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BLP sources|date=November 2009Infobox musical artist| name = Pete Droge| image = Pete Droge 01.jpg| caption = Pete Droge, 2011| birth_date = birth-date and age|March 11, 1969| birth_place = Seattle, Washington | genre = alternative rock , folk rock | occupation = musician| years_active = 1994& ndash;present| website = URL| http://www.droge.com| background = solo_singer Pete Droge (born March 11, 1969 in Seattle, Washington )cite web | url = http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Pete_Droge-P44806/Biography/ | title = Pete Droge biography | publisher = StarPulse.com | accessdate = March 11, 2012 is an American alternative music|alternative / folk rock musician from Vashon Island (grew up Bainbridge Island) in Washington State's Puget Sound. His debut album Necktie Second , released by American Recordings (record label)|American Records in 1994, featured the tongue-in-cheek '' If You Don't Love Me (I'll Kill Myself) , (which also appeared on the soundtrack to the movie Dumb and Dumber http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109686/soundtrack Soundtracks for Dumb & Dumber (1994), IMDB. Retrieved date|2011-03-12|mdy), as well as the songs " Sunspot Stopwatch " and " So I am Over You ."
Droge's next album, Find A Door , was released two years later in the summer of 1996 under the name of Pete Droge and The Sinners ; his backing band included Dave Hull (bass), Rob Brill (drums), Peter Stroud (guitar/vocals) and Elaine Summers (guitar/vocals). This album met with critical success but received little airplay. Notable songs include You Should Be Running , Dear Diane and Mr. Jade .cite news | url = http://books.google.co.uk/books? id=uA0EAAAAMBAJ& pg=PA14 | title = Pete Droge Finds a Permanent Band | last = Reece | first = Douglas | date = May 18, 1996 | work = Billboard | accessdate = November 14, 2009
Droge subsequently released two more solo (music)|solo records, '' Spacey And Shakin' and Skywatching ; the latter was released on his own label, Puzzle Tree Records, through United Musicians .
In 1996, Droge contributed the title song to the movie Beautiful Girls (film)|Beautiful Girls . Other credits include contributions to albums by Kim Richey and Stone Gossard . In 2000, Droge appeared as a "Hyatt Singer" in the movie Almost Famous , performing " Small Time Blues " with Elaine Summers. The small part was a tribute to Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris , according to Cameron Crowe on the Director's Cut Commentary of the movie. He mentions he met them in 1973.
His latest project, The Thorns , is a three-part harmony Adult Alternative super group, which features other notable artists Matthew Sweet and Shawn Mullins . His song " Going Whichever Way The Wind Blows " from the album Under The Waves can be heard on a Toyota Sequoia commercial. Most recently, his song "Two of the Lucky Ones" plays in the background in the 2009 movie Zombieland . http://puzzletreemusic.com/news/our-lucky-song-zombieland Our "Lucky" song is in ZOMBIELAND
Discography
West of Here with the band Ramadillo (1991), cassette only
Necktie Second (1994, American Recordings) http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/droge_pete/albums.jhtml Pete Droge > Albums, MTV.com. Retrieved date|2011-03-12|mdy
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