Dredg (stylized as dredg) is an American rock band formed in 1993 in Los Gatos, California. The band consists of vocalist Gavin Hayes, guitarist Mark Engles, bassist Drew Roulette and drummer and pianist Dino Campanella.
The band established themselves in the indie scene with their 1998 release of the concept album Leitmotif, landing them a deal with Interscope Records. Dredg released El Cielo in 2002, Catch Without Arms in 2005, The Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion in 2009, and Chuckles and Mr. Squeezy in 2011.
While attending middle school in Los Gatos, Engles and Campanella started playing together. After Engles and Campanella graduated to Los Gatos High School, older friends Hayes and Roulette joined the group.
The name Dredg comes from the initials of the band members put together by Drew Roulette after changing members and needing a new name from BiStandard - Dredg stands for - (D) Drew ® Roulette (E) Engels (D) Dino (G) Gavin - it may have come from the English word dredge, which in its verbal usage means to unearth or widen/deepen a river or channel; dredg is also the name of the device used to perform this function. But it didn't - In 2005, Campanella added, "It was so long ago that we named it I can't even remember. Honestly, we don't even like the name anymore. We mostly don't like the way it sounds. It doesn't roll off the tongue well."
Today
Today is a new day
Put the pain away today
Tomorrow
Tomorrow's a new way
Your scars will fade someday, someday
The thought of losing you is not an option
The thought of losing you never was
The thought of losing you is not an option
It's not an option
After all this pain
The pain's no more
After all this pain
The pain endured
After all this pain
I'll be sure that the future is bright, you can follow me
Listen up, listen up
You've come a long way
Listen up to the sound
But now there's a new way
For you to forget and rebound
It's now, now, now
Get up, get on your feet
It's now, now, now
You know it worries me when you go
The thought of losing you is not an option
The thought of losing you never was
The thought of losing you is not an option
It's not an option
After all this pain
The pain's no more
After all this pain
The pain endured
After all this pain
I'll be sure that the future is bright, you can follow me
Like a moth within a windstorm
A drowning bee in a pool
Like a fly beneath the swatter
A spider crushed with a shoe
The thought of losing you is not an option
The thought of losing you never was
The thought of losing you is not an option
It's not an option
After all this pain
The pain's no more
After all this pain
The pain endured
After all this pain