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{{Short description|American musician (born 1954)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Chuck Dukowski
| image           =Black Flag 2011-12-18 04.jpg
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| caption         = Chuck Dukowski performing with the band FLAG in 2013
| birth_name      = Gary Arthur McDaniel
| birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|1954|2|1}}
| birth_place     =
| origin          = [[San Pedro, Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.
| instrument      = Bass, guitar, vocals
| genre           = [[Hardcore punk]], [[punk rock]]
| occupation      = Musician, songwriter
| years_active    = 1973–present
| label           =
| associated_acts = [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]]<br />[[October Faction (band)|October Faction]]<br />[[Würm (band)|Würm]]<br />[[SWA (band)|SWA]]<br />[[The Chuck Dukowski Sextet]]<br />[[Black Face (band)|Black Face]], FLAG
}}

'''Gary Arthur McDaniel''' (born February 1, 1954), better known by his stage name '''Chuck Dukowski''', is an American [[punk rock]] musician.  He is most well-known for being the bass player and an occasional songwriter for [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]].<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p3689|pure_url=yes}} |title=Biography: Black Flag |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=May 3, 2010}}</ref>

==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===
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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===
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[[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 &#124; 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>
==Stage name==
"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".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jaybabcock.com/blackflag.html |title=de beste bron van informatie over jay babcock. Deze website is te koop! |publisher=jaybabcock.com |access-date=2011-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801000422/http://www.jaybabcock.com/blackflag.html |archive-date=August 1, 2009 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> Dukowski was credited under his real name on original pressings of Black Flag's ''[[Nervous Breakdown (EP)|Nervous Breakdown]]'' EP, as well as in the documentary film ''[[The Decline of Western Civilization]]'' and its companion soundtrack album.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/release/1282215 |title=Various – The Decline of Western Civilization (CD, Album) at Discogs |date=September 28, 1993 |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date=2011-07-07}}</ref> He is credited as "Charles Dukowski" on Black Flag's ''[[Damaged (Black Flag album)|Damaged]]'' LP.

==Discography==

===[[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]]===
* ''[[Nervous Breakdown (EP)|Nervous Breakdown]]'' EP (1979) – bass
* ''[[Jealous Again]]'' EP (1980) – bass/vocals
* "[[Louie Louie#Black Flag version|Louie Louie]]" single (1981) – bass
* ''[[Six Pack (EP)|Six Pack]]'' EP (1981) – bass
* ''[[Damaged (Black Flag album)|Damaged]]'' LP (1981) – bass
* ''[[TV Party (EP)|TV Party]]'' EP (1982) – bass
* ''[[Everything Went Black]]'' double LP (1983) – bass
* ''[[Slip It In]]'' LP (1984) – guest backing vocals

===[[SWA (band)|SWA]]===
* ''Your Future (If You Have One)'' (1985) – bass
* ''Sex Dr.'' (1986) – bass
* ''XCIII'' (1987) – bass
* ''Evolution 85–87'' (1988) – bass
* ''Winter''  (1989) – bass
* ''Volume'' (1991) – bass/vocals

===[[Chuck Dukowski Sextet]]===
* ''[[Eat My Life]]'' (2006) – bass/guitars
* ''Reverse the Polarity'' (2007) – bass
* ''Haunted'' (2012) – bass

===Other===
* Wurm – ''I'm Dead'' EP (1982) – bass/vocals
* Wurm – ''Feast'' LP (1985) – bass
* October Faction – ''October Faction'' (1985) – bass/vocals
* October Faction – ''Second Factionalization'' (1986) – bass/vocals
* Chuck Dukowski/Paul Cutler/Bill Stinson – ''United Gang Members'' CD (1994) – bass/vocals
* Black Face – "I Want to Kill You / Monster" 7" (2011)
* [[Bl'ast]] – ''For Those Who've Graced The Fire!'' single (2015) – bass (as guest)

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