Was reading about The Offspring due to this post here: https://lemmy.ml/post/2628198
As I read their Wikipedia page I noticed that Dexter Holland (lead singer) has a PhD in Molecular Biology. Then I remembered that Greg Gaffin (lead singer) of Bad Religion has a PhD in Zoology.
Is this a trend in Punk Rock or am I noticing a freak coincidence? If not punk rock, is there any genre that stands out in its number of highly educated artists?
Probably extremely incomplete, but Wikipedia has a list.
There are some others without a genre or much information. But at least according to that list, Punk Rock is the winner in total, and psychedelic folk probably wins “PhD’s per Band”
Edit: Wow, not even my favorite PhD artist and theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder is on the list. Sad. Cassandra: Prophet of the Dark. Though to be fair, that’s more a hobby ;)
Damn, two from The Offspring? I knew about Dexter, but not the drummer.
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Drummers always get a raw deal
This is great! Thanks! I was literally reading Wikipedia and didn’t even think to check Wikipedia itself for the answer to my question XD