Great site I just stumbled across, would appreciate my 'all access pass'. -- Jimmy Zisson, General Manager of A&M Records, New York

Congratulations on a great web site. Thanks for all your efforts in making this site. -- Bill Morgan, Director, Technical Engineering, A&M Studios

A friend forwarded the link to your site, it's amazing! -- Monique McGuffin, Graphics Coordinator

Thanks for all the work you do for the website. -- Gary Mannon, A&M Studios

This is totally great. Brings back great memories of my years in Canada. -- Charly Prevost

It's good to see someone reminding us of the special organization A&M was -- John Hawkins (Edenstreet)

Clyde Kaplan, Engineer, A&M Studios -- Thanks for putting together this great website about A&M Records.

This site is AMAZING! THANK YOU! As a fan...and as someone humbled and honored to be ON this list. Outstanding. -- Monte Warden

Great site...thanks Leslie. -- J. B. Brenner

I love the website! -- Jewell Kumjian, A&M Studios Concierge

Clyde Kaplan, Engineer, A&M Studios -- Thanks for putting together this great website about A&M Records.

Glad to know that you have set up this site. What a neat way to stay in touch. Great job! -- Xander Smith (Other Star People)

Thank you Leslie. -- Al Cafaro, CEO, A&M Records

Going through this site reminded me of what I loved about working for A&M. -- Colin Sowa

Thanks so much Les. It's really an amazing site. -- Janette Rogers Sarabia, Director of Artist Relations

I had such a good time at A&M, so it's nice to still feel part of it. Keep up the good work with the website. -- Alex Hutchinson, A&M Records, Ltd., Art Department

I was just talking to Derek Alpert today...and we had a blast pawing around on this website together. I think it's so cool that you did this! -- Doreen Ringer-Ross

What a great site, lots of memories. -- Paul McKenna

It is great to have a site for the A&M family. -- Mary (Sukkestad) Mack, Executive Secretary, International Dept.

Congratulations on your internet site. I would like to be included on your staff list as I worked for A&M in Toronto and London. -- France Tetreault-Thomson, Assistant A&R

It's a pretty interesting looking site and I'll check it out further. -- Robin Kirby, Western Regional Sales/Marketing Director

You have made me feel like I have come home safely to family, exactly what the A&M spirit was all about. -- Babs Stock

This is great to see all the names of all of the friends of such a very special place. Thank you! -- Leigh Jackson, Artist Development

I have enjoyed the A&M website you created and visit it often. -- Chuck Beeson, Art Director

Thanks for putting together this great website about A&M Records. -- Clyde Kaplan, Engineer, A&M Studios

Your knowledge and research is both amazing, and from what I viewed, about 98% accurate. -- Randy Alpert (Capt. Badazz)

Your site is being passed around and mentioned to all ex A&M employees. Your site is great and I'd love to be a part. Thanks for your time and good luck. -- Joe James, Technical Manager, A&M Studios

What a great site - Thank you for organizing it. You have continued the family spirit that Herb and Jerry worked so hard to create - and that is so hard to find otherwise. -- Sharon Steeley, Music Video Promotion

...very fun to see this....Many thanks for your efforts....Best -- Juliea 'Jools' Clarke

I've just discovered your web site. Holy smoke!!!!! -- Geoffrey B. Schulman, Director of A&R Administration, Los Angeles

Your website is absolutely ACE ACE ACE!!! It is great to see real top work and dedication towards a label that meant so much to many. -- Jay Schatz / Chris Skane, A&R / A&M Associated Labels

The website is Great! It really took me back down memory lane. Keep up the good work and thank you! -- Janice Hague, International Promotions Manager, A&M Records GB

I just saw the A&M website, very impressive. -- Larry Weintraub, Vice President of A&R

Thanks for making the site and I'll be checking in to see what's happenin'. -- Richard Cottrell

I was just talking to Derek Alpert today...and we had a blast pawing around on this website together. I think it's so cool that you did this! -- Doreen Ringer-Ross

Just a brief note to say thanks for ALL you do in keeping us A&M-ers consistently in the know. My years there were so wonderful and filled with fond memories. Thanks for keeping that alive. -- Miriam Heiman

The website is Great! It really took me back down memory lane. Keep up the good work and thank you! -- Janice Hague, International Promotions Manager, A&M Records GB

Your knowledge and research is both amazing, and from what I viewed, about 98% accurate. -- Randy Alpert (Capt. Badazz)

A&M Records was home to me in the '70s. Chuck, Brenda, Gil, Marsha, Rita Ross and family gave me my first intro to the music business and put me on the right track to my own family and an historic artistic career. Love to all. -- Ron Artis, Almo/Irving Music

...very fun to see this....Many thanks for your efforts....Best -- Juliea 'Jools' Clarke

I have nothing but positive things to say about you and what you have done to help keep alive the spirit of A&M. -- Al Marks (Promotion, Artist Development)

Thanks Les, I've spoken with more old friends from A&M in the last week than in the last decabe. All because of your site -- Alan Oken

Great site....brings back a lot of memories. -- Aaron Jacoves, Director of A&R

Wow, what an incredible site you've created! I can't believe you have not only the names of the Carpenters, but of even the real carpenters like the La Prell twins, etc. -- Jim McCrary, Photographer

Thanks for this site--best of luck with it! -- David Bradstreet

This is totally great. Brings back great memories of my years in Canada. -- Charly Prevost

I'm always amazed every time I spend time on the site and imagine the enormous amount of work and time it has taken you to build this. It's a smorgasboard of history... -- Frann Altman

Thanks the site is awesome! -- David Abrahams, Audio Librarian

Keep up the great work on the site. -- Don Rodgers, Promotion Manager, Mid-Western Region, Canada

You're right about the specialness of A&M. It's so hard to explain, but it really was unique. A Camelot, if you will. Thanks for your efforts -- Richard Pachter, Promotions

Thanks for this ambitious and remarkable site. Just bouncing around inside the site the other day brought back so many really wonderful memories of the time and place and people when magic was possible and all lights were green. -- Corb Donohue, National Director of Public Relations

I came across the site by co-incidence - congratulations! A great initiative and nicely done. -- Russ Curry, VP European Operations

Kudos to you for recognizing possibly the ultimate artist/people friendly label. -- Ed Rivadavia, Northern Midwest Promotion Manager

Congratulations on your internet site. I would like to be included on your staff list as I worked for A&M in Toronto and London. -- France Tetreault-Thomson, Assistant A&R

It's a pretty interesting looking site and I'll check it out further. -- Robin Kirby, Western Regional Sales/Marketing Director

Great site I just stumbled across, would appreciate my 'all access pass'. -- Jimmy Zisson, General Manager of A&M Records, New York

Fantastic Site! Great Work! -- Jean Pierre Guilbert, V.P. Promotion & Artist Development (A&M Canada)

Thanks, Les! It's so wonderful that you are so involved with the website. I have such fantastic memories of my time spent at A&M. It was definitely a magical place. -- Stacie Surabian, A&M Sales

Congratulations Leslie on all the good work you do for the A&M community. -- Al Cafaro, President and CEO, A&M Records

This is a great site! Thanks for keeping the memories alive.... -- Jerimaya Grabher

Thanks for doing such epic work on the site. Salut! -- Max Hutchinson

I'm so delighted to see it! Many of us have incredible memories and ongoing great comraderie from those years on The Lot....and I am so glad to see this happen now! -- Cheryl McEnaney, National Artist Development Manager

I love that you're keeping our history alive. -- Mary Ann Johnson, Artist Relations

This is a great web site on A&M. -- Gary Mannon, A&M Studios

Thanks for all your hard work in gathering this fantastic web resource of one of the greatest companies that ever existed. -- Jim McCrary, Photographer

Fantastic Site! Great Work! -- Jean Pierre Guilbert, V.P. Promotion & Artist Development (A&M Canada)

I have nothing but positive things to say about you and what you have done to help keep alive the spirit of A&M. -- Al Marks (Promotion, Artist Development)

Thanks for this ambitious and remarkable site. Just bouncing around inside the site the other day brought back so many really wonderful memories of the time and place and people when magic was possible and all lights were green. -- Corb Donohue, National Director of Public Relations

Your site is being passed around and mentioned to all ex A&M employees. Your site is great and I'd love to be a part. Thanks for your time and good luck. -- Joe James, Technical Manager, A&M Studios

What a fabulous site! It certainly brings back a lot of memories… -- David Browde, College Promotions

This is a great site! Thanks for keeping the memories alive.... -- Jerimaya Grabher

I am genuinely so happy to see this site--my daughter's picture is on the cover of one of those catalogs -- Rob Gold, Executive Director of Advertising and Merchandising, A&M Records

Thanks, this is a great site. -- Barbara West, Sr. Director of Business / Legal Affairs

Thanks so much for keeping in touch and keeping so many of us in the loop! I couldn't agree more that A&M's biggest 'hit' is the legacy of warm comraderie and real friendship that our collective years there engendered. -- Cheryl McEnaney

Thank you so much for all of your help. It is a great site. Thank you for helping to keep these bands relevant. -- Andrea Bricklin (Bricklin)

Your website is absolutely ACE ACE ACE!!! It is great to see real top work and dedication towards a label that meant so much to many. -- Jay Schatz / Chris Skane, A&R / A&M Associated Labels

Wow, what an incredible site you've created! I can't believe you have not only the names of the Carpenters, but of even the real carpenters like the La Prell twins, etc. -- Jim McCrary, Photographer

Thanks for making the site and I'll be checking in to see what's happenin'. -- Richard Cottrell

Thanks so much Les. It's really an amazing site. -- Janette Rogers Sarabia, Director of Artist Relations

Wow Leslie!! Lots of great work here... Love what you did! -- Randy Alpert (Captain Badazz)

You sure have a buzz going. I've had 3 emails from A&Mers today alone. Good luck! -- Andy French, Director, Artist Relations & Artist Development

Thank you for sharing with us and for your dedication to A&M Records. It's so wonderful to have a connection to my past. -- Sherry Jones Levy, A&M NYC

I love that you're keeping our history alive. -- Mary Ann Johnson, Artist Relations

Going through this site reminded me of what I loved about working for A&M. -- Colin Sowa

Thanks Leslie for doing this. It's great to have this resource. You're awesome for keeping it going. -- Carmen DeVida

I love the website! -- Jewell Kumjian, A&M Studios Concierge

Thank you so much!! I love the A&M site. -- Toni Tennille

You sure have a buzz going. I've had 3 emails from A&Mers today alone. Good luck! -- Andy French, Director, Artist Relations & Artist Development

Thank you so much!! I love the A&M site. -- Toni Tennille

Pretty cool site. Nice to see that the history of the label - which was its greatest asset - has not been forgotten. -- Brandon Costas, Sales Coordinator

Thanks for doing such epic work on the site. Salut! -- Max Hutchinson

Thanks for all your amazing work with keeping us all connected. -- Doria Leong

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Thanks so much for keeping in touch and keeping so many of us in the loop! I couldn't agree more that A&M's biggest 'hit' is the legacy of warm comraderie and real friendship that our collective years there engendered. -- Cheryl McEnaney

Thanks so much for all you do for all of us!!!! -- Monique Augusta

Styx References

The reference sources are from major music trade publications and newspapers worldwide. You can sort the list by the article title or the publication date.

Reference Title	Date Sort descending
Rock 'N' Retail. Susie Hall, Kurt Wildermuth. New York Times Magazine, 131:110.	1981-9-27
Caught In the Act. Jeff Tamarkin. Hit Parader.	1981-9
Pickin' Up Styx. E. Miller. Seventeen, 129.	1981-9
Styx To Meet Press Via Vid Conference. Sam Sutherland. Billboard, 93:3.	1981-10-17
Satellite Styx (First Rock Band Interviewed By Satellite). Melody Maker, 56:5.	1981-10-24
Caught In the Act. Melody Maker, 56:30.	1981-11-14
Paradise Theatre (SP 3719). Record World, 1.	1981-12-17
Paradise Theatre (record reviews). Paul Nelson. Rolling Stone, 90.	1981-12-24
Faceless Bands: These Groups May Dominate the Charts But There's Not a True Superstar Among Them. Steve Pond. Rolling Stone, 362:37-8.	1982-2-4
Styx Link Is Vital to Pumpkin Success. Alan Penshansky. Billboard, 94:44.	1982-5-15
Styx Pioneers Studio Use of Solar Power. Moira McCormick. Billboard, 4.	1982-9-25
Reviews: Mr. Roboto (2525). Billboard, 61.	1983-2-5
New Styx Album Has Extensive Video Ties. Sam Sutherland. Billboard, 95:6.	1983-2-19
Reviews: Kilroy Was Here (SP 3734). Billboard, 52.	1983-2-26
Styx Album Is Audiophile Test. Sam Sutherland. Billboard.	1983-3-12
Turbosound Linking With Styx for Tour. Billboard.	1983-3-12
Serious Issues Underlie a New Album From Styx. Stephen Holden. New York Times, 27.	1983-3-27
Kilroy Was Here (record reviews). Variety, 310:116.	1983-3-30
Styx (Pantages Theater, Los Angeles). Variety, 310:114.	1983-3-30
Styx. Aquarian.	1983-4-6
Kilroy Was Here (record reviews). Rolling Stone, 393:67.	1983-4-14
Styx Adds Another Dimension To Rock. Aquarian.	1983-4-20
Styx Full Speed Ahead. Andy Secher. Hit Parader.	1983-6
Stage Layout For 1983 Styx Concert Tour. Recording, 59.	1983-6
Records: Kilroy Was Here. Creem, 15:51.	1983-6
Stage Pass. D. Hedges. Circus.	1983-7-31
Styx Tour Set to Hit 24 Cities. Cash Box, 13.	1983-8-20
Styx Checks in at WMET (photo). Radio & Records, 40.	1983-8-26
Shooting Down Some Straw Men. G. S. Lewis. Aquarian, 11.	1983-10-5
Reviews: Caught in the Act (SP 6514). Billboard, 64.	1984-4-7
Albums: Caught In the Act. Melody Maker, 312:93.	1984-4-28
Caught In the Act (AMLM 66704) review. Music Week, 26.	1984-5-5
Music Time (2625) review. Billboard, 66.	1984-5-5
Music Time (AM 197) review. Music Week, 10.	1984-7-7
Caught In the Act video review. Music Week.	1984-8-11
Caught In the Act. (SP 6514) review. Mark Peel. Stereo Review, 71:78.	1984-8
Styx: Caught In the Act (review). Record.	1984-12
Video: Caught In the Act Live. Dave DiMartino. Creem, 16:48.	1985-1
Styx: Caught In the Act (review). Chris Albertson. Stereo Review, 50:86.	1985-4
Styx. R. Andrews. Hit Parader.	1985-4
Tommy Shaw, Dennis DeYoung and Styx. Rockline.	1985-5
J.Y. Styx' Gutsy City Slicker. Edward M. Bury. Illinois Entertainer, 12:1.	1986-2
More Solo Styxers. Rockline.	1986-5
Singles Review Love Is the Ritual. Billboard.	1990-9-22
Edge Of the Century. Michael Dowdling. Boston Globe.	1990-11-22
Burtnik Helps Styx Resurface At the 'Edge of the Century.' Craig Rosen. Billboard, 28.	1990-11-24
Styx Not Dead Yet. John Everson. Illinois Entertainer.	1990-11
Biggest Airplay Gainer. Billboard.	1991-2-2
Caution: Now Entering the War Zone. Jon Pareles. New York Times.	1991-2-24
Chart Beat. Paul Grein. Billboard, 9.	1991-3-2
Styx Reunion Tour Kicks Off At Florida's Sunrise. Louise Zepp. Amusement Business, 103:7.	1991-5-13
Show Me the Way Leads Styx Back From Nowhere-ville. Roger Catlin. Hartford Courant Calendar, 4.	1991-5-23
The Return Of Styx. Steve Morse. Boston Globe, Music Section, 1.	1991-5-24
Styx Shows the Way Again. Joe Brown. Washington Post Weekend.	1991-5-24
Styx Makes Roaring Comeback As Compounce Season Opens. Orla Swift. Meriden, CT Record-Journal.	1991-5-27
Styx. Elianne Halbersberg. JAM.	1991-5-31
Styx: Words Will Never Hurt Them. Jim Farber. New York Daily News.	1991-6-6
Picking Up Styx Is a Treat. Dan Aquilante. New York Post.	1991-6-6
Styx In Concert Is Low On Theatricality and High On Greatest Hits. Mark Caro. Chicago Tribune.	1991-6-23
Styx Returns With a Bang, But Chicago Is Solidly Bland. Jae-Ha Kim. Chicago Sun-Times.	1991-6-24
Revamped Styx to Play Fiddler's Green. Todd Caudile. Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph.	1991-7-6
Styx Wows Sparse Crowd With Powerful Delivery. Todd Caudile. Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph.	1991-7-10
Styx As Good As Ever Upon Return To Stage. Jim Carnes. Sacramento Bee.	1991-7-12
Styx Rides River Of Conservatism Into Town. Gary Zavoral. Sacramento Union.	1991-7-14
An Uneven Program From Styx. Bruce Britt. Los Angeles Daily News.	1991-7-20
Styx Schtyx. Los Angeles Times.	1991-7-20
Styx Tour Its First In Eight Years. G. Brown. Denver Post.	1991-7
Fans Support Styx "Comeback" Tour. Dave Larsen. Omaha World Herald.	1991-8-4
Styx (concert review). Jonathan Widra. Music Connection.	1991-8-19
An Interview With Glem Burnik. Robert Makin. New Jersey New Beat, 22.	1991-8-21
Greatest Hits Part II. Mike Flaherty. Entertainment Weekly, 106.	1996-6-28