Quietdrive is an alternative rock band based in Hopkins, Minnesota that formed in 2002. Quietdrive released their debut album When All That's Left Is You on May 30, 2006 on Epic Records. In April 2008, Quietdrive parted with Epic Records and released their album titled Deliverance on October 14, 2008 with the Militia Group. In 2009 they parted with Militia Group and released their independent EP titled Close Your Eyes on their own independent record label Sneaker 2 Bombs Records. Their third full-length album, titled Quietdrive, debuted on December 14, 2010 and their full-length album, titled Up or Down, on April 24, 2012. The band's most recent release was The Ghost of What You Used to Be, which was released on December 16, 2014.
The original members of the band attended Armstrong High School located in Plymouth, Minnesota, and in ninth grade, Brandon Lanier started telling Droo Hastings that he was a great drummer, and that they should start a band with him and his friend Justin Bonhiver. Initially the band was a trio with Hastings as lead singer and bass guitar, Lanier playing drums, and Bonhiver on guitar. The band posted an audition for a lead singer on MP3.com. Kevin Truckenmiller entered the band after submitting his solo work, including an early incarnation of the song "I Go Both Ways". Matt Kirby began attending Saint John's University with Truckenmiller. The group eventually joined together and formed in 2002 under the name "Sneaker 2 Bombs," a hard rock band which reflected the evolving Minneapolis local music scene.
Quietdrive EP by Quietdrive was released on August 4, 2004 under Epic Records.
Quietdrive is the self-titled album from the American rock band Quietdrive. It is their third studio album and second released under The Militia Group. The album was released on December 14, 2010.
Be honest with me
Did you ever think that these things that you did
Would come back to haunt you and fail you again
Don't ever question my will to admit
That when we're alone its too hard to resist
Making believe that we're bigger than this
Choosing a road that is different,
but similar
To the same one I took before
Why don't we breathe
Why can't you see
That things aren't always what they appear to be
But as simple as it sounds
I think I've found
The perfect way to grow old
Simpleness describes
The iron that is you and your rusty old life
Get on with the mattress and tell tale lies
Watch everything that you touch turns to ice
We're following the sheep and they are at it again
Making believe that they're free as it seems
But only finding out that they're on a sinking ship
That doesn't care
How many it saves today
Why don't we breathe
Why can't you see
That things aren't always what they appear to be
But as simple as it sounds
I think I've found
The perfect way to grow old
Watch out now, I see the light
At the end of the tunnel
It seems realistic
That getting there will make us fine
But watch out now, its full of glass
Don't take a chance
You'll surely pass
At least someday we'll know that reason why.
Why don't we breathe
Why can't you see
That things aren't always what they appear to be
And as simple as it sounds
I think I've found
The perfect way... (to grow old)
Why don't we breathe
Why can't you see
That things aren't always what they appear to be
But as simple as it sounds
I think I've found
The perfect way to grow old
The perfect way