Dave Dictor

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Dave Dictor (born 1956, Long Island, New York) is the lead singer for the hardcore punk band MDC.

Dictor was raised on Long Island and dropped out of Boston University in the 1970s. He spent a period of time living in Montana before moving to Austin, Texas, where he formed a band called the Stains that later evolved into MDC. Dictor and MDC later relocated to San Francisco, California.

Dictor still performs with lineups of MDC in Portland, Oregon.

Dictor also recently appeared in the film AMERICAN HARDCORE, the film based upon the book of the same name. In it, he openly states his homosexuality, and ties the rejection by society of being gay in with being a punk rocker. The song "I Remember" also appears in the film and on the soundtrack.