Chuck Treece

Chuck Treece (born May 30, 1964) is an American musician and professional skateboarder from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1984, he became famous for being the first African-American skateboarder to be featured on the cover of Thrasher magazine. His musical credits include starting the skate punk band McRad in 1982, remixing songs for Amy Grant and Sting, playing the bass line on "The River of Dreams" by Billy Joel, and The Lemonheads, with filling in on drums at a Pearl Jam concert, and touring with Urge Overkill, Underdog and Bad Brains. In 2010, he was awarded a Pew Fellowships in the Arts. Chuck currently plays bass in a thrash metal band called ACTiVATE. Treece drummed on the album, Mass by Canadian ska band, Bedouin Soundclash.

After recording on The Movement’s album Set Sail Gary Jackson (drums) and Jason Schmidt (bass) joined The Movement as full-time members of the band.