Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, is a fucking microbiologist who specializes in HIV research. They started the band to pay for college & actually followed through despite musical success.

That's Dr Holland & The Offspring kplzthx.
They're also cool dudes in general who are actually really nice & are not dicks so there's a band you don't have to wonder about enjoying.
I wonder if he's doing any covid research?

His PhD thesis said something about novel contraction in all that gobblygook science speak in the title.
Apparently there's lots of smart rockers out there! https://twitter.com/kvanh/status/1247919567915057153?s=19
Is there such a thing as too many skills? https://twitter.com/MellyG14/status/1247924058102075398?s=19
How punk is that https://twitter.com/TheDr_3am/status/1247923452276858882?s=19
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