor engineer Evan McElhinney has discovered the advantages of using the Audix TM2 Integrated Ear-Simulator (coupler) for ensuring consistent performance across the entire band’s sets of in-ear monitors. Drummer Todd Sucherman’s kit is miked entirely with Audix: D6 on the kicks and gong drum...
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