What is The Drones (Australian band)?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = The Drones | image = The Drones.jpg | image_size = | image_upright = | landscape = yes<!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = The Drones live in Melbourne, March 2009 | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = [[Perth, Western Australia]], Australia | genre = {{flatlist| *[[Alternative rock]] *[[blues rock]] *[[experimental rock]] *[[garage rock]] *[[noise rock]] *[[punk blues]] }} | years_active = {{start date|1997}}–{{end date|2016}} | label = {{flatlist| * [[Spooky Records|Spooky]] * [[In-Fidelity Recordings|In-Fidelity]]/[[Shock Records|Shock]] * [[ATP Recordings|ATP]]/Shock * [[Bang! Records|Bang!]] * Tropical Fuck Storm }} | associated_acts = {{flatlist| * Gutterville Splendour Six * [[Tropical Fuck Storm]] }} | website = {{URL|tropicalfuckstormrecords.com/}} | current_members = | past_members = * Warren Hall * [[Gareth Liddiard]] * James McCann * Rui Pereira * Brendon Humphries * Christian Strybosch * Fiona Kitschin * Mike Noga * [[Dan Luscombe]] * Steve Hesketh }} '''The Drones''' were an Australian rock band, formed in [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]] by mainstay lead vocalist and guitarist, [[Gareth Liddiard]] in 1997. Their second album, ''[[Wait Long by the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By]]'' (April 2005), won the inaugural [[Australian Music Prize]]. In October 2010 their third studio album, ''[[Gala Mill]]'' (September 2006) was listed at No.&nbsp;21 in the book, ''[[100 Best Australian Albums]]''. Two of their albums have reached the top&nbsp;20 on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Albums Chart]], ''[[I See Seaweed]]'' (March 2013) and ''[[Feelin Kinda Free]]'' (March 2016). The group went on hiatus in December 2016 with Kitschin and Liddiard forming a new group, [[Tropical Fuck Storm]], in the following year. ==Albums== * ''[[Here Come the Lies]]'' <small>(August 2002)</small> * ''[[Wait Lon