Pete Collins

* Peter Collins, Mark Stevens, Nicky Stamos

CANNONDALER WELCOMES PETE COLLINS TO OUR FORUMS: It's always nice to have expert advise when it comes to our Cannondales.Pete Collins, owner/mechanic of Pete's Cycle & Sled in Worchester MA. will be lending us a hand on our boards.His experience is far reaching with our bikes and his shop has a very close relationship with the nearby Cannondale factory.Pete also has extensive race winning results by many Cannondale riders including some of our own regulars, Kevin Willis, Ralph Masiello, Mike DeGaetano and I'm sure many others.
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Make sure you drop on in our forums and say hello to Pete and if you have any questions feel free to ask him. (forums)

"If there is one event you race all year - go to Stimilon - it is the most fun you will ever have on a dirt bike…" says Pete Collins, owner of Pete's Cycle & Sled in Worchester, MA. Collins has been racing the Stimilon race since its start in '99 and been a proud sponsor for the last three years."We will be closing our shop that weekend because my whole staff goes to the race.Our sign will read 'We will be closed Saturday August 3rd.We will be at the Stimilon Motocross Challenge - you should be too!"

Returning again this year are some favorites that really separate The Stimilon Motocross Challenge from the rest.The One Industries Graphics Race is a class where the winners receive Graphics kits, Seat Covers, and other goodies from the famed Graphics Company - One Industries.

In 1982 Pete swapped from MCA publishing to records, signed Musical Youth and Nik Kershaw, and with Peter Collins as producer, they sold millions of records worldwide.
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At the beginning of 1984 Pete came back to the UK, having set up his new label PWL. (Peter Collins stayed in the states going on to produce successful albums for major rock acts including Bon Jovi).
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Pete had spotted a niche in the market place and had combined his knowledge of R'n'B, disco and pop to create a new trend called Hi NRG.
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Unfortunately this was not a happy period and although PWL International still enjoyed what most people would consider phenomenal success with acts like 2 Unlimited, Opus 3, Undercover, Sybil, Altlantic Ocean and Loveland, Pete was not enamoured with the lack of music within the company.
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By late 1996, Pete had formed a new partnership with Zomba Records for his Eastern Bloc and Unity labels.
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March 1999 saw Pete win the music industry's own award for outstanding achievement when he picked up The Strat Award at The Music Week Awards.It must come as no surprise then that Pete is now considered one of the senior statesmen of the music industry.He is a Council member for the BPI who sits on their Chart Committee and he regularly holds Master Classes for them at the Brits school.
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The release also caused many to speculate that the chart-dominating trio were also to reform; confirmation of which came when Mike Stock and Matt Aitken joined Pete on an extensive media and press campaign to jointly advertise the CD and announce to fans old and new that they were to work together on brand new material in the new year.

1979 was a busy year as Pete explored almost every area of new music happening in this productive post- era.His interests took him into the independent electronic scene where he formed his own electronic label working with the guys from Some Bizarre and their main act Soft Cell.
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In 1982 Pete swapped from MCA publishing to records, signed Musical Youth and Nik Kershaw, and with Peter Collins as producer, they sold millions of records worldwide.
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In 1982 Pete swapped from MCA publishing to records, signed Musical Youth and Nik Kershaw, and with Peter Collins as producer, they sold millions of records worldwide.
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At the beginning of 1984 Pete came back to the UK, having set up his new label PWL. (Peter Collins stayed in the states going on to produce successful albums for major rock acts including Bon Jovi).
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Pete had spotted a niche in the market place and had combined his knowledge of R'n'B, disco and pop to create a new trend called Hi NRG.
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At the height of the Acid revolution Pete took cameras into the Hacienda.Excerpts from this historic footage has been used many times by film companies to recreate the period and today is the only footage (shot of any quality) of an acid house club with the rave generation into a full head-on rave.

Warners - In On The Act

In the early 90's Pete decided to sell 50% of his company to Warners looking to enlarge the scope of his company.Unfortunately this was not a happy period and although PWL International still enjoyed what most people would consider phenomenal success with acts like 2 Unlimited, Opus 3, Undercover, Sybil, Altlantic Ocean and Loveland, Pete was not enamoured with the lack of music within the company.

1996 saw Pete leave Warners to become independent again - and with this he began to gather together a whole new set of young production teams.

By late 1996, Pete had formed a new partnership with Zomba Records for his Eastern Bloc and Unity labels.
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March 1999 saw Pete win the music industry's own award for outstanding achievement when he picked up The Strat Award at The Music Week Awards.It must come as no surprise then that Pete is now considered one of the senior statesmen of the music industry.He is a Council member for the BPI who sits on their Chart Committee and he regularly holds Master Classes for them at the Brits school.He has also been invited to the Houses of Parliament to address the All Party Parliamentary Friends of Music Group.

October 1999 saw Pete back at No.1 in the album charts with the release of "Steptacular" by Steps.The following week Westlife's debut album was released and entered the charts at No.2.This saw Pete with production credits on both a No.1 and a No.2 album!On Nov 6th 1999 a TV tribute to pop-supergroup ABBA was shown on ITV.The accompanying album, ABBAmania, saw Pete acting as its Executive Producer, and one week after its release, this album entered the compilation charts at Number 3!

SPECIAL THANKS TO: Pete Collins, Owner of Pete's Cycle and Sled!He's donating a complete snowboard package!Call him at 508-852-7024 for prices on bikes, boards, snowmobiles, gear, parts, and service!