Drag (band)

Drag

Origin| Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Genres| Alternative rock, new wave
Years active| 2000–present
Labels| Dew Process
Members| Darren Middleton
Sean Hartman
Matt Murphy
Mark McElligott
Past members| John Collins
Website| Official website

Drag are an Australian rock band led by Darren Middleton, most known as the lead guitarist from rock group Powderfinger.

## History

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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

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### Albums

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List of albums, with selected details  Title  | Details

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The Way Out |

* Released: July 2005
* Format: CD, digital
* Label: Dew Process (DEW90162)

### Extended plays

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List of EPs, with selected details  Title  | Details

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Gas Food Lodging |

* Released: June 2002
* Format: CD
* Label: Universal Music Australia (015 931-2)

## References

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1. ^ "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

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* Official website
* Official MySpace
* Artist profile on Dew Process website

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Drag

* Darren Middleton
* Sean Hartman
* Matt Murphy
* Mark McElligott

* John Collins

Albums|

* The Way Out

Extended plays|

* Gas Food Lodging

Related articles|

* Powderfinger

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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|

* Transfusion
* Mr Kneebone
* The Triple M Acoustic Sessions
* One Night Lonely

Other releases|

* These Days: Live in Concert
* Fingerprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 1994–2000
* Footprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 2001–2011
* Fingerprints & Footprints: The Ultimate Collection
* Unreleased (1998–2010)

Singles|

* "Tail"
* "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"
* video
* "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"

Other songs|

* "These Days"
* "Black Tears"

Related articles|

* Full discography
* Awards and nominations
* Across the Great Divide tour
* video
* Drag
* Far Out Corporation
* The Predators

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Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF
* WorldCat

Artists|

* MusicBrainz

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