Fraternal twins, Chuck and John Panozzo, born September 20, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois, are best known as being founding members of the awesome band Styx. Chuck and John were born 90 minutes apart. John played drums until his death in July 1996.
Chuck has continued to perform with Styx. He came out as gay in 2001 and has written a bookThe Grand Illusion: Love, Lies, and My Life With Styx.
Uber-rock group Styx released Paradise Theatre January 19, 1981, their tenth studio album. It went to #1 on the Billboard Album Chart and stayed for 3 weeks. It's the only album to reach #1 in the U.S. and the fourth consecutive triple-platinum.
It generated five singles, three of which made it to the top 10 on several charts. Too Much Time on My Hands (my favorite) reached #2 and Rockin' the Paradise made it to #8 on the Mainstream Rock chart. Too Much Time on My Hands went to #9 and Best of Times went to #3 on the Pop Singles Chart.
Dennis DeYoung wrote Best of Times and sang lead. Tommy Shaw wrote and sang lead on Too Much Time on My Hands. James Young wrote Snowblind with DeYoung and sang lead with Tommy Shaw.
Chuck Panozzo played bass guitar and his twin brother John played drums.
Styx released their eleventh studio album, Kilroy Was Here, February 22, 1983. The concept album, which is based on a dystopian future where rock music is outlawed, was in part a mocking reponse to fundamentalist Christian groups, who managed to persuade the Arkansas State Senate to pass a bill requiring that all albums containing "back-masking" be labeled. Styx was among other groups such as the Beatles, ELO, Pink Floyd and Queen.
According to wikipedia.com, the fifth track Heavy Metal Poisoning, contains the two mottoes found on the U.S. one-dollar bill back masked.
This is the last album of original material to be released by the "classic" lineup of Dennis DeYoung, Tommy Shaw, James Young, and twins John and Chuck Panozzo.
The biggest hit from teh album was Mr. Roboto, which reach #3 on the Billboard charts.
