Drag (band)
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Drag is an Australian rock
band led by Darren Middleton
, most known as the lead guitarist from highly successful Australian group Powderfinger
.
, a small collection of original songs written specifically for Drag. For these recordings, they brought in local Brisbane musicians, bass player Sean Hartman and pianist Matt Murphy as session musicians to play on the EP. The band was given the chance to record a full length studio album when Powderfinger took a few years off between albums. In this hiatus, Middleton and McElligott re-enlisted Hartman and Murphy and began playing live around Australia. The band signed with the record label Dew Process
, the same label that co-Powderfinger member Bernard Fanning
signed with and released his solo album. The band recorded their debut album in early 2005 in Byron Bay. The band named the album The Way Out and released it on 10 July 2005 in Australia and 8 August 2005 internationally. Following the album release, the band toured Australia again with UK band Athlete, then undertook a more extensive headlining tour in October.
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band led by Darren Middleton
Darren Middleton
Darren Stuart Middleton is an Australian lead guitarist for alternative rock band Powderfinger. He is also the lead singer for Drag....
, most known as the lead guitarist from highly successful Australian group Powderfinger
Powderfinger
Powderfinger was an Australian rock band that formed in Brisbane in 1989. From 1992 until their breakup the band lineup consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian Haug, bassist John Collins, and drummer Jon Coghill....
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History
Middleton started the band with drummer Mark McElligott, who is also the live engineer for Powderfinger, in 2000 as a side project. In 2002, the duo recorded the EP Gas Food LodgingGas Food Lodging (EP)
Gas Food Lodging is the debut EP from Australian rock band Drag released in 2002. The track "Take Me With You" received extensive airplay on Triple J radio after the EP was released.-Track listing:# "Nowhere But Here" - 4:55# "Secret Design" - 3:26...
, a small collection of original songs written specifically for Drag. For these recordings, they brought in local Brisbane musicians, bass player Sean Hartman and pianist Matt Murphy as session musicians to play on the EP. The band was given the chance to record a full length studio album when Powderfinger took a few years off between albums. In this hiatus, Middleton and McElligott re-enlisted Hartman and Murphy and began playing live around Australia. The band signed with the record label Dew Process
Dew Process
Dew Process is an Australian independent record label based in Brisbane, Queensland founded by Paul Piticco. The label essentially develops talent from Australia as well as provide promotional, marketing and distribution services for foreign artists looking for a home for their music in Australia...
, the same label that co-Powderfinger member Bernard Fanning
Bernard Fanning
Bernard Joseph Fanning is a musician and singer-songwriter. He is best known as the lead singer and frontman of Australian alternative rock band Powderfinger from its formation in 1989 to its dissolution in 2010....
signed with and released his solo album. The band recorded their debut album in early 2005 in Byron Bay. The band named the album The Way Out and released it on 10 July 2005 in Australia and 8 August 2005 internationally. Following the album release, the band toured Australia again with UK band Athlete, then undertook a more extensive headlining tour in October.
Albums
- Gas Food LodgingGas Food Lodging (EP)Gas Food Lodging is the debut EP from Australian rock band Drag released in 2002. The track "Take Me With You" received extensive airplay on Triple J radio after the EP was released.-Track listing:# "Nowhere But Here" - 4:55# "Secret Design" - 3:26...
- Released 2002 - The Way Out - Released 10 July 2005
Singles
- "You and I" - Released August 2005
- "Lady Luck" - Released October 2005