The Drones (Australian band)

The Drones were an Australian rock band, formed in Perth by mainstay lead vocalist and guitarist, Gareth Liddiard in 1997.

The Drones
The Drones live in Melbourne, March 2009
Background information
Origin	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Genres	Alternative rock blues rock experimental rock garage rock noise rock punk blues
Years active	1997 (1997)–2016 (2016)
Labels	Spooky In-Fidelity/Shock ATP/Shock Bang! Tropical Fuck Storm
Past member(s)	Warren Hall Gareth Liddiard James McCann Rui Pereira Brendon Humphries Christian Strybosch Fiona Kitschin Mike Noga Dan Luscombe Steve Hesketh
Website	tropicalfuckstormrecords.com

Their second album, Wait Long by the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By (April 2005), won the inaugural Australian Music Prize.

In October 2010 their third studio album, Gala Mill (September 2006) was listed at No. 21 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums. Two of their albums have reached the top 20 on the ARIA Albums Chart, I See Seaweed (March 2013) and Feelin Kinda Free (March 2016).

The group went on hiatus in December 2016 with Kitschin and Liddiard forming a new group, Tropical Fuck Storm, in the following year.

Albums

• Here Come the Lies (August 2002)
• Wait Long by the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By (April 2005)
• Gala Mill (September 2006)
• Havilah (2008)
• I See Seaweed (2013)
• Feelin Kinda Free (2016)

Other websites

• Official site Archived 2020-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
• ATP Recordings page
• Interview with The Drones @ MessandNoise.com Archived 2015-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
• band page on Spaceland Recordings website Archived 2008-09-07 at the Wayback Machine
• Gareth Liddiard interview in Reverb Magazine (November 2010)