Bryan Keith "Dexter" Holland is an American musician and molecular biology graduate student, best known as the singer, rhythm guitarist, and primary songwriter for the punk rock band The Offspring.
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Music Groups
The Offspring
Movies
Idle Hands, Offspring: Huck It, Carnosaur, Paranoid, Offspring: Americana
Star Sign
Capricorn
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Trademark
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Occasionally wearing sunglasses
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Blonde spiked hair (since at least 1996)
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Quote
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I haven't been able to write a song about flying. It just sounds cheesy. But for me, there's nothing like being up there.
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Who decides what is and what isn't punk? I want to write songs that people hear and feel, and I want to be successful and reach a big audience. I'm not trying to be the coolest guy in the world; I'm trying to write songs that mean something to people. As you get successful, sometimes you lose one set of fans and gain another.
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If you go back to 'Pretty Fly,' it was a very popish song, but there was a satirical side to it, and I think that's cool. I like the idea that it's making people think just a little bit.
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Selling another 10 million albums is not a priority. Putting out something you're proud of is.
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Punk rock is very rebellious, of course, but it also means thinking for yourself.
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Punk rock wasn't a career choice. It was a hobby that we did for fun. We never thought we'd get as big as our idols in T.S.O.L. or certainly not the Ramones.
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There's something undeniably oxymoronic about a 'successful' rock n' roll band. Who wants to hear a bunch of success stories whining about their success? More importantly, what can be the drive behind a band, what can they have to rage against when they are successes? That's a dichotomy every successful band wrestles with.
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You can't sing about the same things as you did when you were 20; it would be ridiculous to sing about, I don't know, being in the quad. You can't really write about mortgage payments or stuff like that... but you can talk about 'let's make the world a better place.'
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I think music is so diverse today, and bands are so diverse. If you were a rock band in the Eighties, you kind of had to stick to one thing. Now, in this age of Coachella and European festivals and stuff, it's kind of anything goes, so that allowed us to try different things.
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It's the spirit of music. It's the spirit of rock & roll. More people coming to the party. Not less. - on Napster
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Fact
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After wrapping up a US tour with 311, The Offspring has continued working on their next album, which should be released later this year or 2011. One of the new songs that they have been playing live is called "You Will Find a Way". [August 2010]
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The Offspring has just recently finished recording their new album. Their first album in almost five years, it is now titled "Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace" and will be released on June 17th. [April 2008]
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In a studio in Hollywood, California with producer Bob Rock recording the new Offspring album, which should be in stores sometime in 2007. [November 2006]
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In the studio with The Offspring recording their seventh album, which should be released later this year. [April 2006]
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Currently working on his bands' next album, "Splinter". [April 2003]
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Releasing his bands' next album, "Splinter". [November 2003]
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Founder of the independent label Nitro Records, which also reissued The Offspring's 1989 self-titled album.
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Lives in Laguna Beach and San Clemente, California.
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(To date) His band, The Offspring,'s 1994 album "Smash" is considered one of the top selling punk albums sold in the entire world, containing hit singles as "Come Out and Play", "Self-Esteem", "Gotta Get Away" and "Bad Habit".
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FAA licensed Airline Transport Pilot. Owns and flies a 2003 Cessna Citation jet 2.
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Went to school at Pacifica High in Garden Grove, California (as well as Greg and Noodles)
First album (with his band, "The Offspring") released in 1989 on vinyl. Only 5,000 copies made. It was then re-released in 1995 on CD.
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Found commercial success with the song "Come out and Play".
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He has a Bachelor's degree in Biology and a Master's degree in Molecular Biology, both from the University of Southern California. Dexter was a Ph.D. candidate in Molecular Biology; however, he abandoned his Ph.D. in favor of focusing on The Offspring.
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Married to Kristine Luna, who wrote their song "Session" Is from Orange County, California, where he attended Pacifica High and was valedictorian there. Then proceeded to USC. Original name of band is "Manic Subsidal".
Documentary writer: "Americana" 1998 - as Bryan Keith Holland
The New Guy
2002
writer: "Dammit, I Changed Again" - as Bryan Holland
Bubble Boy
2001
writer: "Come Out and Play" - as Bryan Holland
American Pie 2
2001
writer: "Want You Bad" - as Bryan Keith Holland
Top of the Pops
2000-2001
TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Juggalo Championshxt Wrestling Volume 1
2000
Video writer: "Come Out And Play Keep 'Em Separated"
'Weird Al' Yankovic Live!
1999
Video writer: "Pretty Fly For a Rabbi" - as B. Holland
Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast
1999
TV Series writer - 1 episode
King of the Hill
1999
TV Series writer - 1 episode
I Know What You Did Last Summer
1997
writer: "D.U.I." - as B. Holland
Daddy's Home
2015
writer: "Self Esteem" - as Bryan Keith Holland
Todd's Pop Song Reviews
2014
TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Chasing Mavericks
2012
writer: "Come Out and Play Keep 'Em Separated"
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2012
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Atop the Fourth Wall
2012
TV Series writer - 1 episode
20 to 1
2010
TV Series documentary writer - 3 episodes
Guitar Hero: Van Halen
2009
Video Game writer: "Pretty Fly For A White Guy"
Van Wilder: Freshman Year
2009
Video writer: "You're Gonna Go Far Kid" - as Bryan Holland
Madden NFL 2009
2008
Video Game writer: "Hammerhead"
Punk's Not Dead
2007
Documentary writer: "Get It Right", "Self Esteem" - as Bryan Holland
SingStar Rocks!
2006
Video Game writer: "Self Esteem"
The Offspring Complete Music Video Collection
2005
Video documentary writer: "Come Out And Play Keep 'Em Separated", "Self Esteem", "Gotta Get Away", "All I Want", "Gone Away", "Pretty Fly For A White Guy", "Why Don't You Get a Job?", "The Kids Aren't Alright", "Original Prankster", "Want You Bad", "Defy You", "Hit That", " Can't Get My Head Around You", "Can't Repeat"
Pauly Shore Is Dead
2003
writer: "Elders" - as Bryan Keith Holland
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Offspring: Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?
2008
Video short
Dexter Holland
The Offspring: Stuff Is Messed Up
2008
Video short
Dexter Holland
The Offspring: (Can't Get My) Head Around You
2004
Short
Dexter Holland
Pauly Shore Is Dead
2003
Dexter Holland (uncredited)
The Offspring: Original Prankster
2000
Video short
Dexter Holland
The Offspring: Want You Bad
2000
Video short
Dexter Holland
Idle Hands
1999
Band Lead Singer
The Offspring: She's Got Issues
1999
Video short
Dexter Holland
The Offspring: Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)
1998
Video short
Dexter Holland
The Offspring: Gone Away
1997
Short
Dexter Holland
The Offspring: The Meaning of Life
1997
Short
Dexter Holland
The Offspring: All I Want
1996
Video short
Dexter Holland
The Offspring: Gotta Get Away
1995
Video short
Dexter Holland
The Offspring: Self Esteem
1994
Video short
Dexter Holland
The Offspring: Come Out and Play
1994
Video short
Dexter Holland
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Combat Ready
2011
Video short writer
The Offspring: Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?
2008
Video short
The Offspring: Stuff Is Messed Up
2008
Video short
The Offspring: (Can't Get My) Head Around You
2004
Short
The Offspring: Original Prankster
2000
Video short writer
The Offspring: Want You Bad
2000
Video short writer
The Offspring: She's Got Issues
1999
Video short
The Offspring: Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)
1998
Video short
The Offspring: Gone Away
1997
Short
The Offspring: The Meaning of Life
1997
Short
The Offspring: All I Want
1996
Video short writer
The Offspring: Gotta Get Away
1995
Video short writer
The Offspring: Self Esteem
1994
Video short
The Offspring: Come Out and Play
1994
Video short
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Systems
2009
music by
Flores De Asfalto
2008
music by
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Offspring Complete Music Video Collection
2005
Video documentary videos "Da Hui", "Cool to Hate", "I Choose"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead
2015
Documentary
Himself
Music for Relief Presents Concert for the Philippines
2014
TV Movie
Himself
Rock in Rio
2013
TV Series
Himself
Last Fast Ride: The Life, Love and Death of a Punk Goddess
2011
Documentary
One Nine Nine Four
2009
Documentary
Himself
Punk's Not Dead
2007
Documentary
Himself - The Offspring
The Offspring Complete Music Video Collection
2005
Video documentary
Dexter Holland (as The Offspring)
TRL Italy
2004-2005
TV Series
Himself
TV total
2004
TV Series
Himself
Top of the Pops
2000-2001
TV Series
Himself
Making the Video
1999
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Offspring: Maximum Carnage
1998
TV Movie
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hit So Hard
2011
Documentary
Himself
Known for movies
American Pie 2 (2001) as Soundtrack
Bowling for Columbine (2002) as Soundtrack
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) as Soundtrack
$65 Million
