FastWalkingShortGuy t1_iuggpe7 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:17 AM

Dexter Holland, the frontman of the Offspring and the brilliant poet behind such lyrics as, "I may be dumb, but I'm not a dweeb," and "Uno, dos, tres, quatro cinco cinco seis," has a PhD in molecular biology with his thesis being, "Discovery of mature microRNA sequences within the protein-coding regions of global HIV-1 genomes: predictions of novel mechanisms for viral infection and pathogenicity."

Lord_Dimwit_Flathead t1_iugphw8 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:47 AM

Greg Graffin, lead singer for Bad Religion, also has a PhD in zoology and lectures from time to time.

TacoCommand t1_iuh3h9v wrote on October 31, 2022 at 8:08 AM

That's also pretty fucking rad, thanks for sharing, I had no idea!

DBDude t1_iuhss60 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:14 PM

And of course Brian May has one in astrophysics, and Sterling Morrison from the Velvet Underground had one in medieval literature.

nolo_me t1_iuhd8uy wrote on October 31, 2022 at 10:34 AM

A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud, Brian Harold May 2007.

TomAto314 t1_iuipp3m wrote on October 31, 2022 at 5:05 PM

IIRC the "gotta keep 'em separated" was in regards to chemistry experiment chemicals or something like that.