Dexter Holland

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Dexter Holland
Image:Offspring2.jpg
Born	December 29, 1965
Alias(es)	Dexter
Genre(s)	Punk Rock, Pop punk
Affiliation(s)	The Offspring (1984 - present)
Label(s)	Nitro Records Epitaph Records Sony BMG Music Entertainment Columbia Records
Notable guitars	Custom Ibanez RG570s
Years active	1984 - present
Official site	www.offspring.com

Bryan Keith "Dexter" Holland (born December 29, 1965)<ref>Some sources claim that Dexter Holland was born in 1966. See the article on age disputes and discrepancies for details.</ref> is the singer and rhythm guitarist for punk band, The Offspring. For the majority of his professional singing career, his hair was worn in distinctive long, blonde braids.

He was the valedictorian of his high school class and is a Ph.D. candidate <ref>Dexter Holland's Opus by Jonathan Slowik, Daily Trojan, April 12, 2004</ref> in Molecular Biology from the University of Southern California. He is also a licensed pilot and has made a solo trip around the world in 10 days.

1 Career with The Offspring
2 Guitars
3 Amps
4 Trivia
5 Notes
6 External links

[edit] Career with The Offspring

After failing to get into a Social Distortion show in 1984, he decided to form a band with friend and fellow cross-country teammate Greg Kriesel. That band, "Manic Subsidal," would eventually become The Offspring.

The Offspring would later sign to Nemesis Records, for whom they recorded their first full length album entitled The Offspring in 1988 and released it in the following year. This album would eventually be re-issued on November 21, 1995 by Dexter's own record label, Nitro Records.

In 1991, the band signed with Epitaph Records (home of Bad Religion, L7, NOFX and other similar bands). The band's first album on Epitaph was Ignition. It was released in 1992.

The band's last album for Epitaph Records was 1994's Smash. The band then signed with Columbia Records (although Dexter claims that Brett Gurewitz, owner of Epitaph, sold the contract to Columbia), for whom they have released Ixnay on the Hombre (1997), Americana (1998), and Conspiracy Of One (2000).

He appeared in the 2003 movie Pauly Shore Is Dead, but his scene was cut and is available on the deleted scenes on the DVD.

Their seventh album, Splinter, was released on December 9, 2003. In March 2003, Dexter jokingly announced that it would be called Chinese Democracy, to spite Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses, whose highly anticipated album of the same name was constantly "in limbo." Dexter said, "Axl ripped off my braids, so I ripped off his album title." The album, though well-received, was not as commercially successful as their previous post-1994 albums.

The Offspring recently released Greatest Hits on CD and DVD in early summer 2005. The band also performed at Warped Tour from June to September of the same year and were supported by the bands Send More Paramedics (in the UK) and The Letters Organize, who are signed to Nitro records. They are currently in the process of recording a new album, which is due sometime in 2006 or 2007. As of now, The Offspring is currently demoing their new songs to the public before going into the studio to demo them first. He said that the band wanted to see if the fans liked the new songs before demoing the songs and having the fans not liking them. He also said that the new album will likely include the song "Pass Me By", which was previously demoed for Splinter.

In a KROQ interview on March 16, 2006, Dexter joked that he has bought a fighter jet.

He participated in the 2006 Los Angeles Marathon, his charity of choice was the Innocence Project, a non-profit legal clinic that handles cases where post-conviction DNA testing of evidence can yield conclusive proof of innocence. Dexter finished 7900th with a time of 5:01. And to get in some more money to the Innocence Project, Dexter decided to sell his sneakers that he was running the L.A Marathon with. He sold them on eBay to a man living in Sweden for 510 dollars.

He contributed a song, "Tokyo I'm On My Way," to Puffy AmiYumi's 2006 album Splurge.

[edit] Guitars

All of Dexter's Ibanez RGs have a DiMarzio Super Distortion bridge humbucker, except the diamond-plated ones, which have DiMarzio Super 3 pickups. Similarly, all of the RGs have basswood bodies except for the diamond-plated models, which have mahogany bodies.

Custom Ibanez RG (tiger print finish)

Used in the Smash era.

Custom Ibanez RG (root beer finish)

Used in the Smash era through the Conspiracy of One era.

Custom Ibanez RG (purple finish)

Used in the Conspiracy of One era.

Custom Ibanez RG (silver diamond-plate)

Used in the Splinter era.

Custom Ibanez RG (black diamond-plate)

Used in the "Can't Repeat" era.

Fender American Stratocaster (black and white finish)

Used for "The Worst Hangover Ever" live and "(Can't Get My) Head Around You" in the studio.

[edit] Amps

Dexter uses VHT Pitbulls and Mesa/Boogie Rectifiers.

[edit] Trivia

Dexter was killed in the Comedy-Horror Movie Idle Hands after a performance of the song, "Beheaded".
Film director Tom Holland is his uncle, and actor Josh Holland is his cousin.
His wife, Kristine Luna, is credited with writing the lyrics to The Offspring's song "Session."
He has a 19 year old daughter named Alexa.
He also did Backing vocals for the AFI album Black Sails in the Sunset most notably on "The Prayer Position."
Dexter is the creator of Gringo Bandito Hot Sauce. [1]

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

Discography
The Offspring
Dexter Holland – Noodles – Greg K.– Atom Willard
Former members: James Lilja – Ron Welty – Josh Freese (unofficial)
Studio albums: The Offspring – Ignition – Smash – Ixnay on the Hombre – Americana – Conspiracy of One – Splinter – (Eighth Studio Album)
Extended plays: Baghdad – Club Me – A Piece of Americana
Other albums: Greatest Hits
Related articles
Epitaph Records – Nitro Records – Columbia Records