Scruffy Wallace
{{short description|Canadian bagpipe player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Scruffy Wallace
| image = Scruffy Wallace.jpg
| caption = Josh "Scruffy" Wallace performing at the 2008 School of Rock Festival
| birth_date =
| birth_name = Joshua L. Wallace
| birth_place = United Kingdom
| instrument = Bagpipes, tin whistle
| genre = Celtic punk, hard rock
| associated_acts = Dropkick Murphys, The Mahones
| label = Born & Bred Records, Hellcat, Sailor's Grave Records
| years_active = 2003–present
}}
Joshua L. "Scruffy" Wallace is a Canadian bagpipe player best known for his 12-year tenure with the Boston Celtic punk group Dropkick Murphys.{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p289562/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Dropkick Murphys|last=Ankeny|first=Jason|publisher=AMG|accessdate=11 May 2010}}
Early life
Wallace was born in the United Kingdom but moved to Canada at a young age.[http://rghardie.com/artists/view/josh_scruffy_wallace "Interview with Josh Wallace"], rghardie.com He started playing bagpipes as a teenager{{cite web|title=Interview: Dropkick Murphys (Josh "Scruffy" Wallace)|url=http://www.metalpaths.com/interviews/2012/10/14/dropkick-murphys-josh-scruffy-wallace/|accessdate=14 August 2012}} and at fifteen joined the 2137 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps (The Calgary Highlanders).{{Cite web|url=http://www.calgaryhighlanderscadets.com/|title=2137 Calgary Highlanders Cadet Corps|website=Calgaryhighlanderscadets.com|accessdate=2020-05-10}}
Dropkick Murphys
Wallace joined the Dropkick Murphys in 2003 and first appeared on their 2005 album The Warrior's Code. Wallace would record four albums with the band before leaving them in June 2015.
The Mahones
Wallace joined The Mahones in February 2016.
Personal life
Wallace is married with 2 sons, and the family lives in Dorchester, Massachusetts, a neighborhood of Boston. Speaking on his son possibly learning how to play the bagpipes, Wallace said "I'm not going through what my mother went through. No way. He can be a drummer or something".{{cite web|title=Josh "Scruffy" Wallace of the Dropkick Murphys interview|date=30 August 2012 |url=http://motorcityblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/josh-scruffy-wallace-of-dropkick.html|accessdate=30 August 2012}} His favorite drinks are Lagavulin 16-year single malt scotch and Miller High Life. His favorite band is Slayer.
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