St. Louis Call Newspapers

Styx comes full cycle with Cyclorama

June 26, 2003

Byline: Its been more than a decade since Styx last had a top-10 hit Show Me the Way from the 1991 CD Edge of the Century and 20 years since Styx had a bona fide hit album.

Foo Fighters armed, ready for the future

June 5, 2003

Byline: By ALAN SCULLEY For the Call After four months in the studio recording tracks for a new CD, the Foo Fighters in early 2002 faced something the band had never experienced before failure.

Good Charlotte young, but not hopeless

May 27, 2003

Byline: Good Charlotte young, but not hopeless By ALAN SCULLEY For the Call In a pop-punk field that has become in-creasingly populated with interchangeable sound-alike bands, Good Charlotte has made a bid to break away from the pack with its recently released second CD, The Young & the Hopeless.

Matchbox Twenty third album demonstrates growth of band

May 8, 2003

Byline: Matchbox Twenty third album demonstrates growth of band By Alan Sculley For the Call Guitarist Adam Gaynor realizes that his band, Matchbox Twenty, features one of musics most consistent writers of hit songs in singer Rob Thomas.

Stone Sour

May 1, 2003

Byline: Stone Sours debut offers splash of success By ALAN SCULLEY For the Call Singer Corey Taylor doesnt hide his disappointment over circumstances that kept Iowa, the second CD by his band, Slip-knot, from becoming the kind of major hit most people expected.

Music lovers to have their pick of concerts

April 17, 2003

Byline: Music lovers to have their pick of concerts By ALAN SCULLEY For the Call With star acts such as Santana, Toby Keith, Dave Matthews and the Dead al-ready confirmed, the summer concert schedule for UMB Bank Pavilion stands to be one of the stronger lineups in recent years.

Papa Roach comes full circle with new CD

April 10, 2003

Byline: By ALAN SCULLEY For the Call When Papa Roach played Ozzfest in 2001, the tour became a purge for the band members - in more ways than one. For singer Jacoby Shaddix - formerly known by his nickname Coby Dick - the purge came in performance.

CKY’s sound unique among today’s bands

April 3, 2003

CKY's sound unique among today's bands By ALAN SCULLEY For the Call If you're CKY, having your band associated with a word like "jackass" hasn't been such a bad thing. The band has become somewhat synonymous with "Jackass," the hit MTV show and movie - which features Johnny Knox-ville and other cast members subjecting themselves to various forms of self-abuse and gross behavior for comic effect - by having its music prominently featured as the soundtrack to the various stunts.

Room of Blues

March 27, 2003

Byline: Roomful of Blues returns to signature sound By ALAN SCULLEY For the Call Roomful of Blues is back with a re-vamped lineup featuring a new singer and four other new musicians. This isn't exactly earth-shattering news for long-time followers of the veteran blues band.