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Gary Alexander Loizzo (born August 16, 1945, Chicago, Illinois) is an American guitarist, singer, recording engineer, and record producer. He is best known for being the lead singer with The American Breed. ==Biography== Loizzo was the lead singer of The American Breed, formed in the mid 60's. They had several hit records including the million selling single "Bend Me, Shape Me" in '68. Also, they had two other top 20 Billboard singles "Green Light" and "Step out of your Mind" and other top 100 hits. Loizzo then went on to start his own recording studio called 'Pumpkin Studios' in the early 70's and become a two-time Grammy-nominated recording engineer. He worked with REO Speedwagon, Styx, Bad Company, Slash, Survivor, Liza Minnelli, Tenacious D, Nelson, and many others. Loizzo has been the lead recording engineer for albums that have sold over 25 million copies worldwide. Some of his projects include: *1978 ''You Can Tune a Piano But You Can't Tuna Fish'', REO Speedwagon (engineered), 2x platinum *1974 ''Man of Miracles'', Styx (engineered) *1979 ''Cornerstone'', Styx (Grammy-nominated for best engineered album of the year), 3x platinum *1980 ''Premonition'', Survivor ("Poor Man's Son" - produced and engineered) *1981 ''Paradise Theatre'', Styx (engineered), 3x platinum, #1 on Billboard Top 200 *1983 ''Kilroy Was Here'', Styx (Grammy-nominated for best engineered album of the year), 2x platinum *1984 ''Caught in the Act'', Styx (engineered) *1985 ''Desert Moon'', Dennis DeYoung (engineered, background vocals) *1986 ''Back to the World'', Dennis DeYoung (engineered, background vocals) *1988 ''Boomchild'', Dennis DeYoung (engineered, background vocals) *1994 ''10 on Broadway'', Dennis DeYoung (engineered) *1995 "Rock with the Sox" (White Sox theme), American Breed (engineered, produced, lead vocals) *1997 ''Return To Paradise'', Styx (engineered), Gold *1998 ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'', Dennis DeYoung (engineered) *1999 ''Brave New World'', Styx (engineered) *2000 ''Arch Allies: Live at Riverport'', Styx (engineered and co-produced) *2002 ''At the River's Edge: Live in St. Louis'', Styx (engineered and co-produced) *2003 ''21st Century Live'', Styx (engineered and co-produced) *2005 ''Cyclorama'', Styx (engineered and co-produced) *2006 ''One with Everything: Styx and the Contemporary Youth Orchestra'', Styx (engineered and co-produced) *2007 ''Big Bang Theory'', Styx (engineered and co-produced) *2009 Can't Stop Rockin' (single and Rock Band download), Styx and REO Speedwagon (engineered and co-produced) *2010 Regeneration, Styx (engineered and co-produced) *2013 The Search and the Find, 4th Point (engineered, background vocals) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gary Loizzo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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