Drag (band)

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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.^[1] 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

References

↑ "Interviews :: Getting the lowdown from Brisbane's Drag". Australian Music Online. 1 August 2005. Archived from the original on 8 September 2007. Retrieved 27 February 2008.

External links

v t e Drag

Darren Middleton Sean Hartman Matt Murphy Mark McElligott John Collins

Albums	The Way Out

Extended plays	Gas Food Lodging

Singles	"You and I" "Lady Luck"

Related articles	Dew Process Powderfinger

v t e Powderfinger

Bernard Fanning Darren Middleton Ian Haug John Collins Jon Coghill Steven Bishop

Studio albums	Parables for Wooden Ears Double Allergic Internationalist Odyssey Number Five Vulture Street Dream Days at the Hotel Existence Golden Rule

Extended plays	Powderfinger Transfusion Mr Kneebone The Triple M Acoustic Sessions

Other releases	These Days: Live in Concert (Live album) Fingerprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 1994–2000 (Compilation album) Sunsets (DVD single) Footprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 2001-2011 (Compilation album)

Singles	"Tail" "Grave Concern" "Save Your Skin" "Pick You Up" "D.A.F." "Living Type" "Take Me In" "The Day You Come" "Don't Wanna Be Left Out/Good-Day Ray" "Already Gone" "Passenger" "My Happiness" "My Kind of Scene" "Like a Dog" "The Metre/Waiting for the Sun" "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind" "Love Your Way" "Sunsets" "Since You've Been Gone" "Stumblin'" "Bless My Soul" "Lost and Running" "I Don't Remember" "Nobody Sees" "Who Really Cares (Featuring the Sound of Insanity)" "All of the Dreamers "Burn Your Name" "Sail the Wildest Stretch" "Iberian Dream" "I'm on Your Side" "Empty Space"

Other songs	"These Days" "Black Tears"

Related articles	Full discography Awards and nominations Across the Great Divide tour (DVD) Sunsets Farewell Tour Dew Process Related topics Side projects Drag Far Out Corporation The Predators

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