Draft:The Drosps

The Drosps are an American, self-proclaimed "Baskety-Ball Rock" band, formed in Delaware in 2022. The band consists mainly of John Drosp (guitar, vocals, piano), John Jameson (additional guitars, bass), Hat Erson (vocals, keyboard / synths), Nick McNick (vocals, unnamed strange instrument), The Nick Taker (Nick McNick, evil sounds), Amy (backing vocals, field recordings), Crazy Louey (synths, audio editing, Louey-ifier), The EATER (drums, terrifying screaming noises), and Corn Domgerson (Vocals, provides guitar solos). There are also prominent guest stars such as Comedy Joe (vocals, gun) and Donkey (donkey vocals).

In the earlier years of The Drosps, the band focused mostly on a heavy punk sound as heard in their first few demos. Eventually after growing tired of this style, John Drosp got an idea for a new direction the band could go in. This idea grew and formed their debut record, OK Album. It was released in October of 2022 alongside their first single Corndomg. Their follow up release, Burger Theory, released shortly after in November of the same year. Burger Theory was the first time The Drosps played around with the idea of having a more story focused direction in the music.

November of 2022 also saw the release of the third album by The Drosps, Elmo Music. This release was more ambitious than the band's previous two albums as it was more directly a concept record than them. The Drosps ended 2022 off with Weather Report, releasing in December.

2023, dubbed "The year of The Drosps" by the band, had Steal Album release in March after a short break. Steal Album is a covers project including songs such as No Surprises and Ana's Song (Open Fire). The 6th album by The Drosps, Super Rock, released in April. One notable part of this album's release was that the band released new songs every day for a week to advertise the release.

After this release began an ambitious storyline that spans across three albums, beginning with 2023's "Stanley Town", directly being continued with the followup "Cult-ured Yeast", and soon to end with 2024's "Vegetable Sabotage".

Formation and the "PB&J Demos" (2022-2022)
Front man of The Drosps, John Drosp, had a growing interest in making his own music. His friend, Hat Erson, was previously in the band The Hatersons and John Drosp had played the kazoo on one of their songs. They liked working together and wanted to form a band. John Jameson, an old roommate of John Drosp, was called as Drosp new he had experience in making music. Jameson agreed to form a band with them and they all came together to form The Drosps. Originally, the band started out with making heavy, punk influenced music. Multiple songs during this era were recorded and became 3 demos. These demos have been nicknamed the "PB&J Demos" by fans. Eventually, John Drosp grew sick of this sound and came up with an idea for a new direction for the band to go in. He wrote a song titled "The Drosps" and quickly made a recording of it. The song impressed the other band members so much they decided to go all in with this new sound.

OK Album (2022)
A couple more songs were made after the switch to the new direction. These songs were sent out to people of interest to the band. The musical duo Nick McNick and The Nick Taker were brought onboard to help flesh out this idea to its fullest potential. They decided to make a full album, titling it OK Album. Across 2 days with 3 hour sessions each, OK Album was completed with 12 tracks were made for the project. It was released on October 27th, 2022, on YouTube, SoundCloud, and later streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music. Alongside the album released their singles "Corndomg" and "I Married A Telephone Pole." OK Album was received well by those who had listened to it.

Burger Theory (2022)
After seeing how people liked OK Album and how much fun the band had, The Drosps decided to make a follow up. They learned of a burger themed album being made by an unknown band and The Drosps wanted to release an album centered around burgers before they did. Burger Theory was recorded in 3 days, releasing on November 5th, 2022. It was received as well as The Drosps' debut, OK Album. However, one song on the record, "The Expert," has been a decisive subject among fans of the band. The tone of the song is negative throughout and the subject matter of disproving the "Burger Theory" has been seen as disturbing. "The Expert" is one of the more plot driven songs on the album alongside "fullpower!!!" and "Sorry, We're Closed." The concept of the album focuses around the "Burger Theory" which is a theory stating that humanity was created by being cooked in restaurants and that cooking certain burgers can revive people. Burger Theory was released alongside its main single "Introducing the Fishtank Bicycle for Goldfish Fitness TM."

Elmo Music (2022)
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Weather Report and the Chris-Mas EP (2022)
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Content drought and Steal Album (2022 -2023)
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Super Rock (2023)
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Stanley Town and Loss (2023)
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Recovery, Return, and Cult-ured Yeast (2023)
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Lounge Thyme (2023)
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Musical style and Influence
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Band members
Current members


 * John Drosp - vocals, guitar, piano
 * Hat Erson - vocals, keyboard / synths
 * John Jameson - bass, additional guitars
 * Amy - backing vocals, field recordings
 * Crazy Louey - additional synths, Louey-ifier, audio editing
 * Nick McNick - vocals, unnamed strange instrument
 * The Nick Taker - evil sounds, Nick McNick
 * The EATER - drums, terrifying screaming noises
 * Corn Domgerson - vocals, extra guitar work

Previous members

Broccoli Man - vocals, guitar

LeMeow James - nothing

Discography

 * OK Album (2022)
 * Burger Theory (2022)
 * Elmo Music (2022)
 * Weather Report (2022)
 * Steal Album (2023)
 * Super Rock (2023)
 * Stanley Town (2023)
 * Cult-ured Yeast (2023)
 * Lounge Thyme (2023)