Drones
Drones is the name of more than one artist
1) punk rock band from Manchester, England
2) punk rock band from Camberley
3) Minnesota industrial group
Tag The Drones for The Drones (Australia).
1) The Drones were a punk rock band from Manchester, England. For a period of time, the band were produced and managed by Paul Morley
Formed in Manchester in 1975, the band started out as a pub rock outfit called Rockslide and released a single called "Roller Coaster". When this failed to make an impact, they reinvented themselves as a punk rock band. The band developed a local rivalry with the emerging band the Buzzcocks, but failed to match the success of their rivals outside of their home town.
Most bands in the thriving Manchester punk scene stayed in the city, but The Drones relocated to London. They became one of the pioneering punk bands that performed in the first few months of the now-legendary Roxy Club. They supported The Vibrators in January 1977, headlined in February, and supported X-Ray Spex and Chelsea in March. Later that year they supported The Stranglers on tour. The band appeared on two influential early punk compilation albums Streets and Short Circuit: Live at the Electric Circus.
The band's debut EP, Temptations Of A White Collar Worker (1977), was described by one reviewer as "classic dole-queue punk." In October 1977, the Drones’ second single, "Bone Idol", was released. In December 1977, they recorded a session at Maida Vale 4 studio for John Peel at BBC Radio 1. The tracklisting was "Be My Baby", "The Change", "Clique", and "Movement".[6] That same month they released their debut album, Further Temptations, which has come to be regarded as a punk classic.
Fans would have to wait until May 1999 for the follow-up album, Sorted. The band reformed and toured to promote the record; including concert dates in the United States.
In 2001 "Bone Idol" was included in Mojo magazine’s list of the best punk rock singles of all time. The Drones have been announced to play the New Band Stage at Rebellion Festival in Blackpool. The stage will be open on Thursday the 2nd and The Drones are 2nd highest on the bill. (This was not the 1977 punk band but a new band called Drones (UK) and not The Drones (AUS).
Lead singer and guitarist M.J. Drone (aka Michael Howells) died on 10 January 10 2013
2) Drones is a four-piece punk rock band from Camberley. Formed by their love for all that is loud, fast and melodic, guitarist / vocalist Daly George, guitarist Rob King, bassist James Kerr and drummer Mitchell Thomas have set out to provide hysteria with socio-political tunes reminiscent of Anti-Flag, Strike Anywhere and Rise Against. Having travelled the country playing all venues from festivals to underground squats, the band signed to Lockjaw Records in 2011 to release their debut album 'Mutiny'. Several tours and a BBC Radio1 Maida Vale session later, the band released the Free Marked Kid EP on September 9th.
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