- Born
- Birth nameBryan Keith Holland
- Nickname
- Dex
- Height6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
- One of the greatest punk vocalists in rock history, Bryan Keith Holland was born two days before the end of 1965 in Orange County, California to a father who was a hospital-administrator and a mother who was a school teacher. He is the third of four children of his family. Holland has cited bands/artists such as Aerosmith, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, KISS, Bob Marley, Queen, The Rolling Stones, UFO (with Michael Schenker) and Van Halen, among others, as his early influences.
By the time he was in high school, he got turned on to punk music by listening to the Adolescents, Agent Orange, Bad Brains, Bad Religion, Black Flag, Circle Jerks, The Clash, Descendents, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Social Distortion, T.S.O.L. and The Vandals. This was when he came up with an idea of starting a band and it wasn't until he formed "Manic Subsidal" in 1984 along with fellow band mate 'Greg K.' and later changed their name to "The Offspring" in 1985 after they found Noodles as their second guitarist.
After spending a few years on the local scene, his band released finally released its first album, simply titled "The Offspring", in 1989, which had been released in limited amounts only in a 12" Vinyl format and a CD release for the album wouldn't occur until 1995. Two years later, The Offspring were signed signed to Epitaph Records in 1991 and their second album "Ignition" came out in 1992. Their next album, "Smash" (1994), finally brought The Offspring into the mainstream success, containing hit singles as "Come Out and Play" and "Self-Esteem". The Offspring then released a number of more albums ("Ixnay on the Hombre" in 1997, "Americana" in 1998, "Conspiracy of One" in 2000 and "Splinter" in 2003) and his band has been very successful ever since.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous source
- SpousesAmber Sasse(2013 - present)Kristine Luna(August 12, 1995 - 2012) (divorced, 1 child)
- Blonde spiked hair (since at least 1996)
- Occasionally wearing sunglasses
- 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. Later on, he went back and finished his Ph.D in 2017.
- FAA licensed Airline Transport Pilot. Owns and flies a 2003 Cessna Citation jet 2.
- 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.
- (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".
- Founder of the independent label Nitro Records, which also reissued The Offspring's 1989 self-titled album.
- It's the spirit of music. It's the spirit of rock & roll. More people coming to the party. Not less. - on Napster
- 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.
- 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.'
- 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.
- 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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