Drenge (band)

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Drenge
Background information
Origin	Castleton, Derbyshire, England
Genres	Garage rock[1][2] grunge[3] blues rock[4] punk rock
Years active	2010 (2010)–present
Labels	Infectious Records
Members	Eoin Loveless Rory Loveless Rob Graham
Website	www.drenge.co.uk

Drenge is an English three-piece rock band made up of Eoin Loveless on guitar and vocals, his younger brother Rory on drums, and Rob Graham on bass. The brothers grew up in Castleton, Derbyshire, where they formed the band in 2010, relocating to Sheffield in 2014. The band takes their name from something "that would sound like a noise that we would be playing on stage".^[5] Their name also translates into "Boys" in Danish. They have released three albums; Drenge (2013), Undertow (2015), and Strange Creatures (2019).

Background

Songlist, 2014 in Munich

Eoin Loveless, 2014, Munich

Rory Loveless, 2014, Munich

In January 2013, Drenge, who had a small following then, was picked up by national media when The Guardian's Paul Lester featured them in his "New Band of the Week" column.^[6] The band rose to further prominence seven months later following the resignation of Labour MP Tom Watson from the Shadow Cabinet in July 2013. In his resignation letter on his blog, Watson wrote: "Be that great Labour leader that you can be, but try to have a real life too. And if you want to see an awesome band, I recommend Drenge."^[7]

Drenge has toured extensively in the UK and has appeared at Glastonbury Festival, Latitude Festival, and Reading and Leeds Festival. They have also toured with Californian duo Deap Vally, including an appearance close to their hometown at Sheffield's Queens Social Club.^[8] They also toured with the British band Peace in late 2013. They played a headline tour in the first half of 2014, as well as playing at many festivals over the summer of 2014, including Reading and Leeds, Glastonbury and T in the Park.

Drenge has toured the UK alongside American punk rock band Radkey, appeared on Later... with Jools Holland, and their single "Bloodsports" was used for an advert for British TV show Misfits.^{[citation needed]}

Their self-titled album was released on 19 August 2013 on Infectious Records. The artwork for the album features a photograph of Wardsend Cemetery in Sheffield and a nearby scrapyard.

On 27 January 2015, they made their US network television début on the Late Show with David Letterman.

On 6 April 2015, the band's second album, Undertow, was released, debuting at number 14 on the UK Albums Chart.^[9]

For their tour in 2015, the band included a bassist in their live line-up as well as in their new single "We Can Do What We Want".

In February 2018, the band announced their first tour in over two years.^{[citation needed]}

Band members

Members

• Eoin Loveless – lead vocals, guitar (2010–present)
• Rory Loveless – drums, percussion, backing vocals (2010–present)
• Rob Graham – bass, backing vocals (2015–present)

Discography

Main article: Drenge discography

Studio albums

• Drenge (August 2013, Infectious)
• Undertow (April 2015, Infectious)
• Strange Creatures (February 2019, Infectious)^[10]

References

1. music, Guardian (21 May 2015). "Watch Drenge's video for Running Wild". The Guardian.
2. "Garage rockers Drenge can't take Miliband mention seriously". Evening Times.
3. "Drenge at Rough Trade East, gig review: Touring bassist fleshes out". Independent.co.uk. 9 April 2015.
4. Lester, Paul (24 January 2013). "New band of the day - Drenge (No 1,438)". The Guardian.
5. "The Impossibly Cool Sound Of The Impeccably Named Drenge". Rising. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
6. Lester, Paul (24 January 2013). "Drenge (No 1,438)". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
7. Patrick Wintour (4 July 2013). "Tom Watson resigns from shadow cabinet". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
8. "New show: Drenge/Deap Vally at Queens". Harleylive.co.uk. 4 January 2013.
9. "Official UK Album Chart". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
10. "Drenge announce new album 'Strange Creatures'". DIY. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.