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Does any music genre have a disproportionally high number of highly educated artists? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by OprahsedCreature@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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?

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[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not Punk, but Bryan May of Queen has a PhD in Astrophysics

[–] RoyalDonutForce@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Sir Brian May.

Also, Freddie Mercury had a diploma in arts and graphics design, John Deacon was BSc in electronics, and Roger Taylor was BSc in biology.

[–] OurTragicUniverse@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Doctor Sir Brian May

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Oh right. I forgot about the rest of that. My B.

[–] IuseArchbtw@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Dexter Holland has a PhD in Microbiology

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Yes.

[–] OprahsedCreature@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He has another PhD?

[–] IuseArchbtw@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Must have overread this, sorry