Wade MacNeil is a Canadian musician

Music

Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...

 currently active as the singer of the English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 hardcore

Hardcore punk

Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...

 band

Band (music)

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 Gallows

Gallows (band)

Gallows are a hardcore punk band from Watford, England. The band was formed in 2005 after the disbandment of founding member Laurent Barnard's previous band, My Dad Joe. Gallows' debut album, Orchestra of Wolves, was distributed in the United States by Epitaph Records, and they were subsequently...

, and the singer/guitarist

Guitar

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/founder of the Canadian punk

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 band Black Lungs

Black Lungs

Black Lungs is a side project of Alexisonfire's former guitarist and vocalist, and current Gallows frontman Wade MacNeil. Wade created the side project reminiscent of his first punk rock band Plan 9. Black Lungs has also included Alexisonfire's George Pettit on bass, and Bedouin Soundclash's former...

. He is also one of the former guitarists, singers and founding members of the Canadian post-hardcore

Post-hardcore

Post-hardcore is a genre of music that developed from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups...

 band Alexisonfire

Alexisonfire

Alexisonfire was a five-piece, Juno-nominated post-hardcore band that formed in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada in 2001. The band consisted of George Pettit , Dallas Green , Wade MacNeil , Chris Steele , and Jordan Hastings .They describe their music as "the sound of two Catholic high-school girls...

.

MacNeil is featured as a guest singer on the Bedouin Soundclash

Bedouin Soundclash

Bedouin Soundclash is a Canadian band currently based in Toronto. Their sound can be described as reggae and ska.-History:The band's current lineup consists of vocalist and guitarist Jay Malinowski, and bassist Eon Sinclair with Sekou Lumumba on drums. Their debut album, Root Fire, released in 2001...

 album Street Gospels

Street Gospels

"St. Andrews" is the second single released from Bedouin Soundclash's album Street Gospels. It includes guest vocals from Alexisonfire's Wade MacNeil....

, the Cancer Bats

Cancer Bats

Cancer Bats are a hardcore punk/sludge metal band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.-Background:Cancer Bats originated in May 2004 with singer Liam Cormier and guitarist Scott Middleton, former member of Toronto heavy metal band At the Mercy of Inspiration...

 album Hail Destroyer

Hail Destroyer

Hail Destroyer is Cancer Bats' second full-length album. It was released on April 22, 2008 by Distort Entertainment in Canada and on June 24, 2008 by Metal Blade Records in USA....

, the Johnny Truant

Johnny Truant

Johnny Truant was a British, Brighton-based metalcore band, formed in 2000 under the name Severance. The band recorded 3 demos under this moniker before renaming themselves after the lead character of Mark Z. Danielewski's novel House of Leaves...

 album No Tears for the Creatures

No Tears for the Creatures

No Tears for the Creatures is the third album from UK metalcore band, Johnny Truant. This was the final album released by the band.-Track listing:# The Grotesque - 3:54# Death Rides - 3:36# Last Arms of the Apocalypse - 5:37# Widower - 1:49...

, and the Anti-Flag

Anti-Flag

Anti-Flag is a punk rock band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States, formed in 1988. The band is well known for its outspoken political views. Much of the band's lyrics have focused on fervent anti-war activism, criticism of United States foreign policy, corporatism, U.S. wealth...

 album The People or the Gun

The People or the Gun

The People or the Gun is Anti-Flag's seventh studio album. The album was released on June 9, 2009. It was their first album released on independent label SideOneDummy Records after the band's two-record contract ended with RCA Records. The first track, "Sodom, Gomorrah, Washington D.C...

. He also appeared in Cancer Bats' video for "Deathsmarch", the song for which he contributed vocals.

On the 9 August 2011, MacNeil was confirmed as the newly appointed singer for UK hardcore band Gallows

Gallows

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, after the departure of former singer, Frank Carter.

MacNeil is engaged to his girlfriend of many years, Lauren Hollywood.

Equipment

• Gibson Les Paul Junior
• Gibson Les Paul Studio
• Orange RockerVerb 100
• Marshall JCM2000 TSL100 head
• Orange 4x12 cabinet
• Gibson Marauder in Vintage Green
• Gibson SG Standard in TobaccoBurst
• Gibson Les Paul Standard in Heritage Cherry (with open coil humbuckers)
• Schecter Corsair 6 TobaccoBurst
• Schecter S-1 Antique Ivory
• Gibson ES-335s (Various colours)
• Epiphone Sheraton (As seen in the video for Young Cardinals)