Peter James Stapleton (25 April 1954 – 22 March 2020) was a musician from New Zealand, best known as the drummer and co-founder of the alternative rock band The Terminals.
When Vacuum split, Bill Direen went on to form The Bilders, while Stapleton, Cogle, Tony O'Grady and Meek, along with singer/songwriter Mary Heney transformed into The Victor Dimisich Band, which released its first self-titled EP on Flying Nun Records in 1982.
The Victor Dimisich Band disbanded, and posthumously released a cassette, Mekong Delta Blues, on the Xpressway label in 1988.
From 2003 until his death, he played in Dunedin improvised psychedelic noise rock trio Eye.
[8][9] In 2011, Stapleton completed a Master of Arts degree at the University of Otago, with a thesis titled The Rockumentaries, Direct Cinema, and the Politics of the 1960s.