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== Biography == David Scott Dictor was raised on Long Island, New York and attended Boston University and the University of Texas in the 1970s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.davedictor.com/davedictorbio|title=The History Of Dave Dictor|website=Dave Dictor|accessdate=December 21, 2017|archive-date=December 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222052548/http://www.davedictor.com/davedictorbio|url-status=dead}}</ref> Dictor's father "Teddy" Dictor, was [[Jewish]], while his mother was a Catholic from an [[Italian American]] family.<ref name="origins">{{cite news |url=http://oyoyoygevalt.com/mdc/|title=Memoir by MDC's Dave Dictor|author=OyOyOyGevalt.com|date=10 September 2019}}</ref> His parents divorced when he was two years old, with Dictor raised by his mother, while his father moved to [[Florida]].<ref name="origins"/> Dictor is bisexual.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://s-usih.org/2022/08/kevin-mattson-responds/|title=Kevin Mattson Responds|website=s-usih.org|access-date=June 30, 2024}}</ref> 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 (band)|MDC]] in the fall of 1981. Dictor and MDC later relocated to San Francisco, California in 1982 and finally to Portland, Oregon in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pehling |first=Dave |date=May 20, 2023 |title=Iconic UK punk band GBH headlines Berkeley's Cornerstone - CBS San Francisco |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/iconic-uk-punk-band-gbh-headlines-berkeley-cornerstone/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528103053/https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/iconic-uk-punk-band-gbh-headlines-berkeley-cornerstone/ |archive-date=May 28, 2023 |access-date=March 28, 2024 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> 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. In Portland, Dictor teamed up with Tom Roberts (Pig Champion) in 1997 and put out The Submissives' "An Anvil Will Wear Out Many A Hammer". Dictor also appeared in the 2006 film ''[[American Hardcore (film)|American Hardcore]]'',<ref>{{IMDb title|qid=Q464841|title=American Hardcore (2006)}}</ref> the film based upon the book of the same name. The song "I Remember" <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Various-American-Hardcore-The-History-Of-American-Punk-Rock-1980-1986/release/1234358 |title=American Hardcore: The History Of American Punk Rock 1980-1986 |website=Discogs|year=2006 }}</ref> also appears in the film and on the soundtrack.
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