Dave Dictor
American musician
Dave Dictor (born December 4, 1955) is an American musician, singer of the punk rock band MDC (of which he is a founding member), and founder of the band's label, R Radical Records. Dictor is known for his political lyrics, involvement in the Rock Against Reagan campaign in the 1980s and being vegan.
Biography
David Scott Dictor was raised on Long Island, New York and attended Boston University and the University of Texas in the 1970s. Dictor's father "Teddy" Dictor, was Jewish, while his mother was a Catholic from an Italian American family. His parents divorced when he was two years old, with Dictor raised by his mother, while his father moved to Florida. Dictor identifies as both bisexual and "fluid".
Career
In 1979, Dictor formed the Reejex, which morphed into a band called the Stains, with long-term musical partner Ron Posner. This later evolved into MDC in the fall of 1981. Dictor and MDC later relocated to San Francisco, California in 1982 and finally to Portland, Oregon in 1995. The band gave various projects different names with the MDC moniker, including Millions Of Dead Cops, Multi Death Corporation, Millions Of Dead Children, and Millions Of Damn Christians.
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