Neal Allan Doughtyis an American keyboardist and the sole remaining founding member of REO Speedwagon currently in the band. He formed the band in the fall of 1967, with original drummer Alan Gratzer... (wikipedia)
Everybody thought there was this bitter rivalry going on. In actuality, we didn't even know those guys back then.
In '81, we both had albums vying for No. 1 - one week they'd have it, and one week we'd have it.
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.