Alec Baillie
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Alec Baillie is an American bassist currently residing in Sacramento
Sacramento
Sacramento is the capital of the state of California, in the United States of America.Sacramento may also refer to:- United States :*Sacramento County, California*Sacramento, Kentucky*Sacramento – San Joaquin River Delta...

, California. Alec grew up in Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...

 and attended the same high school as future band mate Scott "Stza" Sturgeon
Stza
Scott Sturgeon, also known as Stza Crack , is a musician who has fronted several ska-punk bands in the New York City area, the best known being Choking Victim and Leftöver Crack...

. In the early nineties, Baillie, Dunia Best, Jay Nugent
Jay Nugent
Jayson Nugent is a guitarist and DJ from New York who plays in the style of several Jamaican music genres....

 and Ara Babajian
Ara Babajian
Ara Babajian is an American drummer who has been a member of such bands as Leftöver Crack and The Slackers. Ara is of Armenian descent, and is named after Ara, an Armenian king....

 formed the third wave ska band, Agent 99. In 1998, three years after the band had split up, a compilation album, Little Pieces 1993-1995, was released. Baillie then formed a short lived punk band called No Commercial Value with Stza
Stza
Scott Sturgeon, also known as Stza Crack , is a musician who has fronted several ska-punk bands in the New York City area, the best known being Choking Victim and Leftöver Crack...

. Baillie later joined Stza
Stza
Scott Sturgeon, also known as Stza Crack , is a musician who has fronted several ska-punk bands in the New York City area, the best known being Choking Victim and Leftöver Crack...

's band Choking Victim
Choking Victim
Choking Victim was a United States punk rock band formed in New York City, which were together from 1992 to 1999. Playing a mix of hardcore punk and ska with anarchist lyrics...

 after the departure of original bassist Sascha Scatter
Sascha Scatter
Sascha Altman DuBrul, aka Sascha DuBrul or Sascha Scatter, is an American anarchist, bi-polar activist, writer, farmer and punk rock musician. He is best known for his writing and as a founding and current member of the ska-punk band Choking Victim. He is a co-founder of the Icarus Project...

, and went on to play in Choking Victim from 1995-1997.

Upon the dissolution of Choking Victim, Baillie went on to join a familiar lineup in Leftöver Crack
Leftöver Crack
Leftöver Crack is an American punk rock band formed in 1998, following the breakup of the ska punk band Choking Victim. Primarily playing an amalgam of ska and hardcore punk, they classify themselves as "crack-rocksteady". The band is currently signed to Fat Wreck Chords for CD releases, and...

. Its members include Stza and Ezra
Ezra Kire
Ezra Kire is an American singer/songwriter. He resides New York City where he sings and plays guitar and piano in the punk band Morning Glory, and punk/ska band Leftover Crack. In the late 90s/early 2000's he was lead guitarist in now defunct political punk/ska band Choking Victim...

, both playing with Baillie in the now defunct Choking Victim.
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