Chuck Panozzo
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Charles Salvatore Panozzo (born September 20, 1948) is an American musician best known as a co-founder of the rock band Styx. He is currently a part-time bass player in the band, sharing bass duties with Terry Gowan. Panozzo is living with HIV, which played a role in limiting his full-time participation.[2]
Biography
Panozzo grew up in a working-class Italian Catholic neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, Illinois. At the age of 7, Panozzo and his fraternal twin brother, drummer John Panozzo, who died in July 1996, took music lessons from an uncle. He attended Catholic schools.
In 1961–1962, Panozzo founded a band which would eventually become Styx with his brother, John and singer/keyboardist Dennis DeYoung.[3][2][4] Panozzo received a degree in art education and taught art at the high school level.[4]
In 1991, he was diagnosed as being HIV-positive, which he kept secret along with his sexuality. In 2001, at the Human Rights Campaign annual dinner, in front of 1,000 guests, Panozzo announced that he is gay and is living with HIV.[5][6][7] In 2007, he released his autobiography The Grand Illusion: Love, Lies, and My Life With Styx.[8]
References
- ^ Joel McIver (October 11, 2021). "Styx's Chuck Panozzo and Ricky Phillips share the low-end theories behind the AOR stalwarts' sound". guitarworld. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
- ^ a b Prince, Patrick (June 24, 2021). "Bassist Chuck Panozzo cherishes the legacy of Styx". Goldmine.
- ^ CRUMMY, COLIN (August 30, 2017). "Styx Bassist Chuck Panozzo on The Mission & HIV Positivity". Out.
- ^ a b GIESEKE, WINSTON (August 26, 2011). "The Best of Times for Chuck Panozzo". The Advocate.
- ^ Zimmerman, David (October 11, 2012). "24th Annual National Coming Out Day Promotes LGBT Awareness". Boston.com.
- ^ RHODES, WENDY (January 27, 2016). "Styx Cofounder Chuck Panozzo on Alcoholism, AIDS, and the Cult of Celebrity". New Times Broward-Palm Beach.
- ^ Hinks, Jeremy (September 28, 2021). "STYX and the Legendary & Historic "Smirk" of Chuck Panozzo". Instinct.
- ^ Panozzo, Chuck; Skettino, Michele (2007). The Grand Illusion: Love, Lies, and My Life with Styx. HarperCollins. ISBN 9780814400807.
External links
- Official website
- Chuck Panozzo discography at Discogs
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