Chuck Dukowski

Gary Arthur McDaniel born February 1 1954 better known by his stage name Chuck Dukowski is an American punk rock musician He is most wellknown for being the bass player and an occasional songwriter for Black Flag Dukowski was born on February 1 1954 and raised in a selfdescribed middleclass family in San Pedro Los Angeles California where his father worked for the industrial company TRW Dukowskis mother was German and her family lineage had many musicians and composers Dukowski attended San Pedro High School and later Chadwick School where he played football After graduation he went to college to study psychobiology Dukowskis first band was Würm which started in 1973 By 1977 the band had moved to Hermosa Beach and lived in a communal house called the Würmhole but Würm broke up later that year Keith Morris and Greg Ginn were regulars at Würmhole parties in 1977 Dukowski joined their Morris and Ginns band Panic before they played their first show Panic changed their name to Black Flag after discovering another band using the name Panic Dukowski left the band in 1983 before the recording of My War and afterward served as Black Flags manager He was responsible for booking nationwide and worldwide tours until 1986 Dukowski wrote or cowrote some of Black Flags most popular songs including My War The Bars I Love You and Modern Man Dukowski started SST Records with Ginn in 1978 and was a coowner until 1989 During Black Flags appearance in The Decline of Western Civilization he is credited as Gary McDaniel Chuck Dukowski is a stage name originating from a Zippo lighter with Chuck the Duke inscribed on it that he found while searching for change Feeling that the name Chuck the Duke sounded macho he wanted to add a Polish sounding last name as Poles were frequently picked on He turned Chuck the Duke into Chuck Dukowski Dukowski was credited under his real name on original pressings of Black Flags Nervous Breakdown EP as well as in the documentary film The Decline of Western Civilization and its companion soundtrack album He is credited as Charles Dukowski on Black Flags Damaged LP