Chuck Dukowski

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Chuck Dukowski is the stage name of Gary McDaniel, born February 1, 1954.

Chuck Dukowski was a founding member and original bass player for Black Flag. Chuck wrote some of Black Flag's most popular songs, including "My War," "What I See," "I've Heard It Before" and "Spray Paint." He left the band before the release of My War, and afterward served as Flag's manager instead.

After Black Flag, Dukowski continued to play in Wurm, SST "supergroup" October Faction, and formed his own band SWA in 1985 with Merrill Ward of Overkill.

Chuck has a new band with artist and musician Lora Norton called The Chuck Dukowski Sextet. They released an album on Chuck's own Nice & Friendly Records in 2006.

On Black Flag's first LP, Damaged, he is credited as "Charles" Dukowski.

He appeared in the documentary The Decline of Western Civilization.

Black Flag
Greg Ginn
Vocals: Chavo Pederast | Keith Morris | Dez Cadena | Henry Rollins
Bass: Raymond Pettibon | Spot | Chuck Dukowski | Kira Roessler | C'el Revuelta
Drums: David Horvitz | Brian Migdol | ROBO | Emil Johnson | Chuck Biscuits | Bill Stevenson |Anthony Martinez
Discography
Albums: Damaged | My War | Slip It In | Family Man | Loose Nut | In My Head
Extended plays: Nervous Breakdown | Jealous Again | Six Pack | TV Party | The Process of Weeding Out | Minuteflag | I Can See You
Live: Live '84 | Who's Got the 10½? | Annihilate This Week
Other releases: Everything Went Black | The First Four Years | Wasted...Again | The Complete 1982 Demos Plus More | Spray Paint EP
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