DROOG M A N I K | en

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Droog is a Japanese alternative punkrock band which started activities in 2007. On February 10 2010 they've released their first, self-titled, album, containing 7 tracks. Members: Vocals: カタヤマヒロキ (Hiroki Katayama) Guitar: 荒金祐太朗 (Yutaro Arakane) Bass: 多田拓斗 (Takuto Tada) Drums: 右田智弘 (Tomohiro Migita) 2) Droog is an alias of Danilo Tomic, a producer from Belgrade, Serbia. The idea behind Droog is to have an outlet for any kind of sounds that make him move, from glitch minimal to ambient deep house while releasing music in parallel under his real name and...

Roger Clay : Guitar, Vocals Ric Albin : Vocals, Harmonica, Acoustic Guitar David Provost : Bass, Keyboards Jon Gerlach : Drums Trends have come and gone in the past twenty years, but time has stood still for the Droogs, who have been pounding out their own form of eclectic, atmospheric rock n' roll since the mid-seventies. Their first single, a cover of the Sonic's "He's Waiting", was recorded in 1973. The next year they released two additional singles, one aptly entitled "Ahead of My Time", considering they predated the 60's garage rock revival by at least five years. Two more...

"The band was formed by Ric Albin (vocals), Roger Clay (guitar), Paul Motter (bass), and Kyle Raven (drums).[1] Inspired by 1960s garage rock, during the 1970s, they released six singles (later collected on the Anthology album), with several changes of personnel in the rhythm section.[1][2] The line-up stabilized in the early 1980s with David Provost (formerly of Dream Syndicate) on bass/keyboards and Jon Gerlach on drums. In the mid-1980s, the band was considered part of the Paisley Underground scene, but found greatest success in Europe, and in 1987 signed to the German label Music Maniac.[3] The band split up in...

Belgian multi-instrumentalist also in Brainticket. See also V.D.B. Joel and Eric Vann. Joel Vandroogenbroeck was born in Belgium and grew up studying classical piano before switching to jazz. He received the Art Tatum prize as “youngest jazz pianist” at the age of fifteen, and toured around Europe and Africa including performances with the Quincy Jones Orchestra at the World Exhibition in Brussels and the RAI symphony of Rome. By 1967, Vandroogenbroeck was still playing jazz but he found new inspiration in German krautrock artists Amon Duul II, Can and Tangerine Dream. Under the influence of these groups, Joel and guitarist...