Giant Drag

Giant Drag is an American Indie rock band from Los 2 Music

Angeles, California. The band was founded in 2003 by
Annie Hardy who continues to be the bands sole singer Giant Drags sound has been described by several muand songwriter.
sic publications as n-grunge. The band has also been
compared to bands such as My Bloody Valentine, The
Breeders, PJ Harvey, and Mazzy Star[14] although the
band does not completely agree with some of the comparisons and Hardy has shown herself to be especially con1 History
fused by Breeders comparisons.[15][16] It is suggested by
Hardy[15] and another journalist[17] that most articles that
Giant Drag has released two EPs and two albums. Their have been written about Giant Drag are re-wordings of
rst release, Lemona came out in 2004. Their debut al- their press pack (which compared them to such bands).
bum, Hearts and Unicorns, came out the following year.
The Swan Song EP was released in 2010. The bands second studio album, Waking Up is Hard to Do, was released
in 2013. Giant Drag have played live shows supporting The Jesus and Mary Chain,[1] Scissor Sisters, Pretty
Girls Make Graves, Nine Black Alps, The Lemonheads
and The Cribs, and were tipped by the NME for big
things in 2006. They also performed in the Coachella
Valley Music and Arts Festival in 2006. Annie Hardy
can also be heard on the song Pink Cellphone from the
2006 Deftones album entitled Saturday Night Wrist.
In December 2008, NME announced that she was suffering from muscle disorder bromyalgia.[2] According
to College News, her condition was later referenced in
Paul Avion's song Fibromyalgia.[3] In January 2010,
fellow L.A. musician Paul Avion chose Kevin is Gay
to kick o a series of articles about Africa for SPIN
Earth.[4][5] The Swan Song EP was released on February 16, 2010.[6][7] As of December 2010, Hardys Twitter mentioned a new full-length album had been completed, with no rm date set for release yet.[8] On February 9, 2012, Giant Drag released the Alternative version of their song Drugs on Bandcamp and another
song called Firestorm.[9][10] On February 14, 2012, the
band announced a new format of digital releases called
Twosies. This format is between singles and EPs.[11]
The rst twosie was released on the same day of the announcement and is titled Annie Hardy and The Wallpaper
Demos. The titles of the new tracks are Out At Sea
and Say What You Will. [10] On March 6, 2012, a
new twosie was released. Hearts and Unicorns Outtakes
and Unreleased Rarity[12] On February 13, 2013, they
were named as one of the unfairly forgotten bands of the
2000s by NME.[13] On March 5, 2013, the long awaited
sophomore album, Waking Up is Hard to Do was released
as a digital download on Giant Drags Bandcamp music
store. It is the bands rst full-length release of original
material since Hearts and Unicorns.

Their song titles, which are known for their bluntness and
black humor, include Kevin Is Gay, My Dick Sux,
High Friends in Places, and YFLMD - an acronym
for You Fuck Like My Dad. Live performances were
often notable for Hardys monologues in-between songs
while Calabrese set up his synthesizer,[15] as well as hecklers in the audience asking Hardy to show her breasts
to which Annie often said something back.[18] During
performances in 2006 the duo covered Chris Isaak's
"Wicked Game. Hardy jokingly introduced the song by
telling a variation on the basic story that she wrote the
song for Chris Isaak when she was 8, and that he stole it
from her after a love aair, and that she saw him years
later on MTV singing her song rolling around in the
sand with some hooker.[19][20] In the summer of 2007,
this cover was used in the promos for Season 5 of the FX
Networks TV show Nip/Tuck.
In 2007, Hardy posted a recording of Silver Bells on her
blog from a recording session three years prior.

3 Discography
Lemona (EP) (2003) Wichita Recordings
Hearts and Unicorns (2005) Kickball Records
Swan Song (EP) (2010) Roar Scratch
Shredding Leeds Live in England, 2006 Full Psycho Records
Waking Up is Hard to Do (2013) Full Psycho
Records
Bandcamp releases (Singles)[9]
Cave Pig (10/13/2012)[21]
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Drugs (Alt. Version) (2/21/2012)[22]

The song Blunt Picket Fence was featured on a

Nylon/Filter magazine compilation.

Firestorm (2/14/2012)[10]

The song Smashing was featured on the Filter/Urban Outtters Katrina benet CD.

Twosies[11]
Annie Hardy
(2/14/2012)[10]

and

The

Wallpaper

Demos

Hearts and Unicorns Outtakes and Unreleased Rarity

(3/06/2012)[12]
Allo Caro Star of the Week Twosie (12/10/13)
Going Full Psycho on Cheap Trick featuring Giant Drag, Icarus Line and Benjis Revenge"<ReferenceD/>
Twosie By Yousie: Ann Jones Edition
Ronnie Dugger PnP Lover
Freestyle, Lifestyle, See Kyle

Videography

The song Wicked Game was featured as a promotion for the F/X series Nip/Tuck.[23]
Giant Drags version of Oh Father appears on the
Madonna tribute record titled Through the Wilderness on Manimal Vinyl Records.

6 References
[1] Jesus And Mary Chain Reunited, Disinterested. Stereogum. 2007-04-27. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
[2] Giant Drag frontwoman Annie Hardy suering from
chronic muscle disorder. NME. 2008-12-08. Retrieved
2013-12-26.
[3]

This Isn't It (directed by G.J. Echternkamp)

[4]

Kevin Is Gay (directed by G.J. Echternkamp)

[5]

Stu to Live For (directed by G.J. Echternkamp)

[6] New Release: Giant Drag: Swan Song EP. Pitchfork

Media. 2010-02-02. Retrieved 2013-12-26.

Do It (directed by Lance Arnao lavisuals.com)

90210 (directed by Annie Hardy)
Garbage Heart (directed by Annie Hardy and
Amos Memon)

REFERENCES

[7] Giant Drag Return with Swan Song EP in February.

Sentimentalist Magazine. 2010-01-28. Retrieved 201312-26.
[8] Twitter. Twitter. Retrieved 2013-12-26.

Sobriety Is A Sobering Experience (directed by

Annie Hardy and Jana Jordan)

[9] Giant Drag. Anniehardy.bandcamp.com. Retrieved

2013-12-26.

We Like the Weather (directed by Colin Maccubbin)

[10] Firestorm | Giant Drag. Anniehardy.bandcamp.com.

Retrieved 2013-12-26.

Won't Come Around (directed by Annie Hardy

and Colin Maccubbin)

[11] Annie Hardy Battles On. Anniehardyparty.com. Retrieved 2013-12-26.

Other appearances
The song Kevin Is Gay was featured in episode
four, "Walls of Jericho", of the rst season of the
2006 television series Jericho.

[12] Twosie- Part 2 Z Hearts and Unicorns Outtakes and Unreleased Rarity | Giant Drag. Anniehardy.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
[13] Unfairly Forgotten Bands of the 2000s. London:
NME.com. February 13, 2013. Archived from the original on May 9, 2013. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
[14] Giant Drag biography at the Allmusic

The song YFLMD was featured in the televi- [15] Summer 2005 SFburning.com interview with Annie
sion series The L Word, in the season three episode
Hardy
"Lifeline".
[16] the red alert interview with Annie Hardy

The song This isn't it was featured on the soundtrack of the movie Love Song for Bobby Long starring John Travolta and Scarlett Johansson.

[17] Drowned in Sound interview with Giant Drag

[18] Redemption TV interview (YouTube) with Giant Drag

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Interviews

[19] Wicked Game live introduction

[20] Wicked Game live performance
[21] Cave Pig | Giant Drag. Anniehardy.bandcamp.com.
Retrieved 2013-12-26.
[22] Drugs (Alt.
Version) | Giant Drag.
niehardy.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 2013-12-26.

An-

[23] Copy of Nip/Tuck Promo

External links
Giant Drag ocial website
Giant Drag forum
Giant Drag fansite
Giant Drag LiveJournal community
Kickball Records
Rolling Stone: Giant Drag page
Through the Wilderness: a tribute to Madonna
CD/LP

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Interviews

The Audiojunkies Interview: February 27, 2006

Blogcritics.org Interview: March 6, 2006
Exitfare Interview: December 30, 2005
FREEwilliamsburg Interview
Interview with Giant Drag on Music Towers

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