Everybody thought there was this bitter rivalry going on. In actuality, we didn't even know those guys back then.

I can't think of many bands that can do that for five years without egos blowing up, but it's still working. We went about a year without seeing them (while touring with Cheap Trick), and we really missed them.

The competition started in Chicago in the '60s when lead singer Kevin (Cronin) was in a band in south Chicago and the members of STYX were in another and they were archrivals.