FUNNY QUOTES FROM THE PRESS, THE BAND AND KEVIN CRONIN

"As the only founding member of REO Speedwagon still in the band, Doughty prefers to think it’s both bands’ [REO & Styx'] 30-plus-year-long legacy — not the prospect of seeing half-century-old musicians make fools of themselves — that fills the arenas in which they play." Valerie Singleton, The Daily Times-Call, 9-30-05.

"We have a friend who grew up with several members of REO Speedwagon and, even more surprisingly, has conceded that fact to certain family members while sober...Don't look for our friend in the audience. He will be backstage partying with REO and downing Red Bull Senior, an energy drink with glucosamine and chondroitin. (Don't look for it on shelves; we're joking.)" -- Arizona Republic, Sept 23, 2005

"Gone from REO is Gary Richrath, white-bred axman extraordinaire, who penned many of their best rock songs (“Riding the Storm Out” “Take It on the Run”) which the band graciously still provide. He’s replaced by copy-cat guitarist Dave Amato who follows Richrath’s Berry-bit note-for-lick. Razor-slim Kevin Cronin, the consummate vanilla front man, killed all Howard Stern comparisons by dying his hair blond, and now coughs up innocuous stage-patter with a new-age slant (“You feed the positive energy to us; we give it back to you.”) -- Good Times Magazine

"Now that the songs have faded from heavy rotation and found their place in the schlock rock scheme of things, the only real problem with an REO show is the show itself, with its arena rock theatrics and Cronin lapsing into a Sam Kinison voice anytime he feels like asking the crowd how it's doing. " -- Ed Masley, Post-Gazette Pop Music Critic

"Nine Lives" was the band kicking ass one last time before turning into a bunch of pussies -- Leisuresuit.net

"REO has the dubious distinction of appearing in virtually every sentence that includes the phrase '. . . what was wrong with '70s rock.' " -- Chris Heim, Chicago Tribune, November 9, 1990

"Kevin Cronin has finally gotten rid of that horrific blond dye job and looks only a slight bit less freakish, though still somewhere along the lines of the classic rock Freddy Krueger." -- Harmody.com

REO QUOTABLE QUOTES

OMG! Did the guys in the band really say that?

KEVIN CRONINISMS

Excerpts by and about Kevin Cronin

 

-- RollingStone Magazine, 2001