Formed in Canton, Ohio in 2002, Lovedrug is currently comprised of Michael … Read Full Bio ↴Formed in Canton, Ohio in 2002, Lovedrug is currently comprised of Michael Shepard (vocals, guitar, piano), Jeremy Gifford (guitar, synthesizers), Thomas Bragg (bass), and James Childress (drums). The band’s often-misconstrued name is something of a word play; 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).

Lovedrug drew nationwide attention with two independent EPs in 2003 and 2004, followed by the highly acclaimed debut full-length Pretend You’re Alive in July 2004 on indie The Militia Group (Sony). The fastest selling debut in label history, Militia upstreamed the band to parent label Columbia Records for a planned rerelease in March 2005 around the radio single “Spiders”. Though unrelated corporate purging at Columbia left many plans stillborn, Lovedrug toured heavily, including dates with The Killers, Robert Plant, Switchfoot, and Coheed & Cambria, and established a sizable American following.

By late 2006, Lovedrug had a new album’s worth of material and, to avoid continued upheaval at Columbia, returned to The Militia Group to release Everything Starts Where It Ends in March of 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 and Blue October. Several singles/videos saw traction at radio & MTV, including “Ghost By Your Side” and “Happy Apple Poison”, but a lack of significant label support failed to capitalize, leaving the band frustrated and burned out.

After a brief interlude, founder Shepard reformed the group and proceeded to write what would become Lovedrug’s 3rd album as a bit of catharsis, working with iconic producer Michael Beinhorn (Soundgarden, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mew) to exorcise several years of demons in an aggressive homage to grunge. Though the 2008 release of The Sucker Punch Show coincided with the collapse of the Militia Group in North America, the album was especially well received upon it’s 2009 release in Europe, landing at #6 on the coveted Visions summer chart, garnering broad radio play for the single “Only One”, and seeing the band play shows and festivals with Kings of Leon, Nine Inch Nails, Silversun Pickups, and Eagles of Death Metal.

Following the European summer tour, a fully revitalized Lovedrug took the rest of 2009 to explore and define what would come next. The band self-released EP- PART I in April, the first in a series of three such indie EPs planned for 2010, while continuing to write, tinker, and prepare for the HiFi album to come. Lovedrug will play a number of dates this spring, including a headlining tour June/July, Bamboozle, and others.

Band Members:
Michael Shepard - Vocals, Guitar, Piano
Jeremy Michael Gifford - Guitar, Synthesizer, Piano
Thomas Bragg - Bass
James Childress - Drums

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Lovedrug Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Lovedrug:

08-Casino Cloud You left tuesday and by wednesday you were so alone Is…
American Swimming Lesson Black scene leather kid, real ameri-kid Shove off or move my…
Angels With Enemies And I don't think we'll get out of this hell But…
Anodyne You crawl in the fire when you're feeling down When you…
Blackout Lights out, punching your lights out, punching your, hello, …
Bleed Together If you wanna come in You'll have to stretch my skin If…
Blood Like I don't know what I've just said Was it nasty? Why…
Borrowed Legs Oh, I thought you learned your lesson, Caroline Now you're s…
Broken Home This all started with a low-down kick in the head I…

Candy Five to three, Walls of candy, Sign my name On…
Casino Clouds You left tuesday and by wednesday you were so alone Is…
Castling You hang around and walk As i take a drag…
Dancing Dancing, oh dancing On border lines of time Dancing, oh da…
Dead in the Water A million jigs saw piece Puzzle coming your way I'm like a…
Dinosaur Fever, drugs, money, blood Is it bad to love? I got no…
Doomsday What's in your head You've gotta believe me somehow Who's in…
Down Towards The Healing I want to make you happy But I've fallen, I'm sorry I…
Dying Days Even my mouth says, "Let the body grow" Turn off the light A…
Elastical This is a call to all my future friends in…
Everyone Needs A Halo Got sick and we cut our lips on universal truth Got…
Everything Starts Where It Ends If you are the cloud, then i am the snow If…
Fake Angels I walked inside my room How I'd love to go Anywhere but…
Ghost By Your Side Remember I told you in life and death Don't bury our…
Girl Nashville to New York See Ohio and everything we can do If…
Goodbye Blue Fly If I can, I will be right here for you Always…
Great Divide Sad my sun is rising, yours is setting down Reaching out…
Happy Apple Poison Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah The sun will shine upon you But not…
In Red Out of love for the hunt Out of love for the…
It Won Now that I can't feel my heart in my chest Angels…
It Won't Last Now that I can't feel my heart in my chest Angels…
Just Us If I put you back to bed will you promise…
Ladders Hail the sun And all this glory The radios on It's playin…
Let It All Out Got sick of the marching band and lost my head I…
Miss California Got a fence and you don't know Two hands that subtlety…
My World Come on and touch me On my palm reading hand What is…
Only One The sun revolves around you I don't know what you think…
Our War we all love American girls when they're dreaming and everyo…
Pandamoranda I think you're swelling, ready to sink and swallow Is this…
Panicked Witness There's a place where All the eyes roll back And the thistle…
Paper Scars Fall into pairs Like two ugly fish Too rare for extinction, …
Pink Champagne Who knows? I don't. You got your head in a wheel And…
Premonition Caught by spies, chocolate eyes, strung out youth Loving yo…
Pretend You're Alive Oh summer life, oh summer life Crawling with these worms you…
Pushing The Shine You see! i have legs that need to grow I gave…
Radiology I believe in my garden home, And the chemicals I…
revival Carry my soul on a road to glory Look at my…
Rock N Roll It's Tuesday and I already hit the bottle I can't even…
Rocknroll It's Tuesday and I already hit the bottle I can't even…
Salt Of The Earth Oh like the salt of the earth Each correction makes us…
She's Disaster I wake up the same story I hear you at…
Southern Knell Sometimes I mistake my heartache for bliss Come on now, bab…
Spiders Searching on the wire for a wire, for a peace…
The Dirtiest Queen Do what you want Say what you'll say God is in a…
The Knell Sometimes I mistake my heartache for bliss. Come on now babe…
The Monster The sky is growing dark, You should pack your bags…
The Praxter Wait! Now calling all my foes to wait for the back…
Thieving Would you believe me if I told you That I'm surfacing…
Washed Out Four decades old and my back is giving out They make…
We Were Owls We were just seventeen And all alone We had our hands in…
Wild Blood I can't ignore what you said From inside the boxing ring I'm…
Your Country Beg with a rose in your hand But don't lose your…

Zombie The crowd turned out They’re screaming my name I hope I…

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