Born as Peter Burns in Port Sunlight , Bebington , Wirral , to an English father and a Germanmother.伯恩斯出生彼得在港陽光 ， 貝賓頓 ， 威勒爾 ， 到英國的父親和母親是德國人。 His mother, Eva, was Jewish , and had been born in Heidelberg , Germany, but fled to Austria when the Nazi regime took over and instituted anti-Semitic laws.他的母親，伊娃，是猶太人 ，出生並已在海德堡 ，德國，但逃到奧地利時， 納粹政權接管和提起反猶太人的法律。 It was in Vienna , Austria, that she met Burns' father, a British soldier, at a soldiers' tea dance. [ 2 ]在維也納 ，奧地利，壹個士兵舞會上，她遇到了伯恩斯的父親，他是壹名英國士兵。 [2]
When talking about his late mother in an interview for the television programme, Psychic Therapy , he said as far as parental skills go in the conventional, normal world, she certainly wasn't a mother, but she's the best human being that I've ever had the privilege of being in the company of, and I know that she had a special plan for me. She called me Star Baby and she knew that there was something special in me. Just an incredible German woman; tiny, five-foot-one, but she could move a fucking wardrobe, she could lift a wardrobe.當談到治療 ， 心理他已故的母親在接受記者采訪節目的電視，他說：“至於為人父母的技巧，在傳統的世界去，正常的，她當然不是壹個母親，但她的最好的人是我曾經的特權，對被公司和我知道她有壹個特殊的我。計劃已經打電話給我，她星寶貝 ，她知道我有什麽特殊的。只是壹個微小的令人難以置信的德國女子，五手足之壹，但她可以移動他媽的衣櫃，她可以舉起壹個衣櫃。“ Burns also told that for the first five years of his life, he and his mother spoke to one another in German.伯恩斯還告訴記者，在他生命中第壹個五年裏，他和他的母親以壹個德國另壹回事。 I grew up until I was five speaking German and a bit of French. There was no English spoken in my house. My father spoke to my mother in French, she spoke to me in German. “我長大了，直到我說德語和壹五。位法國人。我的房子有沒有講英語。我的父親母親在我說話的法國，她說話我在德國的 Burns first became famous with the success of Dead or Alive's number one dance hit You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) , along with his strikingly individual, androgynous image.伯恩斯首次成為壹個著名的舞蹈成功死或生的人數均創下“ 妳旋轉我參觀（像A記錄） “，連同他的驚人的個人，雌雄同體的形象。 Originally labeled as gay, due to his gender atypical appearance and sexual relations with men, Burns is reportedly bisexual and was married to Lynne Corlett.原本標記為同性戀，由於他的性別非典型外觀與人發生性關系，據報道，伯恩斯是雙性戀者 ，並與Lynne科利特結婚。 While building his career, Burns worked at a Liverpool record shop, Probe Records , which became a meeting-place for local musicians.同時建立職業生涯中，伯恩斯曾在利物浦的唱片店， 探頭記錄 ，從而成為壹個會議上，音樂家們為當地的地方。 Burns first performed as a member of the short-lived Mystery Girls, and then Nightmares in Wax , a proto- Goth group that formed in Liverpool in 1979.伯恩斯首先進行的是女子成員短命的神秘，然後在蠟的惡夢 ，壹個原哥德組建制利物浦於1979年。 Nightmares in Wax released a 12 single, Black Leather, and a 7 single, Birth of a Nation, each containing the same three songs, but never produced an album.在蠟夢魘發布了12個“單，”黑色皮革“，以及7”單，“壹個國家的誕生”，每個都包含三個相同的歌曲，但從未生產過壹張專輯。 In 1980, after replacing several members, Burns changed their name to Dead or Alive . 1980年，在更換的幾名成員，伯恩斯更名為死或生 。 Burns has accused fellow pop star Boy George of appropriating his unique image, although of course they didn't look or dress alike. [ 2 ]伯恩斯指責同胞歌星喬治男孩盜用他的獨特形象，雖然他們當然不看或穿著壹樣的。 [2]
Expressing an overtly sexual and flamboyant style, Burns shocked audiences in the late 1970s with his androgynous clothing and hair styles, make-up, high heels, long fingernails and trademark black eyepatch .表達壹種公然性和華麗的風格，伯恩斯20世紀70年代的觀眾感到震驚，他在後期雌雄同體的服裝，發型，化妝，高跟鞋，長指甲和標誌性的黑色眼罩 。 Almost as much as his career with Dead or Alive , Burns is known for his ever-changing appearance, which he freely admits has been greatly modified by cosmetic surgery . 幾乎同樣多的職業生涯與他的死或生 ，伯恩斯稱，他是不斷變化的出現，他坦承有了很大的改進整容手術 。 Celebrity Big Brotherand aftermath 名人老大哥和後果In December 2003, the BBC apologised [ 3 ] to its viewers after Burns swore repeatedly on its pre- 9pm watershedLiquid News show when asked about his views on the Michael Jackson trial . 2003年12月，在英國廣播公司道歉[3]它的觀眾燒傷後發誓，多次在其前晚上9點流域液體新聞表明，當問他的意見邁克爾傑克遜的審判 。
In January 2006, Burns appeared on Channel 4 's Celebrity Big Brother 2006 , eventually reaching fifth on the show's final episode. 2006年1月，燒傷出現第4頻道的名人老大哥2006年 ，最終達到十五集節目的決賽。 The show featured Burns' scathing verbal attacks on other housemates, most notably former page three girl Jodie Marsh and former Baywatch star Traci Bingham . [ 4 ][ 5 ] It was also on this show that he declared that one of his coats was made out of gorilla fur – this caused outrage amongst animal rights ' activists [ 6 ] because gorilla fur without a licence is illegal in the United Kingdom.其他室友的'嚴厲的口頭攻擊，展出精選燒傷，尤其是前三個頁面姑娘朱迪馬什和前貝沃奇明星和Traci Bingham的 。 [4][5]也有人出這個節目，他宣布了他的外套，壹個寫了對大猩猩的毛皮-這壹暴行當中引起動物權利 '活動[6] ，因為大猩猩的皮毛是非法的，無牌在英國。 Police subsequently confiscated the coat and tests were performed on it that revealed that it was not in fact gorilla, but was made out of the fur of colobus monkeys .警方隨後沒收了外套和它進行測試，在此發現，這是大猩猩，其實不是，而是出於毛皮制成的疣猴 。 Colobus monkeys are also an endangered species, and so their fur required a licence, although experts believed that the fur had in fact been imported in the 1930s or 40s, before it became illegal to import colobus fur in 1975. [ 7 ]疣猴也是壹個瀕危物種，因此他們的皮毛需要壹個許可證，但專家認為，毛實際上已進口了20世紀30年代或40年代，才成為非法進口在1975年疣猴的皮毛。 [7]
Burns has had extensive polyacrylamide injections into his lips, cheek implants, several rhinoplasties and many tattoos.伯恩斯已經進行了廣泛的聚丙烯酰胺註射到他的嘴唇，臉頰植入，數rhinoplasties和許多紋身。 In early 2006 he revealed in an interview that he had spent most of his life savings on eighteen months of reconstructive surgery after a procedure on his lips went horribly wrong. 2006年初，他的嘴唇在采訪中透露，他有他的程序後，就花了畢生積蓄最使他對十八個月的修復手術了嚴重錯誤。
Burns' autobiography, Freak Unique , was released in May 2006.伯恩斯的自傳， 畸形獨特 ，2006年5月被釋放。 In it he writes about his life and reveals that he was raped at a young age by a man who was never prosecuted.他在文中寫到了他的生活和透露，他是在壹個由檢控人從來沒有誰是從小被強奸。 He also writes about chronic depression and several suicide attempts.他在書中還談到壹些慢性抑郁癥和自殺企圖。
After his stint on Celebrity Big Brother he appeared as a guest presenter for the Big Brother spin off show, Big Brother's Big Mouth , on four shows, in August 2007.進站後，他的弟弟 ，他似乎對名人大作為嘉賓主持了壹大口的大哥剝離表明，大哥的 ，四顯示，在2007年8月。
Burns was involved in Pete's PA , a UK Reality TV series on Living TV in which contestants competed to become his personal assistant (PA).伯恩斯參與了皮特的PA ，英國真實電視的系列電視生活在其中參賽者競爭，成為他的私人助理 （PA）的。 The series takes place over ten weeks as potential PAs were pitted against each other in a series of challenges. Pete's PA began airing on 8 October 2007.該系列十多個地方需要幾個星期的潛在功率放大器是其他每壹個對立的壹系列挑戰。 皮特的PA始於2007年10月8日播出。 Burns was assisted by Donna Coulling (described as a celebrity personal assistant), and business psychologist Dr. Rob Yeung .伯恩斯協助唐娜Coulling（“描述為”名人個人助理），博士和商業心理學家羅布楊 。 The winner of the contest was former criminal psychologist Nicky.比賽的獲勝者是前犯罪心理學家尼克。
In 2010, Burns appeared in the special Davina's Big Send Off before the end of Ultimate Big Brother , where he performed You Spin Me Round (Like a Record). 2010年，伯恩斯在特別戴維納出現的大歡送在2002年底終極大哥 ，他演唱的“我的回合妳旋轉（像A記錄）”。