I have previously covered this album more in depth here (Side 1) and here (Side 2).
From Dennis's Facebook page he talks about the album photo and how the band chose its name:
Hey everybody,
I'm back in my hotel room in Quebec City with nothing much to do so caveat emptor.
Here are some explanations to Styx photos that I found online. The first official group photo was our first album cover. We had nothing to do with this concept other than follow instructions from the record company. As I have said before the name Styx was suggested by Bill Trout the president of Wooden Nickel records, the man who signed us to the label.
Styx was the name no one in the group hated so Styx it was. (Other suggestions were Torch, Kelp, Miguelito Loveless, and my contribution, Dime Novel). Dime Novel got voted down for fear of this headline, "Dime Novel ain't worth a plug nickel". Little did we know that we could get Styx Stynx. Thinking back it most likely became Styx because the suggestion did not come from a band member.
For this photo we were asked to buy briefs then have them tea stained to look flesh color.
The idea was for us to look nude without actually being nude. John and Yoko copy catted us years later, hey wait that's wrong they actually were nude. If we had been nude you would have witnessed the real Grand Illusion. It was shot at the photographer's home with the help of his wife Blair. I think his name was Murray but I can't check it from here.
I remember her name because she was in charge of the smoke machine which was used to cover our privates. Here's what we heard throughout the entire shoot, imagine this in a New York accent, "Blairrrr Blairrrr more smoke crotch level". For years to come whenever there was a lull in the conversation one of us blurt out Blairr, Blairrr more smoke crotch level. The green painting we are surrounded by is of Dante's Inferno. And though it's warm there in the winter I give it two thumbs down as a vacation spot.
Cheers Dennis
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STYX 1972 (the original art of pictures of divine comedy from inferno on lake styx)
ReplyDeletestyx 1 1980 (maybe special from rca label record company)
STYX 1 1998 (same as rca but courtesy from one-way record cd album)
It should be noted that the only songs written by Styx on this whole album were Movement For the Common Man and Best Thing. The rest of the songs were covers.
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