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A bit tangential, but this reminded me of Dexter Holland [0] the lead singer and songwriter of the band The Offspring. He went on to get a PhD in molecular biol

A bit tangential, but this reminded me of Dexter Holland [0] the lead singer and songwriter of the band The Offspring. He went on to get a PhD in molecular biology (not an honorary one) and publish various papers about HIV. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Holland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Holland

PetitPrince 6y ago
Note that he was already a PhD candidate went he met success with the Offspring. The same could be said of Brian May with astrophysics and Queen.
jmccaf 6y ago
This info adds interest to song "The Kids Aren't Alright" , if he is doubly-accomplished but his childhood friends all burned out. Apparently Dexter did inspire/write the song: http://www.mtv.com/news/504023/offspring-rock-back-to-basics/ http://www.mtv.com/news/504023/offspring-rock-back-to-basics...
jkestner 6y ago
Greg Graffin of Bad Religion has a PhD in zoology, certainly after he began the band in high school. Something about SoCal punks. His dissertation is of course "Evolution and Religion: Questioning the Beliefs of the World's Eminent Evolutionists"
jordanthoms 6y ago
James Williamson (one of the guitarists of Iggy Pop & The Stooges) retrained as an Electrical Engineer, and ended up as Vice President of Technical Standards at Sony working on Blu-ray. If you've read anything about what they were like as a band that's quite a career path!
arcticbull 6y ago
Action movie star Dolph Lundgren is also super educated, with a degree in chemical engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology and a master's in chemical engineering from the University of Sydney [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolph_Lundgren https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolph_Lundgren
mattkevan 6y ago
There's also Brian Cox, who was in 90s pop band D:Ream and is now professor of particle physics at the University of Manchester. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cox_%28physicist%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cox_%28physicist%29

PetitPrince 6y ago

Note that he was already a PhD candidate went he met success with the Offspring. The same could be said of Brian May with astrophysics and Queen.

jmccaf 6y ago

This info adds interest to song "The Kids Aren't Alright" , if he is doubly-accomplished but his childhood friends all burned out. Apparently Dexter did inspire/write the song: http://www.mtv.com/news/504023/offspring-rock-back-to-basics/ http://www.mtv.com/news/504023/offspring-rock-back-to-basics...

jkestner 6y ago

Greg Graffin of Bad Religion has a PhD in zoology, certainly after he began the band in high school. Something about SoCal punks. His dissertation is of course "Evolution and Religion: Questioning the Beliefs of the World's Eminent Evolutionists"

jordanthoms 6y ago

James Williamson (one of the guitarists of Iggy Pop & The Stooges) retrained as an Electrical Engineer, and ended up as Vice President of Technical Standards at Sony working on Blu-ray. If you've read anything about what they were like as a band that's quite a career path!

arcticbull 6y ago

Action movie star Dolph Lundgren is also super educated, with a degree in chemical engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology and a master's in chemical engineering from the University of Sydney [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolph_Lundgren https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolph_Lundgren

mattkevan 6y ago

There's also Brian Cox, who was in 90s pop band D:Ream and is now professor of particle physics at the University of Manchester. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cox_%28physicist%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cox_%28physicist%29