In 1990, STYX's bombastic single "Show Me the Way" became a popular Gulf War anthem. Now, as the band enters its fourth decade, the blitzkrieg pop of "Kiss Your Ass Goodbye" — "First you lose your looks/Then you lose your luck/Take the hit/Now blow me up" — may accompany the sound of more bombs over Baghdad. It's fitting that "Kiss Your Ass Goodbye" features backing vocals from Tenacious D, since the song brims with the gonzo bravado that Jack Black and Kyle Gass so deliciously parody. (Other tracks include vocals from Brian Wilson and Billy Bob Thornton but are merely half-formed curiosities.) Overall, Cyclorama is quintessential Styx, bursting with the overwrought guitar and syrupy harmony that made them one of the biggest and cheesiest bands of the Seventies.

“Everyday People”

"Everyday People" managed to trailblaze in two different ways -- it was one of the first pop hits to deal with the subject of racial harmony, and it utilized Larry Graham's "slap" technique on the bass guitar, which would soon be copied by countless other bassists. Graham once said about his pulsating style, "I'd never done that before … that's where the freedom of creativity came in for the band, that we'd be allowed to do that." In 1978, the song's line "Different strokes for different folks" would be borrowed for the title of the hit television show Diff'rent Strokes.