Duane Peters
Duane Peters (born June 12, 1961) is an American punk rock singer-songwriter and professional skateboarder from Orange County, California. He has been active in music and skateboarding since 1975 and is best known as the singer of U.S. Bombs, a punk band formed in 1993.
Peters is famous for popularizing many skate tricks, including the acid drop into a pool, layback grind, Indy air, Sweeper, fakie hang-up (Disaster), and the loop of death. He also helped develop the fastplant with Neil Blender. In 2003, Transworld Skateboarding named him a "Legend." He skates for Pocket Pistols Skates.
A film about his life, Who Cares: The Duane Peters Story, was released in May 2005. Peters has led several bands, including U.S. Bombs and Die Hunns (also called Duane Peters and The Hunns), and has worked with Disaster Records and Indian Recordings.
In 2000 he formed Duane Peters and The Hunns with Rob Milucky; the band released three albums in two years and toured the United States and Europe. In 2002 he met Corey Parks, who joined as bassist and the group became Die Hunns, releasing Long Legs, Die Hunns and touring again.
Peters’ son Chelsea “Chess” Peters died in a car crash on July 6, 2007.
In February 2014 Peters was charged with assaulting his girlfriend. He pled guilty and received five years of probation, domestic violence counseling, 60 days of community service, and a 10-year stay-away order from the victim.
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