Peter Rock (musician)
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Peter Mociulski von Remenyk (September 3, 1945 – April 16, 2016), known professionally as Peter Rock, was an Austrian-born Chilean
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and nueva ola musician. He sang in
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and in Bierfest Valdivia. He was born near
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in 1945, shortly after the death of his father. His mother remarried and the family emigrated to Chile in 1955. Peter Rock's son, Justin Leigh, resides in Los Angeles and his daughter Natalie lived with him in
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, Chile. Peter Rock is
Alain Johannes Alain Johannes Mociulski (born May 2, 1962) is a Chilean-American multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, whose primary instruments are guitar and bass. He is a founding member of several bands, including the alternative rock group Eleven, and has ...
' uncle. In October 2014, he was diagnosed with
ALS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neuron disease (MND) or Lou Gehrig's disease, is a neurodegenerative disease that results in the progressive loss of motor neurons that control voluntary muscles. ALS is the most com ...
, which kept him in a wheelchair. He died on Viña del Mar on April 16, 2016.


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1945 births 2016 deaths Austrian emigrants to Chile Chilean male guitarists 20th-century Chilean male singers Chilean rock singers Chilean male singer-songwriters Chilean singer-songwriters Chilean people of Austrian descent Musicians from Vienna Neurological disease deaths in Chile Deaths from motor neuron disease Naturalized citizens of Chile 20th-century Chilean male artists {{chile-singer-stub