Drifter
You're Born One, You Die OneGenre Acoustic Metal Band Created 11/2/2009 Total Sales 103
Band Bio
No one knows who we are or how we got here. We come and go as we please and we don't abide by anybody's rules, end of story. None of the band members have names for they have been forgotten long ago in their past lives. Today they simply identify themselves by the way they look and what they do as you'll see below.
The Greaser-Lead Vocals/Acoustic Guitar
The Thief-Guitars (acoustic and electric)
The Cook-Bass Guitar
The Driver-Drums/Bongos/Tambourines
Drifter Discography:
Born For The Open Road (2009)
Bl@ck R3B3L (2009)
Conversations With A Stranger (2010)
Songs To Remind Us Of A Better Time (2010)
Menace 2 Society (2010)
Bl@ck R3B3L 2 (2010)
Cassanova (2010)
Infamous (2011)
Inspired by:
Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman
Johnny Cash
Social Distortion
Nirvana
Eddie Vedder
Our album, Bl@ck R3B3L, defied the odds and made it all the way to #1 on the charts becoming legendary in the process.
Band Gear
This band doesn't own any gear!
Albums / EPs
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Infamous
Date Released: 2/9/2011
Tracks: 14 Over the past, Drifter has earned quite a reputation. Who would have thought they'd be praised for hitching rides, stealing, and being constantly broke? This time, they return full force...because Drifter is now Infamous. The Greaser-Lead Vocals/Guitar The Thief-Guitars (acoustic and electric) The Cook-Bass The Driver-Drums/Bongos/Tambourines Recorded at TooMuchTooYoungTooFast Records |
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Cassanova
Date Released: 10/10/2010
Tracks: 12 Drifter is back with more good old-fashioned acoustic metal. This is a concept album about a girl named Cassanova, a neurotic basket case who feels unappreciated and unloved. Featuring the hits: Cassanova, Somewhat Suicidal, and The Burden. The Greaser-Lead Vocals/Guitar The Thief-Guitars (acoustic and electric) The Cook-Bass The Driver-Drums/Bongos/Tambourines Recorded at TooMuchTooYoungTooFast Records |
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The Best Of
Date Released: 6/27/2010
Tracks: 17 Drifter has celebrated 6 albums to date, including the #1 album "Bl@ck R3B3L". This is their first 'best of' collection. Enjoy! The Greaser-Lead Vocals/Acoustic Guitar The Thief-Guitars (acoustic and electric) The Cook-Bass Guitar The Driver-Drums/Bongos/Tambourines Recorded at TooMuchTooYoungTooFast Records |
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Curse of the Cobra (single)
Date Released: 6/12/2010
Tracks: 3 Although Drifter's latest album, Bl@ck R3B3L 2, didn't quite reach the level of mass success as the first, it has still peaked in there at the bottom of the hot albums chart. Enjoy the first single, which includes alternate versions of two other hits from the album. And remember to stay tuned for Bl@ck R3B3L: The Broadway Musical.....coming soon! |
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Bl@ck R3B3L 2
Date Released: 5/15/2010
Tracks: 15 Drifter's 6th album goes back into the heart of the album that forever changed the way listeners view this band. Take a journey into the past as Drifter leads you through the good, the bad, and the ugly with some of the finest acoustic metal ever recorded. Coming soon: Bl@ck R3B3L-The Broadway Musical? The Greaser-Lead Vocals/Guitar The Thief-Guitars (acoustic and electric) The Cook-Bass The Driver-Drums/Bongos/Tambourines Recorded at TooMuchTooYoungTooFast Records |
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Menace 2 Society
Date Released: 3/16/2010
Tracks: 11 Since our legendary album "Bl@ck R3B3L" we've hit a few speed bumps, but we feel that our time has come to return with another rockin' album that shows off who Drifter really is. We've rocked before and we'll do it again b/c we're here to stay!! |
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Songs To Remind Us Of A Better Time
Date Released: 2/4/2010
Tracks: 12 The album's full title is "Conversations With A Stranger 2: Songs To Remind Us Of A Better Time" Drifter's 4th album is all about recollecting on the good times while looking toward the future. |
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Amateurs Of Amnesia (single)
Date Released: 1/18/2010
Tracks: 1 The first single off Drifter's third album, Conversations With A Stranger |
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Conversations With A Stranger
Date Released: 1/5/2010
Tracks: 16 Here is Drifter's follow up to the legendary Bl@ck R3B3L. By now, we have pretty much found our sound and want to show that we have some real staying power to rock hard, even if the music's not always plugged in Features the already heard Beggars & Choosers (off our last EP), as well as the new hit single Amateurs of Amnesia, Thumbs Up, and The Best Is Yet To Come The song "Defying All Odds" was inspired by the success of Bl@ck R3B3L, which we never expected to be so big |
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TH3 Bl@ck R3B3L 3P
Date Released: 12/18/2009
Tracks: 6 This is the Bl@ck R3B3L EP. Features one new song, two covers, and three songs off the smash LP, but versions of them you haven't heard before. Oh, and while you're at it, why not listen to the album that inspired this EP another time, after all, it started with that one "Doctor or Lawyer I'll never be Life of a Drifter The only life for me" -Electric Worry |
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Bl@ck R3B3L
Date Released: 12/2/2009
Tracks: 18 Drifter's Sophomore release. Because of certain album covers we used before, some assumed we were a country band. WTF? Anyway, this time we show our true colors, enjoy!! |
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Truck Stop Diner
Date Released: 11/8/2009
Tracks: 6 Drifter's first EP, features four cover songs, we promise to be more original on the next album. Enjoy!! PS: to those of you out there who don't know of the real song, The Road I Must Travel by The Nightwatchman, it's one of my personal favorite songs of all time, I highly recommend it. Btw, The Nightwatchman was the solo acoustic work of Rage Against The Machine guitarist, Tom Morello |
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Born For The Open Road
Date Released: 11/2/2009
Tracks: 12 Here is the debut album from Drifter, the acoustic metal/alternative rock newbies to the music scene. Pay close attention or you could miss the Drifter Features: Born For The Open Road, Highway of Broken Promises, Follow Your Heart, and Hitchhiker's Song |
Offical Band News
| The South American Holiday Tour: setlist | 12/1/2010 |
| The South American Holiday Tour | 11/24/2010 |
| New Album | 10/9/2010 |