Grunnen Rocks Home Willem Kolvoort
The Drones
Australian Swamp / Noise / Blues Band
Address
Australia
E-Mail
The Drones [drones[AT]mail{DOT}com]
Members

The Drones #1:
(the Perth line-up)
Gareth Liddiard: vox, guitar
Rui Pereira: bass
James McCann: guitar
Warren Hall: drums

The Drones #2:
(the Sydney line-up)
Gareth Liddiard: vox, guitar
Rui Pereira: bass
James McCann: guitar

The Drones #3:
(the Melbourne #1 line-up)
Gareth Liddiard: vox, guitar
Rui Pereira: bass
Warren Hall: drums

The Drones #4:
(the Melbourne #2 line-up)
Gareth Liddiard: vox, guitar
Rui Pereira: bass
Christian Strybosch: drums

The Drones #5:
(the Melbourne #3 line-up)
Gareth Liddiard: vox, guitar
Rui Pereira: guitar
Fiona Kitchin: bass
Christian Strybosch: drums

The Drones #6:
(the Melbourne #4 line-up)
Gareth Liddiard: vox, guitar
Rui Pereira: guitar
Fiona Kitchin: bass
Christian Strybosch: drums
Brendan Humphries: guitar

The Drones #7:
(all recordings released before 2006)
Gareth Liddiard: vox, guitar
Rui Pereira: guitar
Fiona Kitschin: bass
Christian Strybosch: drums

The Drones #8:
(line-up second half of 2006)
Gareth Liddiard: vox, guitar
Rui Pereira: guitar
Fiona Kitschin: bass
Michael Noga: drums

History

Gareth Liddiard's musical history
Rui Pereira's musical history
Fiona Kitchen's musical history
Warren Hall's musical history
Brendan Humphries' musical history

Discography
Singles
  1. Mean Streak 7" (Sonico Records, 2003, SORE.02)
    1. Mean Streak
    2. The Cockeyed Lowlife (Of The Highlands)
  2. Bird In A Church 7" (In-Fidelity Recordings, 2003, SIN 006)
    1. Bird In A Church
    2. Slamming On The Brakes
  3. Shark Fin Blues 7" (ATP/Recordings, 2006, ATPR SP 01)
      picture disc
    1. Shark Fin Blues (radio edit)
    2. You Really Don't Care
Splits
N/A
Albums
  1. Here Come The Lies ... CD (Spooky Records, 2002, Spooky 006)
    1. The Cockeyed Lowlife Of The Highlands
    2. Dekalb Blues
    3. The Downbound Train (Chuck Berry)
    4. I'd Been Told
    5. New Kind Of Kick (The Cramps)
    6. I Walked Across The Dam
    7. Motherless Children
    8. Hell And Haydevils
    9. The Scrap Iron Sky
    10. The Island
    11. Six Ways To Sunday
    12. The Country Of Love
  2. Live @ Meredith Music Festival CD-R (Selfreleased, 2003, cat.no.?)
      tracks ?
  3. Wait Long By The River And The Bodies Of Your Enemies Will Float By CD (In-Fidelity Recordings, 2005, INFCD-106)
    1. Shark Fin Blues
    2. Baby2
    3. The Best You Can Believe In
    4. Locust
    5. You Really Don't Care
    6. Sitting On The Edge Of The Bed Cryin'
    7. The Freedom In The Loot
    8. Another Rousing Chorus You Idiots!!!!
    9. This Time
  4. The Miller's Daughter CD (Bang! Records, 2006, bang!-cd 5)
    1. Someone On Your Bond
    2. Bird In A Church
    3. She Had An Abortion That She Made Me Pay For
    4. The Miller's Daughter
    5. I Believe
    6. Mean Streak
    7. Slammin' On The Brakes
    8. Henry Ford
    9. Stop Dreaming
    10. The City
Compilations
  1. The Spooky Records Bootlegs - Volume One CD (Spooky Records, 2002, Spooky 007)
      "6FtHick" is listed as "SixFtHick", their "old name"
    1. The Miller's Daughter
  2. Antipodean Screams - "Right Now The Australian Underground 2003" CD (Off The Hip, 2003, OTH 7010)
    1. The Scrap Iron Sky
  3. Wild About You - A Tribute To The Australian Underground 1963-1968 CD (label?, year ?, cat.no.?)
      other bands ? their tracks ?
    1. Believe In Me (The Throb)
Various

N/A

Links
  1. The Drones official website
  2. The Drones @ myspace.com
  3. The Drones @ spookyrecords.com