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The Grand
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Love, Lies
and My Life with Styx |
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Panozzo was
the bass player in Styx, whose mid-’70s hits such as "Mr. Roboto" and
"Lady," are staples of classic rock radio, and he is rightfully proud
of Styx’s
accomplishments—"The first rock band ever to sell four
consecutive triple platinum albums." Styx’s fans will enjoy
Panozzo’s
detailed look at the band’s internal conflicts as they rise
from small
Chicago bars to sold-out arenas. But the heart of
Panozzo’s
autobiography is a sensitive and insightful look at "one gay
man’s
struggle to come to terms with himself" while performing in a
rock world where "the things that would make the other guys laugh—a
female fan
lifting up her skirt, a pair of panties thrown on stage—just
didn’t do
it" for him. The most fascinating sections are accounts of
Panozzo’s
conflicted youthful feelings in his sheltered Catholic
neighborhood;
his adolescent trips to gay theaters where "skin
flicks validated the fact
that there were other people out there like
me"; his attempts to keep his rock identity secret during furtive dates
while on tour where he"treated every excursion like a CIA mission;"
and a joyous moment when
he publicly comes out and decides to tell his
story "to inspire others,
gay or straight, to live a proud, truthful
life."
-Publisher's Weekly |
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