Peter Rock | |
Background: | solo_singer |
Birth Name: | Peter Mociulski von Remenyk |
Birth Date: | 3 September 1945 |
Birth Place: | Vienna, Austria |
Death Place: | Viña del Mar, Chile |
Occupation: | Musician |
Years Active: | 1959 - 2014 |
Peter Mociulski von Remenyk (September 3, 1945 – April 16, 2016), known professionally as Peter Rock, was an Austrian-born Chilean rock and roll and nueva ola musician. He sang in Festival de Viña del Mar and in Bierfest Valdivia.
He was born near Vienna in 1945, shortly after the death of his father. His mother remarried and the family emigrated to Chile in 1955.[1]
Peter Rock's son, Justin Leigh, resides in Los Angeles and his daughter Natalie lived with him in Santiago, Chile. Peter Rock is Alain Johannes' uncle.[2]
In October 2014, he was diagnosed with ALS, which kept him in a wheelchair. He died on Viña del Mar on April 16, 2016.[3]