caption website associated_acts years_active alias birth_place label name background birth_date instrument genre image article_title birth_name occupation
linus of hollywood album cover -lsb- http://www.linusofhollywood.com official site -rsb- bowling size 14 for soup , nerf herder , palmdale , 1997 -- present linus dotson omaha , nebraska , u.s. crappy records , franklin castle recordings , oglio records linus of hollywood solo_singer 4 march 1973 vocals , keyboard , percussion , guitar , drums , bass , piano rock linus_of_hollywood . jpg linus of hollywood
 kevin dotson singer-songwriter , multi-instrumentalist , record producer
linus of hollywood

kevin dotson -lrb- born march 4 , 1973 -rrb- , better known by his stage name linus of hollywood , is an american rock and pop singer-songwriter , multi-instrumentalist , and record producer .
the stage name comes from his early days in los angeles , where he would frequently wear striped shirts similar to the peanuts character linus van pelt .
he is currently a member of nerf herder and comedy duo jarinus .
