Pete like Steve grew up in the sixties but was born into a musical family.
Pete's dad was a professional musician, playing his Double Bass and Bass guitar in the London Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as a popular Jazz Quartet, Show-Bands and playing live music in bands that would provide music for the popular TV shows of the era. His mother is a professional pianist. Was it any wonder then that the two Barton boys, Gary and Pete, turned out to be professional musicians.
His elder brother Gary is still to this day a professional Bass player in London, while Pete with his drumming skills left school at 16 and made a commitment in the seventies to a local band that went on to national recognition and adulation.
Touring the length and breadth of Britain in a transit van, playing large University Halls, Theatre's, both all over the UK and in Europe. Growing up "on the road" was an excitng time for Pete, hard work yes, but exciting nonetheless.
As the band's popularity grew and the band started playing festivals and auditoriums the schedule slowly took it's toll on Pete, touring and then sharing recording studios with the likes of Paul Weller, The Clash and quite a few other popular artists of the age, then touring again was never ending, and although exciting at first, Rock and Roll was slowly draining Pete of his lifeline.
A change of scenery was needed, After the passing of Pete's dad, Pete's mum had moved to sleepy Newport in Shropshire, and it was here that Pete would come for some respite from his full on rock and roll lifestyle.
It was during one of those visits that Pete met Collete his future wife. A long distance relationship was not what Pete wanted, Rock n Roll had lost it's shine and so it was that he left the band and turned his hand to learning a trade.
Marriage, children came next and then a chance meeting with his old mate Mr Bebee Smith got the Pete the job of drummer with the semi pro outfit "The Boogeymen".Bebee had become the drummer for a short while in Merv's old band "Stonefly" and so it was that When Stonefly and then Dry Dog Nose went their separate ways and The Boogeymen followed suit a short time later, Pete was Merv's obvious choice of drummer, and finally "Bang To Rights", was complete.
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