Dexter Holland

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 hospitaladministrator and a mother who was a school teacher He is the third of four children of his family Holland has cited bandsartists 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 ReligionBlack Flag Circle Jerks The Clash Descendents Ramones The Sex Pistols Social Distortion TSOL and The Vandals This was when he came up with an idea of starting a band and it wasnt 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 wouldnt 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 SelfEsteem 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