Biography
The offspring group is one of the brightest Punk Rock representatives. The idea of her creation belongs to Dexter Holland - vocalist, rhythm guitarist and the author of most songs, philanthropus, supporter of molecular biology and "father" of the Gringo Bandito sauce.Childhood and youth
Brian Kit Holland was born on December 29, 1965 in Garden Grand, California.
In his youth, Holland showed a big craving for science than to music. He was interested in mathematics, which the young man considered "the same exciting as punk rock".
In 1984, after school, the young man entered the University of Southern California, where the molecular biology attracted him. In Science, Holland succeeded: Received the degree of bachelor and master, worked in the laboratory of viral oncology and proteomics research at Keck School of Medicine in Los Angeles.
Due to the success of the offspring science I had to leave. In 1995 interviews, Holland suggested that by 40 years later, it would be more likely to be a professor at the university than the Rock musician. He was mistaken, but not in everything.
In March 2013, Holland published an article that describes the use of computational molecular biological approaches to identify micrograph-like sequences when determining HIV status. Thanks to this work in May 2017, Holland received a doctoral degree.
Personal life
The first wife of Dexter Holland was a hairdresser Christine Moon. It can be seen in the the offspring video on the song I Choose. Spouses got acquainted in 1992, and 3 years later registered marriage. True, their personal life did not work out: in 2012, the Holland filed for divorce.In 2013, the musician married Amber Sass. The girl gave birth to a Halmeter of two children, Leila and Zoei.
The OffSpring leader has an extramarital daughter Alex from the singer, which hides under the alias of Lex Land.
Holland - licensed pilot. In November 2004, he made a 10-day flight around the world. In addition, the musician collects brands with the image of Maine Island.
The growth of dexter Holland is 188 cm.
Music
The musical taste of Dexter Hollands brought up Aerosmith, The Beatles, The Sex Pistols, The Ramones, Kiss, Bob Marley, Queen and The Rolling Stones. Under their influence in 1984, a group of MANIC Subsidal appeared. Holland played drums, and his comrade Greg K. on the guitar. Then Holland began to sing.
In 1985, Manic Subsidal received a new name the offspring. Their demo-eyed label Nemesis Records, with whom in March 1989 the band recorded the debut of the same album.
As of October 2019, there were nine studio albums in the discography the offspring. Days Go By saw the light in 2012.
After in August 2019, Greg K. left the group, Dexter Holland remained the only participant of The Offspring, which overcame the path from 1984 to this day. His authorship owns the lion's share of songs, ideas for clips and photo shoots. Therefore, Holland is considered the leader of the group.
Holland - a versatile developed musician, sometimes on tour, he plays not only on the guitar, but also on the piano.
Business and social activities
Dexter Holland grew up in Southern California, where Mexican cuisine is considered a "part of lifestyle." Its distinctive feature is a sharpness. Once a musician thought if it was possible to create a perfect sharp sauce. So in 2004 there was a brand Gringo Bandito.The Gringo Bandito label shows a cartoon similarity of Holland himself in Sombrero, with pistols in hand. Sauce's bottles are small to be comfortable to carry.
Now Gringo Bandito is available in more than 500 restaurants and 7 thousand stores. This sauce was among the best-selling Amazon.
By the way, Gringo Bandito headquarters is located in Huntington Beach Industrial Park, next to The Offspring Recording Studio.
In 1997, the OffSpring leader and ex-vocalist Dead Kennedys Geello Biafra was created by F.S.u., funds in which accumulate thanks to charitable concerts. The Foundation has helped AIDS Project Los Angeles, the society of poor people and other needy organizations.
In 2006 and 2008, Holland participated in the Los Angeles Marathon with the Innocence project. This is a non-profit legal clinic, which on DNA analysis can prove innocence after making an indictment.
Dexter Holland now
Holland's failure from "Instagram" and "Twitter" does not help fans to follow up to the current events in his biography. But the offspring conversation tells the official website. Despite the solid age of musicians, they still perform. So, 2019 for them ended with a large-scale tour of Canada. Concerts for 2020 are also painted.
Discography
- 1989 - The Offspring
- 1992 - IGNITION
- 1994 - SMASH
- 1997 - IXNAY ON THE HOMBRE
- 1998 - Americana.
- 2000 - Conspiracy of One
- 2003 - Splinter.
- 2008 - Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace
- 2012 - Days Go By