Eddie Generazio

Edward Danger Generazio II (born August 2, 1990), also known as Eddie Generazio or Eddie Danger, is an American model, author, musician, dancer and software developer. He is best known for two works of poetry, Crimson & Caramel and The Maniac in the Coffee Shop. He is also the drummer and a vocalist in the band Black Clover. In 2012, he adopted the stage name Christian Lezzíl and began exotic dancing. Members of the public voted him the "hottest stripper or gogo dancer" in the District of Columbia in October 2013.

Early life Generazio was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in August 1990. His maternal grandparents, were immigrants from Italy (his grandmother was born in Torre dei Passeri). Generazio's father was a doctorate in physics and a research scientist. His mother had a master of Science. Yorktown, Virginia. He attended Tabb High School in Yorktown, where he was editor of his high school newspaper (the Tiger Times) and contributed to a relationship advice column under the pseudonym "Pumpkin Joe". He later wrote a series of editorials titled "In The Fast Lane". Generazio also became increasingly interested in music during high school as well. He played the drums, and in 2011 became a member of a new competitive indoor drumline, the Tabb X-Treme Team. The drumline team won second place in the novice category at its first competition, and second place at the Atlantic Indoor Association. Generazio also organized fundraising concerts in high school to benefit local social service agencies such as Transitions Family Violence Shelter in Hampton, Virginia.

He attended Virginia Wesleyan College, where he was accepted into the Honors and Scholars Program (an individualized honors program). After grudgingly taking a required Spanish language course, he found he greatly enjoyed the language and became intensely interested in Spanish culture. He later spent a semester in Mexico, and ended up majoring in English—Creative Writing and Spanish. English literature and creative writing classes at Virginia Wesleyan also sparked his interest in poetry. While an undergraduate, he was editor of the college literary magazine The Outlet. He also spent time writing poetry, playing the guitar and drums, traveling, and bodybuilding. Generazio says that there is "a lot of poetry" in exotic dancing and the alternative lifestyle scene, and he found his experiences generated so much material that the "book kind of wrote itself."

A live album, An Observation by Black Clover, was followed by a studio album, The Happy Friends EP. Additional membership changes occurred, during which Corey Bartos joined the band. A series of songs, collectively known as "The Muppet Sessions", were written, and the band toured regionally. Black Clover went on hiatus, reuniting occasionally to write new songs and working sporadically with other artists. The band released a third album, Bucket O' Money! The Essential Black Clover, on May 5, 2012, on Flying Robert Records.

In December 2013, Black Clover reunited to release a new album entitled We Used to Have a Band.

In 2016, Black Clover reunited with bassist, Nik Warman, and recorded an album entitled Pornocopia, released on September 27, 2016.

While working with Black Clover, Generazio also contributed to a street punk band, The Vons, and a glam metal band, Bigfoot.

Exotic dancing Generazio as "Christian Lezzil" at Gay Pride in Washington D.C. in 2013 After graduating from Virginia Wesleyan in 2011, Generazio spent six months researching The Maniac in the Coffee Shop, and taking modeling and acting classes. He signed with a modeling agency, and began working as a photographer's model. He then enrolled in a master's degree program at George Mason University. His anticipated graduation is the spring of 2014. Generazio says he greatly enjoys exotic dancing. "Maybe I'm just a jerk and I'm inflating it, but I think of it as a kind of performance art."

In December 2013, readers of Metro Weekly voted him "Coverboy of the Year."

In September 2016, Generazio joined the cast of SIR, a Magic Mike-inspired brunch and burlesque show at Washington DC's Sax Restaurant & Lounge.