DAVID PEEL, ROCK AND ROLL OUTLAW

A STREET SINGER, MUSICIAN, SONG-WRITER, RADICAL ACTIVIST, AND CERTAINY A NEW YORK ROCK 'N ROLL OUTLAW, DAVID PEEL HAS ALWAYS INSTINCTIVELY UNDERSTOOD THE NEED TO CHANGE. HE SEARCHES FOR NEW IDEAS, NEW EXPERIENCES, AND NEW PEOPLE. THE IDEA FOR ROCK 'N ROLL WORKS FOR PEEL, AS IT DOES FOR MANY OF US - NOT ONLY TO KEEP HIS OWN LIFE AND WORK IN PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO TO COPE WITH THE MUSIC FROM HIS AUDIO IMAGINATION, WHICH CONSTANTLY ASSAULTS OUR SENSES. DAVID IS ALWAYS TELLING US: '' KNOW WHAT IS POSSIBLE, AND DO WHAT MUST BE DONE. ''

NOW, IT'S BEEN OVER TWENTY YEARS SINCE DAVID PEEL BEGAN HIS PROFESSIONAL MUSIC CAREER ON THE STREETS Of NEW YORK CITY. HIS SONGS ARE HEARD ALL OVER THE WORLD. THEY ARE EXTREMELY CANDID AND CONTEMPORARY, WITHOUT CENSORSHIP - A MUSIC HERITAGE OF HIS LIFE, THAT WILL LIVE ON FOREVER. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T AROUND DURING THE SIXTIES RENAISSANCE. THEY NOW WANT TO KNOW WHO DAVID PEEL IS, AND ARE CURIOUS AND EAGER TO FIND OUT.

DAVID PEEL IS PERHAPS ONE OF THE BEST UNDERGROUND STREET-ROCK SINGERS IN THE WORLD. WE ONLY KNOW A SMALL PART Of WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO THE ROCK 'H' ROLL OUTlAZ, IN THE YEARS SINCE H BEGAN HIS MUSICAL CAREER AT WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK IN GR _ ICH VILLAGE. IT WAS DURING THIS TIME THAT HE BECAME A RADICAL HIPPIE. WORKING CLOSELY WITH JOHN LENNON AND YOKE ONE U ING THEIR MOST POLITICAL TIMES ON APPLE RECORDS, THEY RECORDED, PLAYED ROCK CONCERTS, AND APPEARED ON NATIONAL TELEVISION TOGET HR. PEEL'S COMMITMENT TOWARD HIS ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLE WITH JOHN AND YOKE, ABBIE HOFFMAN, AND FRIENDS - IS A PART OF ROCK HISTORY THAT SHOULD NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.

THERE ARE SIMILARITIES WHICH LINK PEEL'S WORK WITH THE NEW SOUND OF THE NINETIES. DAVID'S MUSIC HAS ALWAYS HAD THE SPIRIT OF REBELLION. HIS MANIAC ENERGY, HIS HARD-EDGE AND RADICAL SONGS COME FROM THE VIETNAM WAR PERIOD AND FLOWER POWER DAYS Of PEACE AND LOVE. JIM MORRISON OF THE DOORS ROCK GROUP, WAS QUOTED AS SAYING: '' DAVID PEEL IS THE ONLY FRIEND I'VE EVER KNOWN - WHOSE SUBCONSCIOUS CRAZINESS IS ON PAR WITH MINE! '' .

DAVID PEEL ALSO SANG HIS SONG: I LIKE MARIJUANA, IN THE MOVIE: RUDE AWAKENING (ORION PICTURES). THE MUSIC DIRECTOR FOR THE FILM WAS - PAUL ROTHCHILD, FORMERLY THE RECORD PRODUCER OF THE ROCK GROUP - THE DOORS. CHEECH MARIN, ERIC ROBERTS, ROBERT CORRODING, JULIE HAGERTY, AND LOUISE LASSER WERE THE MAJOR STARS IN THE FILM.

DAVID PEEL IS AN EXCITING CREATIVE HUMAN BEING. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE MAN, THE ACTIVIST MUSICIAN, AND HIS STREET MUSIC THAT HE USES FOR HIS ULTIMATE WEAPON TO COMMUNICATE TO ALL PEOPLE, AS QUOTED IN ONE Of HIS SONGS: '' ROCK 'N' ROLL FOREVER FOREVER ROCK 'N' ROLL '' - DAVID PEEL IS THE ROCK 'N' ROLL OUTLAW.