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Bryan Keith "Dexter" Holland (born [1] in Garden Grove, California) is the singer, rhythm guitarist and primary songwriter for the California punk rock band The Offspring.
The Offspring Discography | ||
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Album Name | Record Company | Date Released |
1. The Offspring | Nemesis records | 1986 |
2. Ignition | Epitaph Records | 1992 |
3. Smash | Epitaph Records | 1994 |
4. Ixmay on the Hombre | Columbia Records | 1997 |
5. Americana | Columbia Records | 1998 |
6. Conspiracy of One | Columbia Records | 2000 |
7. Splinter | Columbia Records | 2003 |
8. Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace | Columbia Records | 2008 |
9. Days Go By | Columbia Records | 2012 |
After Holland met friend and fellow cross-country teammate Greg Kriesel, they started a local punk band called Manic Subsidal in , where he played the drums. It formed after the duo failed to get into a Social Distortion concert in . After James Lilja was hired as their drummer 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 . After recording a demo in ,[2] The Offspring signed a deal with a small-time label, Nemesis Records, for whom they recorded their first full length album, The Offspring, in .[2] This album would eventually be re-issued on by Holland's own record label, Nitro Records.
In , 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 . Their last album for that label was 's Smash, which still holds the world record for most sales of an album on an independent label.[3] The band then signed with Columbia Records in (although Dexter claims that Brett Gurewitz, owner of Epitaph and guitarist for Bad Religion, sold the contract to Columbia[4]) for whom they released their next six albums, Ixnay on the Hombre (), Americana (), Conspiracy of One (), Splinter (), Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace (), and their most recent, Days Go By ().[5]
Holland was the class valedictorian at Pacifica High School in Garden Grove, California, and was a Ph.D candidate[6] in Molecular Biology at 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.
He has a daughter, Alexa Holland, who goes by the stage name Lex Land and is a singer-songwriter.[7]
Holland is also a licensed Airline Transport Pilot and, as of , is a Certified Flight Instructor[8] who has made a solo trip around the world in ten days.[9]
He participated in the 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.[10]
Holland has his own brand of hot sauce, Gringo Bandito.[11]
All of Holland's Ibanez RG body guitars are made out of mahogany and fitted with DiMarzio Super Dstortion bridge pickups.[12][13] During their latest recordings, Holland used a vintage Gibson.[14]
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