Andrew "Duck" MacDonald (born September 17, 1953) is an American heavy metal/

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, who has played in several bands, the most well-known of which being

Blue Cheer Blue Cheer was an American rock band that initially performed and recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970s and was sporadically active until 2009. Based in San Francisco, Blue Cheer played in a psychedelic blues rock or acid rock style, and ...

. He started playing in various bands around

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. In 1980 he was asked to join Shakin' Street, replacing guitarist

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. Shakin Street toured the U.S., supporting

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and

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on the Black and Blue tour. Following this and a tour of

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, Shakin Street broke up. MacDonald met with ex-

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members

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and Craig Gruber, and started the band

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. They recorded the album ''Ground Zero'' with singer Jeff Fenholt. After this, MacDonald and Driscoll worked with

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producer Carl Canedy to put together the album ''Thrasher'', with various other musicians. It was released in 1985. For the next three years he worked with various artists, such as David Feinstein, in his band

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, and Kim Simmonds, in the Kim Simmonds Band. In 1988 he was contacted by

bassist Dickie Peterson, and he joined them for the 1989 live album ''Blitzkrieg over Nüremberg'' and 1990's ''Highlights and Lowlives'', followed by a tour of the United States. In 1992 he left Blue Cheer, being replaced with Dieter Saller, following which he built a recording studio and started the band Playground. Playground released several unsuccessful albums before he re-joined Blue Cheer in 1999. He had been playing with them up until Dickie Peterson's death and Blue Cheer's official disbandment on October 12, 2009.

Discography

;With Bible Black *''Bible Black'' (1981) *''Ground Zero'' (1983) ;With Thrasher *''Burning at the Speed of Light'' (1985) ;With Lone Rager *"Metal Rap" Single, (1985) ;With Blue Cheer *''

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'' (1990) *''

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'' (2007) Live *''

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'' (1989; Thunderbolt/Nibelung Records) *''Hello Tokyo, Bye Bye Osaka – Live in Japan 1999'' (1999) *''Rocks Europe'' CD/DVD, 2009; Rainman/

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) *''Live at Anti WAA Festival 1989'' CD/DVD, (2014; Nibelung Records) *''Live Bootleg: London – Hamburg'' (official bootleg, 2005; Rockview Records)

External links

Blue Cheer MySpace

Bible Black MySpace
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