Singer/songwriter Parthenon Huxley has gone from being a quirky post-new wave D.I.Y. rocker to being for all intents and purposes Jeff Lynne's replacement in the somewhat dubious Electric Light Orchestra Part II, with a stop in between as leader of the power pop trio P. Hux. Throughout, his quirkily intelligent lyrical sense and inventive melodies have earned him a devoted cult following, as well as a hard-to-shake "American Andy Partridge" tag.
Parthenon Huxley was born with the decidedly less-memorable name Rick Miller; Parthenon comes from his interest in ancient Greek his...