Bryan Keith " Dexter " Holland born December 29, is an American musician, best known as the co-founder, lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, main songwriter and composer, and only constant member of the punk rock band the Offspring. He co-founded with former bandmate Greg K. He also has a PhD in molecular biology.
He was the best student in his year at mathematics, which he found "just as exciting as punk rock". Holland started a punk band named Manic Subsidal in with his friend and cross-country teammate Greg K. Holland played the drums. The band was formed when they failed to get into a Social Distortion concert.
After James Lilja was hired as their drummer, Holland switched to vocals and guitars. Noodles then joined on guitar, and Manic Subsidal changed their name to the Offspring in After recording a demo in , [ 11 ] the Offspring signed a deal with a small-time independent record label, Nemesis Records , for whom they recorded their first full-length album, The Offspring , in March 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.
Holland is one of the two members along with Noodles to appear on all of The Offspring's albums, and as of Greg K. Holland sometimes plays the piano during live shows. Occasionally the band plays " Gone Away ", with only Holland playing the song on piano. Holland sings in the tenor range. He is also one of the co-founders of the record label Nitro Records , which he operated from to , along with former bandmate Greg K. In a interview, Holland said that he would rather be a professor at a university than play music by the time he turns These sequences are suggested to have evolved to self-regulate survival of the virus in the host by evading its immune responses and thus influence the persistence, replication, and pathogenicity of HIV.
Holland was awarded his Ph. In , Holland launched his own brand of hot sauce called Gringo Bandito. People who like hot sauce are a certain type of people. They're passionate. They'll have a bottle with them wherever they go. I'm one of those people. And when I'm into something, I really get into it.
