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Drop / Biography
Evolution. Survival of the fittest. Call it
what you will, but there are often concrete reasons why some bands make it
and some bands don’t. The best rock bands make memorable, compelling music,
put on live shows that leave their fans speechless, and handle their business
like it matters. Chicago’s DROP is one of those bands. Already an experienced
outfit, the band is a familiar presence on the Midwest rock and metal scene
and has proved to be a consistent draw and a merchandising machine. They have
played hometown venues including the Riviera Theater, Double Door, and House
of Blues, as well as bigger dates at Summerfest in Milwaukee, WI, Van’s
Warped Tour, and Lollapalooza. They have shared stages with rock heavyweights
like Iron Maiden, Queensryche, 311, Audioslave, Motorhead, Nickelback, and
Jerry Cantrell of Alice In Chains. Their last CD, “Suckerpunch,” was released
nationally on Dark Star Records in May of 2004 and has garnered sales and
airplay coast-to-coast, hitting ..43 with a bullet on the FMQB National Radio
Charts. The band has also received great press in some of the best-selling
rock magazines in the country, including Revolver, Hit Parader, and Metal
Edge, as well as local write-ups in the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune,
and Illinois Entertainer.
DROP has certainly accomplished a lot as a band, but the group feels that
their best is still on the horizon. They are writing and recording music for
what is to be their fourth CD release to date, tentatively titled “One Nation
Underground.” This will be the bands’ first effort with new vocalist Ian
Serrano, who is a frontman in the Chris Cornell/Ian Ashbury mold. Serrano
brings a strong melodic sensibility to the group as well as the guttural rock
and roll vocals that every band needs. The rest of the group (guitarists Pat
Davey and Jimmy Haboush, bassist Andy Smith, and drummer Jamie Little) are
confident that Serrano is the right choice to lead the band onstage and are
looking forward to touring and recording with him in the fold.
Together, the members of DROP are working to forge a new sonic identity, one
that maintains their blue-collar, working-mans’ hard rock sound but is still
unique and energetic. They have a loyal fan base, the “Drop Nation,” that
lives for their intense and visually stimulating live shows that tend to boil
over whether the group is playing for five or 5000. Comparisons to Sound
Garden and Black Sabbath have been made, but, like any great band, DROP is
not so easily defined. They are a true hard rock fans’ band, with a musical
scope running from the modern to the classic and back again and the staying
power to make the dream come true. The band is fully prepared to keep touring
and selling out shows wherever they go because their kind of music has always
sold and will always sell because it speaks directly to the man in the
street, the type of guy the members of DROP still are underneath it all. The
band now stands, eyes wide open and amps up loud, on the verge of the best
music of their career. They are ready to take on all comers and prove to fans
old and new alike that they are here, alive, and full of platinum potential.
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