Duane Thomas Peters (born June 12, 1961) is a

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singer/songwriter and professional

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. 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, 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

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video "Androgynous", directed by Morgan Higby Night. Along with skateboarding, Peters is a well-known punk rock singer. He has formed bands such as the US Bombs, Political Crap, Die' Hunns (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,

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. Parks joined Duane Peters and the Hunns on bass guitar and soon the band changed their name to Die Hunns. Die Hunns recorded a fourth album entitled ''Long Legs, Die' Hunns'', and embarked on another tour.

Personal life

Peters' 20-year-old son, Chess Peters, was killed in a car accident on July 6, 2007. In February 2014, Peters was charged with assaulting his girlfriend at their home in Long Beach, California. He was sentenced to five years probation after pleading guilty to the charge, and also ordered to attend a domestic violence counseling program, 60 days of community serviced and to stay away from the victim for 10 years.

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''. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Peters, Duane 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