# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/al-barr
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:10:36.879Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/al-barr"
name: "Al Barr"
slug: "al-barr"
description: "Alexander Martin Barr is an American musician. He is best known for his time as the lead singer of the Dropkick Murphys, whom he joined in 1998. As of 2022, he is on hiatus from the band to care for his mother. 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.. 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."
tagline: "American singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dropkick_Murphys_%40_Arena_Joondalup_(12_12_2010)_(5273246510).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1968-09-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.47
  momentum:             4.933956566579083
  historical:           13.68870933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.dropkickmurphys.com"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "أل بار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ال بار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Al Barr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Barr"
    title: "Al Barr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Barr"
    title: "Al Barr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Barr"
    title: "Al Barr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "ال بار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Barr"
    title: "Al Barr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Barr"
    title: "Al Barr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Barr"
    title: "Al Barr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Barr"
    title: "Al Barr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80%2C_%D0%AD%D0%BB"
    title: "Барр, Эл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/896e8e5a-3e63-4c34-8216-90d95bfd459f"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump