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Biography
refimprove|date=January 2011Infobox musical artist| name = Lovedrug| image = Lovedrug Live.jpg| image_size =| caption =| background = group_or_band| origin = Canton, Ohio , United States|USA | years_active = 2001 – Present| genre = Indie rock | label = The Militia Group | current_members = Michael Shepard Jeremy Michael Gifford Thomas Bragg James Freshwater| Former_members = Dave Owen Korey Jones Lovedrug is an indie rock band from Canton, Ohio that formed in 2001. The band’s name is something of a word play; singer Michael Shepard initially left music to attend film school but his first ‘love’ of the music medium ‘dragged’ him back (thus “Lovedrug”; a verb, not an aphrodisiac). http://www.mercuryloungenyc.com/event/4468 Lovedrug - The Mercury Lounge - New York - NY - May 6, 2010
History
Lovedrug released their first Extended play|EP , the Lovedrug EP, with the follow-up Extended play|EP , the Rocknroll EP, coming in mid 2004. After signing to The Militia Group , an indie-rock label, the band released their first full-length Pretend You're Alive on July 27, 2004. The album was produced by Tim Patalan, and featured dark, guitar-driven art rock. The album became the label's fastest selling debut ever, selling close to 20,000 copies in the first few months of release. The record and band were thus up-streamed to major label parent Columbia Records at the end of 2005, http://www.jivemagazine.com/forum/showthread.php? t=10650 http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php? t=91075 Lovedrug Get The Best Of Both Worlds - AbsolutePunk.net though the re-release of Pretend You're Alive, and accompanying radio single for "Spiders", were undercut by tremendous corporate purging that plagued Columbia Records throughout 2005 and 2006.
Lovedrug toured heavily from 2004 through early 2007, including support dates with The Killers, Robert Plant, Switchfoot, and Coheed & Cambria, Matchbook Romance and several headlining runs, establishing a sizable American following. By late 2006, Lovedrug had a new album’s worth of material and, to avoid continued upheaval at Columbia, http://puddlegum.net/lovedrug-granted-release-columbia-records/ Lovedrug: granted release from Columbia Records | Puddlegum returned to The Militia Group to release Everything Starts Where It Ends , again produced by Tim Patalan, on March 7, 2007. The album was well received, selling close to 30k albums in several months on the back of Japanese and North American touring, including two headline runs and tours with Sparta, Blue October, and The Plain White Ts. The video for “Ghost By Your Side” was added to regular rotation on MTV and the college/indie single “Happy Apple Poison” charted in the top 10.
The band's third album, The Sucker Punch Show , was made with iconic 90's rock producer Michael Beinhorn (Soundgarden, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mew) at the Red Bull Studios in Santa Monica, CA. http://www.punknews.org/bands/lovedrug Punknews.org | Lovedrug Though the October 28, 2008 release coincided with the bankruptcy and collapse of The Militia Group in North America, the album was especially well received when re-released in Europe on June 2, 2009 with Make My Day Records, landing at #6 on the Visions summer chart, garnering broad radio play for the single “Only One”. http://www.facebook.com/discography/? id=5980364631 Niet compatibele browser | Facebook The Euro version of The Sucker Punch Show included a full-length alternate version of the album entitled "Sucker Punched (Alt. LP)". http://www.makemydayrecords.de/shop The band toured Europe in June and July, playing a number of club shows and festivals with Kings of Leon, Nine Inch Nails, Silversun Pickups, and Eagles of Death Metal. http://www.southside.de/bands/damals.php http://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/hurricane/2009/ Hurricane Festival 2009
March 2010 saw EP - Part I , the first installment in a series of three EPs collectively logoed "+/-", http://www.amazon.com/EP-Part-I-Lovedrug/dp/B003E2IE4U Amazon.com: EP - Part I: Lovedrug: Music coinciding with the band's appearances at the South By Southwest conference in Austin Texas and a number of surrounding touring dates including Bamboozle at Giants Stadium. http://www.spinner.com/2010/02/28/lovedrug-sxsw-2010/ Lovedrug: SXSW 2010 - Spinner http://thedeadhub.com/lovedrug-to-tour-this-summer-band-to-release-two-new-eps-2/ Lovedrug To Tour This Summer; Band To Release Two New EPs EP - Part II followed on June 13, 2010, along with another 3-week headlining tour in the USA. In November the band announced I AM LOVEDRUG, a fan-driven campaign in partnership with PledgeMusic to fund the recording and setup of album #4,. http://iamlovedrug.com/ Iamlovedrug.Com http://www.musicthread.net/2010/12/02/i-am-lovedrug-the-making-of-an-album-lovedrug-give-fans-unique-and-exclusive-access-to-new-album/ I AM LOVEDRUG: The Making of an Album: Lovedrug Give Fans Unique and Exclusive Access to New Album | MusicThread.net The band reached its goal over the holiday, released the final EP PART III in January ’11, and head into the studio in March & April with producer Paul Moak in Nashville. http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/lovedrug/updates/3204 I AM LOVEDRUG (the making of an album): 100% - Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!& #33; (Now what? ) | PledgeMusic http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/lovedrug/updates/3402 I AM LOVEDRUG (the making of an album): What's Next (video): Michael works the phone, Jeremy interjects | PledgeMusic
Wild Blood
The first two singles from the new album entitled "Wild Blood" were released together as the split-single Pink Champagne / Dinosaur on September 6, 2011. http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/pink-champagne-dinosaur-single/id458627184? ign-mpt=uo%3D4 The music video for Dinosaur, written and directed by Shepard, was premiered by Filter (magazine) the following week. http://filtermagazine.com/index.php/media/entry/watch_lovedrug_dinosaur_filter_premiere At a recent show in Chicago, the band played 3 new songs from the release: "Anodyne", "Revival", and "Wild Blood". The album was produced and engineered by Paul Moak at The Smoakstack and was released to stores on March 6, 2012. http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/wild-blood/id496739871
