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Alexander James Barr Born (1965 Portsmouth, 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 that he sung for, 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.
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