Dexter Holland
- The factual accuracy of this article is disputed
He formed The Offspring in 1986 at age 19. The group signed to Nitro Records and recorded The Offspring in 1988 and issued in March 1989 and re-issued on November 21, 1995 on Epitaph Records.
In 1991, after releasing Baghdad in 1990 the band signed to with Epitaph Records (home of Bad Religion, L7 and NOFX and similar bands) to record Ignition and then released it in 1992.
His last Epitaph Records album with the Offspring was Smash (1994). Then later on, he signed with Columbia Records in and released Ixnay On The Hombre (1997), Americana (1998) and Conspiracy Of One (2000). Their new album, Chinese Democracy, is scheduled to be released in summer 2003.
In 2002, The Offspring convinced The Ataris to sign to Columbia Records for their first album on that label, So Long, Astoria which was released on March 4, 2003.
