I-95 Drive Home Mystery Artist [VIDEO]

Tonight’s mystery artists credit having Adam Sandler as a fan of the band for drawing a younger audience to them. Think you know which band it is??

The band was out touring in 2014 and sat down with The Aquarian Weekly to talk about their “Summer Soundtrack Tour with Foreigner. That’s right the band Adam Sandler loves is Styx. To the point he used their music in his movie ‘Big Daddy’. The most obvious nod was, with the little kid [“Julian”] on the witness stand, when he says, “…Styx is the greatest rock band in the world and that most critics are cynical assholes.” Styx member Lawrence Gowan said: “I remember playing that excerpt while doing a soundcheck on stage.

A few years later we met Adam Sandler. It was great to meet him. He came to a couple of our shows and he introduced us on this awards show. He was a lovely guy. In many ways I have an incredible fondness for that time because it was when I stepped into the band.’

When asked if it was real trip for Adam Sandler, as a fan, ultimately Gowan said:

“Yeah! I think that’s part of the allure and attraction that has made younger audiences gravitate toward the band. They would hear these references, or they’d see a clip on YouTube or see a vinyl at a record store. People became enamored with classic rock.

I began noticing, eight or nine years ago, that audiences tend to skew toward a younger group of people. We weren’t just there with older fans. There are people who have discovered the music on their own. Now we’re at the point where at most shows, half the audience is under 30 years of age. I think that’s a fantastic thing to witness. Quite frankly, it reinvigorated the entire audience. You feel like there’s a brand new audience that’s attracted to brand new music.”