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Chuck Panozzo

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Chuck Panozzo
Background information
Birth nameCharles Salvatore Panozzo
Born (1948-09-20) September 20, 1948 (age 76)
OriginChicago, Illinois
GenresHard rock, progressive rock
OccupationBassist
InstrumentBass
Years active1956–present
Websitewww.chuckpanozzo.com

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 Ricky Phillips. Panozzo suffers from HIV, which prevents him from full-time participation.[1]

Biography

Panozzo grew up in a working-class Italian Catholic neighborhood in South Side, Chicago. 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. Since age 7, Panozzo realized that he was gay.

In 1961-1962, Panozzo founded Styx with his brother and singer/keyboardist Dennis DeYoung.[2][1][3]

Panozzo received a degree in art education and taught art at the high school level.[3]

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.[4][5][6]

In 2007, he released his autobiography The Grand Illusion: Love, Lies, and My Life With Styx.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Prince, Patrick (June 24, 2021). "Bassist Chuck Panozzo cherishes the legacy of Styx". Goldmine.
  2. ^ CRUMMY, COLIN (August 30, 2017). "Styx Bassist Chuck Panozzo on The Mission & HIV Positivity". Out.
  3. ^ a b GIESEKE, WINSTON (August 26, 2011). "The Best of Times for Chuck Panozzo". The Advocate.
  4. ^ Zimmerman, David (October 11, 2012). "24th Annual National Coming Out Day Promotes LGBT Awareness". Boston.com.
  5. ^ RHODES, WENDY (January 27, 2016). "Styx Cofounder Chuck Panozzo on Alcoholism, AIDS, and the Cult of Celebrity". New Times Broward-Palm Beach.
  6. ^ Hinks, Jeremy (September 28, 2021). "STYX and the Legendary & Historic "Smirk" of Chuck Panozzo". Instinct.
  7. ^ Panozzo, Chuck; Skettino, Michele (2007). The Grand Illusion: Love, Lies, and My Life with Styx. HarperCollins. ISBN 9780814400807.
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