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Indeed. I think many people don't realise how many artists do actually have day jobs as well - it's not always as lucrative as you'd think.

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Dexter Holland, the frontman of The Offspring, finally got time to finish his PhD in molecular biology, after they stopped touring.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Holland

For him it wasn't about money, though.

Milo Aukerman of the Descendents has a PhD in molecular biology - there's a great interview (maybe in the Filmage documentary?!) where he's discussing a conversation with his colleagues who are asking "what did you do at the weekend?" and he replies "Oh, my band was playing Woodstock..." (or something along those lines!)

That's Dr. Holland to you.

Ain't a lot of money in molecular biology these days anyway.

Well, if Dr.Holland would have invented a cure for Covid or a vaccine, there would have been some money I guess.

I'm sure the company would've paid him a small bonus, and kept the 99.9999% of the profits from it for themselves.

I know it kills you, but guess what: There is no "Danny's idea." Everything that comes in here belongs to the agency.

I give you money, you give me ideas.

https://youtu.be/BnNV4_8izkI?si=Ptz0QCr6V01MOMpN&t=57

That isn't what happened to the people who actually did invent them at BioNTech/Moderna.

Greg of Bad Religion I believe also has some sort of PhD.

Interesting, did not know that. Punks seem to like biology it seems ..

"Graffin obtained his PhD in zoology at Cornell University and has lectured courses in natural sciences at both the University of California, Los Angeles and at Cornell University."

They've toured for 40 years, sold 8 million records and have over a million monthly listeners on Spotify. The singer's label has put out many of the big punk bands for the last 30 years. I agree with your point, but this lot are fine.

They are indeed “doing just fine” which I am sure is what you must have been referencing — from one of their most famous songs:

  Buy me a Becks beer
    or pass me the bong
  Gimme some Bushmills
    I'll sing you this song
  Open another
    big box of cheap wine
  We're over 30
    we’re doing just fine

The last time I saw them live it was pushing 40 instead of over 30 and that was nearly a decade ago.

Hahaha, yeah, they're a fun band. I saw them (for the last time, I guess?!) a couple of weeks ago (and oddly in reference to the lyrics, I actually saw them tour Pump Up The Valuum as well). Mike is pushing 60 now!

TS Eliot (poet) worked in a bank

Phillip Glass (composer) was also a plumber, which surprised the London music critic who unwittingly employed him to install a dishwasher

Anthony Trollop was a postal surveyor

Kurt Vonnegut was car dealer

See https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/52293/11-celebrated-arti...

Same goes for hard sciences in academic fields. Cant feed family on physics postdoc pay, goto program or drive a bus. You goto do what you gota do!

"goto" considered harmful, use "gotta" instead

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