Drag (band)

Drag
Origin	Brisbane, Australia
Genres	Alternative rock New wave
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Dew Process
Associated acts	Powderfinger
Website	Official website
Members	Darren Middleton Guitar and vocals Sean Hartman Bass guitar Matt Murphy Keyboards Mark McElligott Drums
Past members	John Collins

Drag is an Australian rock band led by Darren Middleton, most known as the lead guitarist from highly successful Australian group Powderfinger.

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 Lodging, 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.

Discography

Albums

• Gas Food Lodging - Released 2002
• The Way Out - Released 10 July 2005

Singles

• "You and I" - Released August 2005
• "Lady Luck" - Released October 2005

External links

• Official website
• Official MySpace
• Artist profile on Dew Process website