Steven Drozd

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Steven Gregory Drozd (born June 11, 1969, Houston, Texas) is a multi-instrumentalist and drummer for The Flaming Lips. The son of musician Vernon Drozd, he grew up in Houston with three brothers and a sister. From the age of ten he played drums and later keys with his father's polka band. He also heads a side-project, The Paris Gun where he plays guitar and keyboards. He has also appeared on a number of recordings of other artists including Elliott Smith's From a Basement on the Hill, Jay Farrar's Sebastapol and ThirdShiftGrottSlack and Steve Burns' Songs for Dustmites.

In Flaming Lips' upcoming film Christmas on Mars he plays Major Syrtis, the main character of the film.

He joined The Flaming Lips in 1991 as a drummer, but as other members departed from the band came to play most instruments on The Flaming Lips' records. His battle against heroin, which he first tried in 1990, is portrayed in a very graphic and emotional scene in the 2005 Flaming Lips documentary Fearless Freaks. Drozd is currently clean. He is married to Becky Stokesberry and they have a son, Daniel James Drozd.

During live performances, he typically plays lead guitar (usually with a Fender Jazzmaster) and during a few songs he will play the keyboard.

Discography
The Flaming Lips
Wayne Coyne \| Michael Ivins \| Steven Drozd \| Kliph Scurlock
Mark Coyne \| Dave Kostka \| Richard English \| Jonathan Donahue \| Nathan Roberts \| Ronald Jones
Studio albums: Hear It Is \| Oh My Gawd!!! \| Telepathic Surgery \| In a Priest Driven Ambulance \| Hit to Death in the Future Head \| Transmissions from the Satellite Heart \| Clouds Taste Metallic \| Zaireeka \| The Soft Bulletin \| Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots \| At War with the Mystics
Extended plays: The Flaming Lips \| Due to High Expectations... \| Fight Test \| Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell \| It Overtakes Me
Compilations: A Collection of Songs... \| Punk Rockers \| Jesus Egg \| Shambolic Birth \| Late Night Tales \| 20 Years of Weird
Songs: "She Don't Use Jelly" \| "Do You Realize??" \| "Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon (Utopia Planitia)" \| "The W.A.N.D." \| "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song"
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