Excellent article, all about rockers who have diversified their lives. The downfall of rock music is that it seems to suck in the one-dimensional eccentrics who have no hope of doing anything else.
"...the band has had a number of radio hits and maintains a large international following. Amid all this, Graffin eventually earned a PhD from Cornell University and became tenured at UCLA. He now divides his year between teaching and playing with Bad Religion."Graffin is the leader of Bad Religion, one of the best punk rock bands of all time. They've released numerous incredible records since the 80's. And he still finds time to teach at UCLA for half of every year. Another of my favorite bands, who was regrettably left out of the article, is The Descendents; nerd-punk rock pioneers who only tour every few years because their lead singer is a well respected biochemist.
Anyway, interesting article. It's nice that rockers occasionally get credited for things other than being drunk.
Rock on,
- Jon
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