{"id":5630,"date":"2026-09-10T15:39:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T19:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/?p=5630"},"modified":"2026-09-10T15:39:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T19:39:58","slug":"3-facts-for-those-new-to-the-war-on-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/3-facts-for-those-new-to-the-war-on-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Facts For Those New to The War On Drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If rock and roll was either dead or was going to die, no one told The War On Drugs leader Adam Granduciel. Since forming in Philadelphia in 2005, the indie rock band has quietly become a must-see live act that tours relentlessly in the spirit of the Grateful Dead. Additionally, you can hear traces of the band\u2019s essential LPs, <em>Lost In The Dream<\/em> (2014) and <em>A Deeper Understanding<\/em> (2017), in artists like Sam Fender and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3lWSXWWy3_w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Noah Kahan<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So if you are new to The War On Drugs, here are three random facts to get you hooked on a group making the case for best American band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Kurt Vile<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Taking The Farm\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hK3ZEb-DW6w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before becoming an indie rock hero in his own right, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/facts\/kurt-vile\">Kurt Vile<\/a> was the lead guitarist in The War On Drugs. He appears on the band\u2019s first two studio albums, <em>Wagonwheel Blues<\/em> (2008) and <em>Slave Ambient<\/em> (2011), as well as their first EP, <em>Barrel Of Batteries<\/em> (2008). But Granduciel also appears on Vile\u2019s early work. Check out the hazy \u201cFreeway\u201d, the opening track on Vile\u2019s debut, <em>Constant Hitmaker<\/em>, featuring Granduciel\u2019s cosmically fuzzed guitar playing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Giant Pedalboard<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The War on Drugs - &quot;Red Eyes&quot; (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1LmX5c7HoUw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The War On Drugs\u2019 heartland tracks are threaded with layers of space rock and neo-psychedelia. Though the fingerprints of Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan are noticeable in Granduciel\u2019s writing, you can also spot the hallucinatory DNA of the Spacemen 3. And it seems the center of Granduciel\u2019s universe is his giant pedalboard. The <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wbhzj3zXlLE?si=l_gZyl-zsSFaaTQQ&amp;t=1032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hulking collection of guitar pedals<\/a> features a multitude of effects and triggers for syncing his live band to the tempo of his modulating wall of sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Name Change<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The War On Drugs - Who&amp;apos;s That (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1fMvp6GCyZI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dylan\u2019s songs have been a North Star for Granduciel, but Robert Zimmerman\u2019s name change created a different kind of blueprint for The War On Drugs leader. Born Adam Granofsky, his high school French teacher noted that Gran-of-sky translates to Gran-du-ciel. Later, he\u2019d mark early demos with the decoded Granduciel. It offered a kind of bulwark against self-doubt as he began releasing music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Granduciel often writes about anxiety and depression. And his dense and meticulously crafted recordings are no accident. But as you can hear on the band\u2019s latest single, \u201cWho\u2019s That\u201d, he continues to search for ways out of the emotional tumult. Dylan, coming to terms with his own mortality, once sang, \u201cIt\u2019s not dark yet, but it\u2019s getting there.\u201d But you get the sense that Granduciel, beneath all the echo and reverb, still navigates toward the light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Photo by Marc Grimwade\/WireImage<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If rock and roll was either dead or was going to die, no one told The War On Drugs leader Adam Granduciel. Since forming in Philadelphia in 2005, the indie rock band has quietly become a must-see live act that tours relentlessly in the spirit of the Grateful Dead. 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