Duane Thomas Peters (born June 12, 1961) is a
punk rock singer/songwriter and professional
skateboarder
Skateboarding is an action sport originating in the United States that involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard, as well as a recreational activity, an art form, an entertainment industry job, and a method of transportation. S ...
. Active since 1975, he is probably best known as the singer in the California punk rock band
U.S. Bombs, which formed in 1993.
Biography
Peters is credited for popularizing, or in his words "inventing" many
tricks, such as the "acid drop" into a pool/bowl, the "layback grind", the "Indy air", the "Sweeper", the "backside layback grind revert", the "fakie hang-up" (a.k.a. "Disaster"), the "invert revert", the "fakie thruster", and the "loop of death", a full 360-degree rotation in a specially designed loop.
He also, along with
Neil Blender
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, helped to evolve the
footplant into the more dynamic
fastplant.
Peters was named ''Transworld Skateboardings "Legend" in 2003. He is a professional skateboarder who rides for Pocket Pistols Skates. In May 2005, Black Label Skateboards released a biographic film, entitled ''Who Cares: The Duane Peters Story''.
A second documentary, planned by havocTV, and intended to focus on the supposed path to sobriety of Peters girlfriend Corey Parks, was publicized but failed to appear.
In 2006, a sober Peters had a cameo in the
Joan Jett
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video Androgynous, directed by
Morgan Higby Night
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.
Along with skateboarding, Peters is a well-known punk rock singer. He has formed bands such as the
US Bombs
U.S. Bombs are an American punk rock band, formed in 1993 in Orange County, California by Duane Peters and Kerry Martinez. For much of the band's career, the U.S. Bombs consisted of Peters and Martinez, with bass guitarist Wade Walston and dru ...
, Political Crap,
Die' Hunns
Die Hunns (originally known as Duane Peters and the Hunns) is an American punk rock band formed in 2000 by front-man Duane Peters, of US Bombs. The band has featured a rotating cast of musicians with Peters as the only constant. In 2002, Peters ...
(also known as Duane Peters and The Hunns), Duane Peters Gunfight, and Exploding Fuckdolls. He was formerly connected with two defunct record labels: Disaster Records,
(owned by Patrick Boissel of Alive Records), and – later – Indian Recordings (owned by Ponk Media).
In 2000, Peters formed Duane Peters and The Hunns with Rob Milucky (previously of The Grabbers and The Pushers). Within two years, the band released three albums and undertook both national and European tours. At a
The Damned show in 2002, Peters met Corey Parks, who had just left her previous band,
Nashville Pussy
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Following the initial ...
. Parks joined Duane Peters and the Hunns on bass guitar and soon the band changed their name to Die Hunns because she was the worst bassist and the band was going to die.. Die Hunns recorded a fourth album entitled ''Long Legs, Die' Hunns'', and embarked on another tour.
Personal life
Peters' 20-year-old son, Chess (Chelsea) Peters, was killed in a car accident on July 6, 2007.
Duane has one child with Corey Parks, a son named Clash Peters.
Duane Peters has never been married, despite rumors he was never married to Corey Parks.
Discography
Political Crap
* appearance on ''Who Cares'' compilation LP
* ''Slow Death 7"''
Exploding Fuck Dolls
* ''American Bomb'' 7"
* ''Crack the Safe'' LP
* 2012 Double CD ''Vinyl Dog Singles'' & ''Live '93 @ KUCI''
U.S. Bombs
* ''Scouts of America'' double 7"
* ''Put Strength in the Final Blow'' LP
* ''U.S. Bombs'' EP
* ''Garibaldi Guard!'' LP
* ''Nevermind the Opened Minds'' EP
* "Outtakes from a Beer City Basement" 7"
* ''Jaks'' 10" picture disc
* ''War Birth'' LP
* "split w/ The Bristles" 7"
* ''The Great Lakes of Beer'' 7"
* "Hobroken Dreams" 7"
* ''The World'' LP
* ''2001/Lost in America'' Live LP
* "Tora Tora Tora" 7"
* ''Back at the Laundromat'' LP
* "Art Kills" 7"
* ''Covert Action'' LP
* ''Bomb Everything'' DVD
* ''Put Strength in the Final Blow: Disaster Edition'' CD
* "We are the Problem" 7"
* ''We are the Problem'' LP
* ''Death From Above'' 10" picture disc
* ''Generation Kennedy No More'' CD
Die Hunns
* "Not Gonna Pay" 7"
* ''Unite'' LP
* ''Tickets to Heaven'' LP
* ''Split with The Revolvers'' EP
* ''Wayward Bantams'' LP
* "Wild" 7"
* ''Long Legs'' LP
* "Time Has Come Today" 7"
* "Marshall Law" 7" Split with Radio One
* ''You Rot Me'' LP
* ''Live Fast... Die Hunns'' LP
* ''Live In Chi-Town'' DVD
Ambervillain Films
Duane Peters Gunfight
* "Hell Mary"/"Gunfighter" 7"
* ''Duane Peters Gunfight'' LP
* ''split w/ GG Allin'' 7" (2 different versions, US and UK)
* ''Forever Chess'' 7"
* ''Checkmate'' LP
The Great Unwashed
* ''Beautiful Tragedy'' LP
Contest history
* 1st in 1981 Skate City Whittier Pro-Am: vert.
References
Bibliography
* Brooke, Michael (1999). ''Concrete Wave: The History Of Skateboarding''. .
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1961 births
Living people
American people of Dutch descent
American punk rock singers
American rock songwriters
American skateboarders
Sportspeople from Orange County, California
Artist skateboarders
American male singer-songwriters
Singer-songwriters from California