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==Career== ===Early years=== Dukowski was born on February 1, 1954,<ref name="chick">{{Cite book|last=Chick|first=Stevie|title=Spray Paint the Walls: The Story of Black Flag|url=https://archive.org/details/spraypaintwallss00chic|url-access=limited|publisher=[[PM Press]]|pages=[https://archive.org/details/spraypaintwallss00chic/page/n49 37]-39|year=2011|isbn=978-1-60486-418-2}}</ref> and raised in a self-described middle-class family in [[San Pedro, Los Angeles]], California, where his father worked for the industrial company [[TRW Inc.|TRW]].<ref name="x3fbp5kF8tA">{{YouTube|x3fbp5kF8tA}}</ref> Dukowski's mother was German, and her family lineage had many musicians and composers.<ref name="chick"/> Dukowski attended [[San Pedro High School]] and later [[Chadwick School]], where he played football. After graduation, he went to college to study [[Behavioral neuroscience|psychobiology]].<ref name="x3fbp5kF8tA" /> ===Würm=== {{main|Würm (band)}} Dukowski's first band was [[Würm (band)|Würm]], which started in 1973.<ref name="perfectsound">{{cite web|last=Lang|first=Dave|title=Chuck Dukowski Interview|url=http://www.furious.com/perfect/chuckdukowski.html|publisher=Perfect Sound Forever|date=May 2007|access-date=March 13, 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref name="perfectsound"/> ===Black Flag=== {{main|Black Flag (band)}} [[Keith Morris]] and [[Greg Ginn]] were regulars at Würmhole parties.<ref name="perfectsound"/> in 1977, Dukowski joined their Morris and Ginn's band, Panic, before they played their first show. Panic changed their name to [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]] after discovering another band using the name "Panic".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Grad|first=David|title=Oral history of Black Flag|url=https://archive.org/stream/punk_planet_20/punk_planet_20_djvu.txt|journal =[[Punk Planet]]|issue=20|date=Sep–Oct 1997|access-date =March 13, 2019 }}</ref> Dukowski left the band in 1983 before the recording of ''[[My War]]'',<ref>{{cite book|last=Azerrad|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Azerrad|title=[[Our Band Could Be Your Life|Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981–1991]]|publisher=[[Little, Brown and Company]]|page=41|year=2001|isbn=0-316-78753-1}}</ref> and afterward served as Black Flag's manager. He was responsible for booking nationwide and worldwide tours until 1986. Dukowski wrote or co-wrote some of Black Flag's most popular songs, including "My War," "The Bars," "I Love You," and "Modern Man".<ref name="perfectsound"/><ref name="noisecreep">{{cite web |last=Gitter |first=Mike |date=February 19, 2013 |title=FLAG vs. Black Flag: a Chat With Chuck Dukowski and Dez Cadena |url=https://noisecreep.com/flag-black-flag-reunion/ |access-date=March 13, 2019 |website=[[Noisecreep]]}}</ref> Dukowski started [[SST Records]] with Ginn in 1978 and was a co-owner until 1989.<ref name="perfectsound"/> During Black Flag's appearance in ''[[The Decline of Western Civilization]]'', he is credited as Gary McDaniel. ===Later projects=== After Black Flag, Dukowski reformed [[Würm (band)|Würm]],<ref>{{cite web|last=O'Neill|first=Brian|title="Exhumed" From the Earth: Chuck Dukowski and the Reissue of Würm's Full-Length|url=http://www.invisibleoranges.com/exhumed-wurm-chuck-dukowski/|website=[[Invisible Oranges]]|date=November 20, 2018|access-date=March 13, 2019}}</ref> which continued until guitarist Ed Danky died.<ref name="perfectsound"/> Other bands Dukowski formed include [[SST Records|SST]] "supergroup" [[October Faction (band)|October Faction]],<ref name="rebel">{{cite web|last=Prindle|first=Mark|title=Chuck Dukowski Interview|url=http://www.rebelnoise.com/articles/chuck-dukowski-interview|publisher=Rebel Noise|date=April 9, 2016|access-date=March 13, 2019}}</ref> and [[SWA (band)|SWA]], formed in 1985 with Merrill Ward of Overkill.<ref name="rebel"/> Dukowski has a new band with his wife, artist and musician Lora Norton, and son Milo called [[The Chuck Dukowski Sextet]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Grimley|first=John|title=Interview: Former Black Flag Bassist Chuck Dukowski Discusses New CD6 Album, 'Haunted'|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/interview-former-black-flag-bassist-chuck-dukowski-discusses-new-cd6-album-haunted|magazine=[[Guitar World]]|date=July 26, 2012|access-date=March 13, 2019}}</ref> They released their debut album, ''[[Eat My Life]]'', on Dukowski's own Nice & Friendly Records in 2006. In 2013 Chuck launched Flag with former Black Flag members [[Keith Morris]], [[Bill Stevenson (musician)|Bill Stevenson]], [[Dez Cadena]], and [[Descendents]]/[[All (band)|All]] guitarist [[Stephen Egerton (guitarist)|Stephen Egerton]] to perform the music of Black Flag. He appeared in the documentaries ''[[The Decline of Western Civilization]]'', ''Open Your Mouth And Say... Mr. Chi Pig'', ''[[We Jam Econo]]'', ''Urban Struggle: The Battle of the Cuckoo's Nest,'' and ''We Were Feared (Clockwork Orange County)''. === FLAG === {{Infobox musical artist | background = group_or_band | name = FLAG | genre = {{hlist|[[Hardcore punk]]|[[Cover song|Cover]]}} | years_active = 2013–present | spinoff_of = [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]], [[Descendents]] | current_members = *[[Keith Morris]] *Chuck Dukowski *[[Dez Cadena]] *[[Bill Stevenson (musician)|Bill Stevenson]] *[[Stephen Egerton (guitarist)|Stephen Egerton]] }} In 2013, Keith Morris, Chuck Dukowski, Dez Cadena, Bill Stevenson, and [[Descendents]] member Stephen Egerton created FLAG as an offshoot of Black Flag. {{As of|2013}}, they are only touring. No plans for an album have been announced.<ref>{{cite web |author=Greg Prato |date=2013-01-28 |title=Black Flag Reunite for Album, Live Dates | Music News |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/black-flag-reunites-for-album-live-dates-20130128 |access-date=2013-08-01 |publisher=Rolling Stone}}</ref>
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