Biography
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.
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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.
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