DeYoung s forthcoming solo album,
26 East, Vol. 2, arrives June 11. You can hear the new new single, The Last Guitar Hero, featuring a ripping Morello whammy-pedal solo, via the player above!
In a recent Instagram post celebrating the new song, Morello noted how the impossibly humble DeYoung approached him: Hi Tom, I m not sure if you re familiar with my music but. I said, Stop right there!! Every single time I m in my hometown I PACK the jukebox at the local bar with those great Styx songs all night long! Man Of Miracles ? Renegade ? Suite Madame Blue ? Mr. Flippin Roboto ?! Fellow Illinois rocker, it would be an honor, Morello recalled.
The unlikely duo share a common bond: Illinois
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Raise your hand if you had Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello joining forces with ex-Styx singer Dennis DeYoung on your 2021 Bingo card. If you did, well, consider yourself the unlikeliest of winners.
Though Morello may not agree with Adam Sandler’s Sonny Koufax in
This afternoon, Morello shared that he guested on “The Last Guitar Hero,” a track from the forthcoming DeYoung solo effort titled
26 East, Vol. 2. Supposedly, this is DeYoung’s final foray into recorded music. So why (and a better question perhaps, how) did he get Morello to participate? Leave it to the man himself to explain.
By big rig
May 12, 2021
Dennis DeYoung, the founder and original voice of STYX, is ready to hang it up. He s going out in a BLAZE of glory against the music industry starting with the lead track from
26 East, Vol. 2 on June 11th.
Some of the lyrics include “
corporate parasites living off the blood of the creators” and asks, “
Is there a place for you and me beyond the lure of technology?” Tom Morello is ready to help light the wick.
Tom recently tweeted out “When Dennis DeYoung (the singer of STYX) sheepishly approached me about playing a shredding solo on his song The Last Guitar Hero with the attitude ‘Hi Tom, I’m not sure if you’re familiar with my music but…’ I said, “Stop right there!!,” “EVERY single time I’m in my hometown I PACK the jukebox at the local bar with those great Styx songs all night long! Man Of Miracles? Renegade? Suite Madam Blue? Mr. Mother Flippin’ Roboto?! Fellow Illinois rocker, it would be an honor.”