Al Barr

:"Al-Barr is also one of the 99 Names of God."

Alexander Martin "Al" Barr (born 1968 in Hanover, New Hampshire) is the lead singer of the Dropkick Murphys. He was also a founder and lead singer for The Bruisers, which he helped form in 1988 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. His first band circa 1984, was called D.V.A. (Direct Vole Assault). He also went on to front 5 Balls of Power, with future members of Scissorfight, The Radicts, L.E.S. Stitches, and US Bombs, before he formed The Bruisers. His band the Bruisers had played many shows with Boston's Dropkick Murphys, and when Dropkick lead singer Mike McColgan quit the band the Murphys asked Barr to be the new lead singer. The first album the Dropkick Murphys released with Barr as singer was 1999's "The Gang's All Here".

Trivia

Unlike the other members of the band, most of whom are of Irish ancestry, Barr is of Scottish descent on his father's side and German on his mother's side. [http://www.dropkickmurphys.com/press/press/expresstimes.html]