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Giant Drag is a Californian Indie rock duo, composed of singer/guitarist Annie Hardy and a simultaneous drummer and synth-player. Micah Calabrese fulfilled the latter role from 2003 through to 2006, but on 5th December 2006 it was reported that he had left the band. [1] They have released an EP, Lemona, in 2003 and a debut album (following Calabrese leaving and then re-joining the band), Hearts and Unicorns, which was released in the United States on September 13, 2005, and February 27, 2006 in the UK. Image File history File links Annie_Hardy_and_Micah_Calabrese. ...
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Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Micah Calabrese playing with Giant Drag at the Sokol Underground Micah Calabrese is the former drummer and keyboard player for the band, Giant Drag. ...
Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ...
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Micah Calabrese playing with Giant Drag at the Sokol Underground Micah Calabrese is the former drummer and keyboard player for the band, Giant Drag. ...
Lemona EP is the first release by the California indie-rock band Giant Drag. ...
Hearts and Unicorns is the first full-length release by California indie-rock band Giant Drag. ...
Calabrese originally had a job working alongside Hardy's mother, and after repeated failed attempts by Hardy's mother to get the two future bandmates to meet, the two met through mutual friends anyway and began playing and recording music together. [2] Giant Drag played their first show on June 4, 2003 at The Scene in Los Angeles, eventually getting residencies at area clubs Silverlake Lounge and Spaceland. [3] Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area City 1,290. ...
Spaceland is an alternative rock/indie rock nightclub in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. ...
Their sound has been described by several music publications as "nü-grunge" (known as post-grunge in the United States). The band have also been compared to bands such as My Bloody Valentine, The Breeders, PJ Harvey, and Mazzy Star[4] although the band themselves do not completely agree with some of the comparisons and Hardy has shown herself to be especially averse to Breeders comparisons. [5][3] It is suggested by Hardy [3] and another journalist [6] that most articles that have been written about them are re-wordings of Giant Drag's press pack (which also compared them to such bands). Post-grunge is a subgenre of American alternative rock that emerged in the mid-1990s as an offshoot of the Seattle grunge movement. ...
My Bloody Valentine were an Irish-British shoegazing band best known for their creative use of guitar distortion, tremolo, and digital reverb. ...
The Breeders are an American rock band, formed in 1988 as a side project for Kim Deal of Pixies and Tanya Donelly of Throwing Muses. ...
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The pair considered recruiting a bassist, but Hardy recalls: "Just as a joke Micah started playing the bass parts on a synthesizer with his left hand and the drums with his right hand. We laughed. We said, 'Wait, it's funny, but it works.'"[3] Calabrese described his unusual technique of playing drums and synth simultaneously in an interview: "Usually it's a long sustain on the notes. Hit a note and play the drums and then hit another note. Unless it's a bass line that doesn't lend itself to sustaining, then I'll just have to keep one hand on the keyboard and one hand on the drums."[7] To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
Their song titles, which are known for their bluntness and black humour, include "Kevin Is Gay," "My Dick Sux," "High Friends in Places," and "YFLMD" - an acronym for "You Fuck Like My Dad". Notable in their live performances are direct conversation with the audience and Hardy's erratic behavior. In a show in Liverpool, England in 2005, an audience member shouted, "You're weird, woman," to which Hardy replied, "But would I be weird if I wasn't a woman?" Similarly, Hardy has quelled audience heckling by cooly saying, "Now shut up before I come and take a dump down your throats," or "The only thing you'll be seeing is my toe launched in your butthole" (in response to a heckler's request to show her breasts). During performances in 2006 the duo covered Chris Isaac's "Wicked Game." Hardy jokingly introduced the song by saying that she wrote the song for Chris Isaak when she was 8, and that he stole it from her after sexually abusing her, and that she saw him, years later "...on MTV television, and he's rolling around in the sand with some slut, singing my song." It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Backronym and Apronym (Discuss) Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations, such as NATO, laser, and ABC, written as the initial letter or letters of words, and pronounced on the basis of this abbreviated written form. ...
Chris Isaak Chris Isaak (born Christopher Joseph Isaak June 26, 1956 in Stockton, California) is an American indie rock, pop, and rock and roll singer, songwriter, and occasional actor. ...
Wicked Game is a song that was originally released by Chris Isaak in 1989. ...
They have a growing cult following, largely due to their live shows, including shows supporting The Like, Pretty Girls Make Graves, and The Cribs, and are tipped by the NME for "big things in 2006". They also performed in the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in 2006. Annie Hardy can also be heard on the song "Pink Cellphone" from the 2006 Deftones album entitled "Saturday Night Wrist". The Like are a rock band from Southern California, consisting of Elizabeth Z Berg (vocals/guitar), Charlotte Froom (bass/vocals) and Tennessee Thomas (drums/vocals). ...
Pretty Girls Make Graves formed in Seattle in 2001, named after The Smiths song of the same name (which came from a Jack Kerouac quote). ...
The Cribs are a 3-piece indie band from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. ...
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Discography
Albums & Compilations Lemona
(2003)
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Lemona EP is the first release by the California indie-rock band Giant Drag. ...
Wichita Recordings
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(2005)
Wichita Recordings is an independent record label located in London, England. ...
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Hearts and Unicorns is the first full-length release by California indie-rock band Giant Drag. ...
Kickball Records | Kickball Records is a record company based out of Santa Monica, California. ...
Videography - "This Isn't It" (directed by G.J. Echternkamp)
- "Kevin Is Gay" (directed by G.J. Echternkamp)
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