Dexter Holland

This article is about Bryan Holland, best known as Dexter Holland in the band The Offspring. For the African American songwriter and record producer, see Brian Holland.

Dexter Holland
Dexter Holland in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 2008
Background information
Birth name	Bryan Keith Holland
Also known as	Dexter Holland
Born	December 29, 1965 (1965-12-29) (age 45) United States
Genres	Punk rock, alternative rock, skate punk, pop punk, ska punk
Occupations	Musician, singer, songwriter
Instruments	guitar, vocals, drums, piano, keyboards, rapping, percussion, bass
Years active	1984–present
Labels	Nitro, Epitaph, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Columbia
Associated acts	The Offspring

Bryan Keith "Dexter" Holland (born December 29, 1965^[1] in Garden Grove, California) is the singer and rhythm guitarist for the California punk rock band The Offspring. Prior to that, he was a singer from a karaoke bar^[2] and the drummer for Manic Subsidal (which also featured another Offspring member, Greg K). He is noted for his singing in a high-pitched screaming voice.

Musical career

After Holland met friend and fellow cross-country teammate Greg Kriesel, they started a local punk band called Manic Subsidal in 1984, where he played the drums. It formed after the duo failed to get into a Social Distortion concert in 1984. (There has been a rumor that Dexter and Greg were involved in a band before Manic Subsidal called Clowns of Death.) After James Lilja was hired as their drummer and Holland switched to both vocals and guitars. They never released any albums but some demos have existed online. After some line-up changes, Manic Subsidal changed their name to The Offspring in 1986. After recording a demo in 1988,^[3] The Offspring signed a deal with a small-time label, Nemesis Records, for whom they recorded their first full length album, The Offspring, in March 1989.^[3] This album would eventually be re-issued on November 21, 1995 by Holland's own record label, Nitro Records.

In 1991, The Offspring signed with Epitaph Records (home of Bad Religion, L7, NOFX, Pennywise and other similar bands). Their first release on the label was Ignition, which was released in 1992. Their last album for that label was 1994's Smash, which still holds the world record for most sales of an album on an independent label.^[4] The band then signed with Columbia Records in 1996 (although Dexter claims that Brett Gurewitz, owner of Epitaph and guitarist for Bad Religion, sold the contract to Columbia^[5]) for whom they have released their next five albums, Ixnay on the Hombre (1997), Americana (1998), Conspiracy of One (2000), Splinter (2003) and Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace (2008). The Offspring is currently working on a ninth studio album, which is likely due for release sometime in 2012.^[6]

Dexter often communicates with fans of The Offspring by way of the band's internet journal.

Holland was recently ranked 73rd in the March 2007 Edition of Kerrang! 100 Stars Who Rock Your World List.

Personal life

Holland was the class valedictorian at Pacifica High School in Garden Grove, California and was a Ph.D. candidate^[7] in Molecular Biology from the University of Southern California; however, he abandoned his Ph.D. in favor of focusing on The Offspring. He has a Bachelor's degree in Biology and a Master's degree in Molecular Biology, both from the University of Southern California.^[8]

Dexter's interests include surfing, snowboarding and aviation. According to an interview he gave Adam Carolla, he owns an Aero L-39 Albatross Trainer. He also owns a Cessna 525A CitationJet 2, tail number N7715X, with the anarchy symbol on the tail.^[9]

Dexter Holland is also the nephew of cult horror director Tom Holland.^[10]

Holland married hairstylist Kristine Luna, who co-wrote the Offspring song "Session", on August 12, 1995.^[11]

Holland is also a licensed Airline Transport Pilot and as of April 2009, a Certified Flight Instructor^[12] who has made a solo trip around the world in ten days.^[13]

He also participated in the 2006 Los Angeles Marathon; his charity of choice was the Innocence Project, a non-profit legal clinic that handles legal cases where post-conviction DNA testing of evidence can yield conclusive proof of innocence.^[14]

Holland has his own brand of hot sauce, Gringo Bandito. According to the Los Angeles Times, the Hot Sauce is bottled in a Newport Beach facility that distributes 500 gallons a month.^[15] Holland says that Albertsons has started carrying his hot sauce, which he reports is "huge for us".^[16]

Musical equipment

All of Holland's Ibanez RG bodies are made out of mahogany and fitted with DiMarzio Super Distortion bridge pickups.^[17][18] During their latest recordings, Holland used a vintage Gibson.^[19]

Discography

The Offspring

Holland appears on all eight of The Offspring's albums. For a more comprehensive list, see The Offspring discography.

Guest appearances

• The Vandals - Hitler Bad, Vandals Good (1998) (co-wrote "Too Much Drama")
• AFI - Black Sails in the Sunset (1999) ("Clove Smoke Catharsis" and "The Prayer Position")
• The Aquabats - The Aquabats vs. the Floating Eye of Death! (1999) (co-wrote "Amino Man!")
• The Vandals - Look What I Almost Stepped In... (2000) (co-wrote "Jackass" and does backing vocals on that song)
• Dwarves - The Dwarves Must Die (2004) ("Salt Lake City" and "Massacre")
• Ron Emory - Walk That Walk (2010) (backing vocals on "I'm Not Alone")
• Dwarves - The Dwarves Are Born Again (2011) ("Looking Out for Number One" and "Happy Birthday Suicide")

Notes and references

1. ^ Some sources claim that Dexter Holland was born in 1966. According to Family Tree Legends, there was a "Bryan K Holland" born on December 29, 1965 in Los Angeles County. [1]
2. ^ "Dexter Holland Trivia & Quotes". TV.com. 2006-03-16. http://www.tv.com/dexter-holland/person/337292/trivia.html. Retrieved 2011-11-04. 
3. ^ ^{a b} The Offspring at NIPP, obtained November 10, 2007.
4. ^ [2]^{[dead link]}
5. ^ "Internet Archive Wayback Machine". Web.archive.org. 2007-01-21. http://web.archive.org/web/20070121115627/members.aol.com/delirium4u/offspring/letter1.txt. Retrieved 2011-11-04. 
6. ^ Graff, Gary (2009-06-19). "Offspring Plotting 'Rise And Fall' Follow-Up". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/offspring-plotting-rise-and-fall-follow-1003985997.story. Retrieved 2009-10-14. 
7. ^ Dexter Holland's Opus by Jonathan Slowik, Daily Trojan, April 12, 2004^{[dead link]}
8. ^ Daily Trojan Note^{[dead link]}
9. ^ "FAA Registry - Aircraft - N-Number Inquiry". Registry.faa.gov. http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=7715X. Retrieved 2011-11-04. 
10. ^ Tom Holland (director)
11. ^ Biography for Dexter Holland at the Internet Movie Database
12. ^ "Airmen Certification - Airmen On-Line Services". Faa.gov. 2011-05-09. http://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/airmen_certification/airmen_services. Retrieved 2011-11-04. 
13. ^ "Dexter Holland Biography". Perfect People. http://www.perfectpeople.net/biography/6652/dexter-holland.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-04. 
14. ^ "Athlinks search - Bryan Holland". Athlinks.com. http://www.athlinks.com/myresults.aspx?rid=5846712. Retrieved 2011-11-04. 
15. ^ "The Offspring Hot Sauce!". Idiomag.com. 2009-01-29. http://www.idiomag.com/peek/61752/the_offspring. Retrieved 2009-02-12. 
16. ^ "Why don't you get a job? by Geoff Boucher, LA Times, June 15, 2008". Latimes.com. 2008-06-15. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-offspring15-2008jun15,0,1497135.story. Retrieved 2011-11-04. 
17. ^ "Blog". Bebo.com. http://www.bebo.com/Blog.jsp?MemberId=2076034809. Retrieved 2011-11-04. 
18. ^ Cyber Hunter & CrazyRol (1966-12-29). "Dexter Holland" (in (Russian)). offspring.ru.ru. http://offspring.ru.ru/members/dex_e.html. Retrieved 2011-11-04. 
19. ^ "Offspring's Noodles: 'I Don't Care To Argue How Punk I Am' | Interviews". Ultimate-guitar.com. 2008-09-13. http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/offsprings_noodles_i_dont_care_to_argue_how_punk_i_am.html. Retrieved 2011-11-04. 

External links

• Dexter Holland's Opus^{[dead link]}
• Dexter Holland Live at Rock Am Ring 2008 - Hammerhead by Offspring
• Dexter Holland at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Holland, Bryan Keith
Alternative names	Dexter Holland; Bryan Holland; Keith Holland; B. Holland
Short description
Date of birth	December 29, 1965
Place of birth	Garden Grove, CA
Date of death
Place of death