Editing Steven Drozd

{{short description|American musician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name             = Steven Drozd
| image            = Steven Drozd at ACM@UCO Performance Lab taken by Josh Welch, Apr 2013.jpg
| caption          = Drozd in 2013
| background       = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name       = Steven Gregory Drozd
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1969|6|11|mf=y}}
| birth_place      = [[Houston, Texas]], United States
| instrument       = Drums, guitar, piano, keyboards, bass, vocals
| genre            = [[Alternative rock]]
| occupation       = Musician, composer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter
| years_active     = 1983–present
| label            = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| associated_acts  = [[The Flaming Lips]], [[Steve Burns]], [[Foxygen]]
| website          = [http://www.flaminglips.com/ Official Flaming Lips site]
}}

'''Steven Gregory Drozd''' (born June 11, 1969) is an American musician. He is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter for [[the Flaming Lips]], [[Electric Würms]], and other projects.

==Early life==
Drozd was born in [[Houston, Texas]], and grew up in [[Richmond, Texas|Richmond]] and [[Rosenberg, Texas]], with three brothers and a sister. He attended George Junior High and [[B. F. Terry High School|BF Terry High School]]. His father, Vernon, was a member of the [[polka]] band Vernon Drozd and the Texas Brass.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vernon Drozd: Reflecting on God's Gift|url=http://www.polkabeat.com/blog/c6ioeoc3tzqirnaoo9395ffambzx71|access-date=2020-11-06|website=polkabeat.com|date=April 9, 2015 |language=en-US}}</ref> At the age of ten, he began playing drums with his father's band and later played piano in various country [[honky-tonk]] groups. After high school, Drozd moved to [[Oklahoma City]] and performed, mainly on drums, with a number of underground bands in the area.<ref>{{cite web|title=Steven Drozd - The Flaming Lips (1991-present)|url=http://www.angelfire.com/funky/robfunk/flaminglipsstevendrozd.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530210301/http://www.angelfire.com/funky/robfunk/flaminglipsstevendrozd.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 30, 2016|website=[[Angelfire]]|access-date=27 April 2016}}</ref>

==The Flaming Lips==
[[File:Steven Drozd with The Flaming Lips.jpg|thumb|Drozd playing both keyboard and guitar at the same time.]]
Drozd joined the Flaming Lips in 1991 as a drummer. While his style is influenced by the drum sounds of the 1970s, his time spent with his father's polka band helped him develop a sense of delicacy and syncopation.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-02-11|title=Flaming Lips musician brings polka to students|url=https://oklahoman.com/article/3438720/flaming-lips-musician-brings-polka-to-students/|access-date=2021-09-26|website=Oklahoman.com|language=en-US}}</ref> His thick grooves, with episodes of odd-time funk, are interspersed with straight-ahead rock, mixing various genres. In 1999, while touring ''[[The Soft Bulletin]]'', Drozd decided to assume guitar duties as well as bass, keyboards and backing vocals, using his drum tracks during live performances, but he still drums on the studio albums to this day.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Steven Drozd of The Flaming Lips hospitalized|url=https://drummerszone.com/news/article/artist-news-1-7969/steven-drozd-of-the-flaming-lips-hospitalized/?language=3|access-date=2021-09-26|website=Drummerszone}}</ref>

==Other ventures==
He is the songwriting/musician half of You in Me, a [[Neil Diamond]]-inspired duo, with Alan Novey on vocals. Drozd writes the songs, and he and Novey perform them as a tribute to Diamond.

He and [[Steve Burns]] created the band [[Foreverywhere|StevenSteven]], a children's psychedelic music project.

The artist [[Atlas Eets Christmas|Imagene Peise]], an alias for a collaboration between Drozd and [[Wayne Coyne]], records [[elevator music]]-style covers and originals, culled from the home recordings of Drozd with imagery and myth from the imagination of Coyne.

Drozd and Coyne have a second group together called Electric Würms, with Drozd taking the lead role in the band. Influenced by prog rock, krautrock, and punk rock, their goal is to explore the outer reaches of traditional rock music, as well as to perform Flaming Lips deeper cuts. Nashville-based [[Linear Downfall]] completes the ensemble.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-08-18|title=Electric Wurms: Musik, Die Shwer Zu Twerk Review|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/electric-wurms-musik-die-shwer-zu-twerk-review/|access-date=2021-09-26|website=pastemagazine.com|language=en}}</ref>

== Contributing work ==
Drozd has appeared on a number of recordings of other artists, including [[Elliott Smith]]'s ''[[From a Basement on the Hill]]'', [[Jay Farrar]]'s ''Sebastopol''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jay Farrar - Sebastopol|url=https://www.discogs.com/Jay-Farrar-Sebastopol/master/282335|access-date=2021-09-26|website=Discogs|language=en}}</ref> and ''ThirdShiftGrottoSlack''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jay Farrar – ThirdShiftGrottoSlack (2002, CD)|url=https://www.discogs.com/Jay-Farrar-ThirdShiftGrottoSlack/release/542169|website=Discogs.com|date=August 13, 2002 |language=en|access-date=2021-09-26}}</ref> and [[Steve Burns]]'  ''[[Songs for Dustmites]]''. Drozd is featured on the online release of [[Cake (band)|Cake]]'s ''B-sides and Rarities'' (2007).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cake - B-sides And Rarities|url=https://www.discogs.com/Cake-B-sides-And-Rarities/master/28295|access-date=2021-09-26|website=Discogs|language=en}}</ref>

In 2013 Drozd created and directed a volunteer group of music students at ACMUCO called the Mutating Cell Ensemble, whose goal is to experiment with polyrhythm and repetition. They have performed once.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hilleary|first=Mike|title=The Flaming Lips' Steven Drozd To Premiere New Project, The Mutating Cell Ensemble|url=https://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/the_flaming_lips_steven_drozd_to_premiere_new_project_the_mutating_cell_ens|access-date=2021-09-26|website=www.undertheradarmag.com|language=en}}</ref> Drozd composed and performed on the song "Mattress Warehouse" by [[Foxygen]], off their album ''[[...And Star Power]]'', released on October 14, 2014.

==Film work==
In the Flaming Lips' film ''[[Christmas on Mars]]'' (2008), he plays Major Syrtis, the main character of the film.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ho|title=The Flaming Lips- Christmas on Mars|url=http://fasterlouder.junkee.com/the-flaming-lips-christmas-on-mars/797793|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514025318/http://fasterlouder.junkee.com/the-flaming-lips-christmas-on-mars/797793|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 14, 2016|website=fasterlouder.junkee.com|accessdate=27 April 2016}}</ref> Drozd has appeared on [[Noggin (TV channel)|Noggin's]] ''Jack's Big Music Show'', with [[Jon Stewart]] and [[Steve Burns]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Stream Steve Burns and Steven Drozd's Psychedelic Kids Album, Steve-n-Steven|url=https://thefutureheart.com/steve-n-steven/|website=thefutureheart.com|accessdate=27 April 2016}}</ref>

In 2020, he scored the TV series ''[[Moonbase 8]]''.<ref name="deadline">[https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/131-dr-michael-greger-steven-drozd-flaming-lips-skinner/id1153746716?i=1000494902450 131. Dr. Michael Greger, Steven Drozd (The Flaming Lips), Skinner, Mikey Kampmann], Podcasts.apple.com</ref>

== Discography ==

=== Solo ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Notes
|-
|2021
|''The Ten Commandments''
|collaborative soundtrack album to the 1923 film, with [[Scott Amendola]] and [[Steve Berlin]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ten Commandments: A Film Rescored|url=https://rebooting.com/article/ten-commandments-a-film-rescored/|access-date=2021-09-26|website=Reboot|language=en-US}}</ref>
|}

=== Imagene Peise ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Notes
|-
|2007
|''[[Atlas Eets Christmas]]''
|collaborative project with [[Wayne Coyne]]
|}

=== You in Me ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Notes
|-
|2011
|"Hot Coffee"/"The Drifter"
|Neil Diamond-inspired collaborative project with Alan Novey.<ref>{{Cite web|title=You In Me – Hot Coffee (2011, Vinyl)|url=https://www.discogs.com/You-In-Me-Hot-Coffee/release/3141857|website=Discogs.com|language=en|access-date=2021-09-26}}</ref>
|}

=== Electric Würms ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Notes
|-
|2014
|''Musik Die Schwer zu Twerk''
|band project including [[Wayne Coyne]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Electric Würms - Musik, Die Schwer Zu Twerk|url=https://www.discogs.com/Electric-W%C3%BCrms-Musik-Die-Schwer-Zu-Twerk/master/727495|access-date=2021-09-26|website=Discogs|language=en}}</ref>
|}

=== StevenSteven ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Notes
|-
|2017
|''[[Foreverywhere]]''
|collaborative project with [[Steve Burns]]
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.stevendrozd.com Drozd fansite] 
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070107043154/http://www.discollective.com/guest/The-Flaming-Lips Drozd's Maritime Mixtape]

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