Tommy Shaw wants to dispel a long-running rumor about Styx – that the band hated “Mr. Roboto”.
The band refused to play the song live for decades, finally adding it to the setlist in 2018.
But Shaw told ‘Trunk Nation’ they never hated the song, “we just didn’t like the (recorded) version.”
He also said they were inspired to finally start playing it after hearing another band’s cover of the song on Spotify: “They did it the way we do it now. They played it as a rock song.”
Styx will headline the ‘Brotherhood of Rock’ tour with Kevin Cronin and Don Felder this spring.
