Tommy Shaw

Tommy Shaw joined Styx in 1975, just after the band made the leap to A&M, but he'd come to help define the band's glory years, penning the hard-rocking hits "Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)," "Renegade," "Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)," and "Too Much Time on My Hands." Shaw stood in contrast to the melodramatic flourishes of Dennis DeYoung, a tension that would lead Shaw to pursue a solo career in 1984. Girls with Guns, his solo debut, found some attention on album rock radio and MTV, but his next success arrived when he teamed with his former Styx colleague Michael Car...