College-educated musicians?

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I know Mick Jagger got a degree in economics. I know Stephen Malkmus and David Berman both got history degrees from the University of Virginia, and I know Spiral Stairs got one in urban planning from CSU Fresno. But that's all I can come up with now. Did Frank Black go to U-Mass? What other artists have degrees?

― Famous Athlete, Wednesday, 7 April 2004 16:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Loads these days - the opening up of education has spoiled everything.

― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 16:42 (twenty-one years ago)

haha our Professor of Music at Uni wanted to give David Bowie an honourary degree. But then Let's Dance came out...

― Jeff W (zebedee), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 16:46 (twenty-one years ago)

don't all indie-rock musicians today have degrees from oberlin? isn't that the new definiton of "indie-rock musician"?

anyway, here's a thread on brainy musicians with ph.d's, which is something actually worth crowing about.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 16:54 (twenty-one years ago)

See

Posh Rock
and The class system in music and how I learnt to love Coldplay

too.

― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 16:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Not Kanye West, obviously.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 17:00 (twenty-one years ago)

but all his 'biggest fans' have, equally obviously

― zebedee (zebedee), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 17:05 (twenty-one years ago)

have what?

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 17:06 (twenty-one years ago)

to correct the first post, mick jagger actually has more in common with kayne west as he never completed his studies, instead he dropped out after less then one year.

― myke boomnoise, Wednesday, 7 April 2004 18:37 (twenty-one years ago)

one year passes...

(random bump)

Ted Leo got an English Lit. degree from the University of Notre Dame.

― PB, Monday, 13 June 2005 01:29 (twenty years ago)

Karl Precoda (Dream Syndicate) has an MA in English. He teaches at U. VA.

― Orbit (Orbit), Monday, 13 June 2005 01:33 (twenty years ago)

Kris Kristofferson was a Rhodes scholar. So Oxford.

― PB, Monday, 13 June 2005 01:35 (twenty years ago)

don't all indie-rock musicians today have degrees from oberlin? isn't that the new definiton of "indie-rock musician"?
Ha! I've been reading the book by the Semisonic guy and apparently a couple of them went to Harvard.

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 13 June 2005 01:51 (twenty years ago)

Becker and Fagen. Bard College!

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Monday, 13 June 2005 01:55 (twenty years ago)

Gram Parsons attended Harvard, and Tom Morello graduated from there.

― PB, Monday, 13 June 2005 01:56 (twenty years ago)

Suge Knight was an All-American defensive lineman at UNLV. I believe he graduated as well.

― Mike O. (Mike Ouderkirk), Monday, 13 June 2005 02:13 (twenty years ago)

How many rock musicians actually got degrees in music? None spring to mind...

― whenuweremine (whenuweremine), Monday, 13 June 2005 02:30 (twenty years ago)

I could've sworn I once heard that Randy Rhoads had some kind've high degree in, like, guitar studies or something; but that could have just been the kind of gossip 13 year olds trade.

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Monday, 13 June 2005 03:52 (twenty years ago)

don't all indie-rock musicians today have degrees from oberlin? isn't that the new definiton of "indie-rock musician"?

A friend of mine was friends w/Karen O at Oberlin. So her, then.

― Deric W. Haircare (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 13 June 2005 16:04 (twenty years ago)

I'm pretty sure that Michael McDonald has a doctorate in molecular biology

― b'angelo, Monday, 13 June 2005 16:10 (twenty years ago)

Liz Phair went to Oberlin but dropped out, I think.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 June 2005 17:11 (twenty years ago)

Isn't the Midnight Oil dude a lawyer?

― The Mad Puffin, Monday, 13 June 2005 17:13 (twenty years ago)

Oh and Colin Meloy has a creative writing degree.

― The Mad Puffin, Monday, 13 June 2005 17:14 (twenty years ago)

Isn't the Midnight Oil dude a lawyer?
-- The Mad Puffin (pfnwrit...), June 13th, 2005.

i heard Gerardo aka Rico Suave is now a lawyer...does he count as a musician?

― waxyjax (waxyjax), Monday, 13 June 2005 17:39 (twenty years ago)

Tom Morello seems to take great pains to point out that he went to Harvard.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 13 June 2005 17:44 (twenty years ago)

Matt Kadane from Bedhead has a Ph.D from Brown, and lectures at Harvard.

― Ethan Forrest (ethanf), Monday, 13 June 2005 19:17 (twenty years ago)

Alex, you misspelled "Dan Perry."

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 June 2005 19:20 (twenty years ago)

Kanye has a PhD.

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 00:13 (twenty years ago)

How many rock musicians actually got degrees in music? None spring to mind...

-- whenuweremine (aretz...), June 13th, 2005.

I don't know if that's a dig at music schools or at rock musicians, but it's patently wrong.

http://www.berklee.edu/about/alumni.html

That's just one school, mind you.

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 00:34 (twenty years ago)

Ho, snap. I didn't even notice John Mayer '98 until just now.

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 06:51 (twenty years ago)

richey edwards had a degree in political science, unsurprisingly.

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 06:58 (twenty years ago)

I went to Oberlin and I don't play in anything. Should I ask for a tuition refund?

― Chris H. (chrisherbert), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 07:13 (twenty years ago)

andrew bird was a proud music school graduate of my alma mater -- northwestern university. woot

― katie, a princess (katie, a princess), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 15:30 (twenty years ago)

How bout Bad Religion's Greg Graffin? I'm quite sure he has some kind of degree...

― Marty Innerlogic (marty innerlogic), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 15:39 (twenty years ago)

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