Ed Droste Explained

Background:person
Ed Droste
Birth Name:Edward Droste
Birth Date:22 October 1978
Birth Place:Massachusetts, U.S.
Years Active:2002–2020
Past Member Of:Grizzly Bear

Edward Droste (born October 22, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter, licensed therapist, and musician, formerly of the rock band Grizzly Bear. The group began as the solo effort of Droste with the release of 2004's Horn of Plenty, originally released on Kanine Records. All songs were written and performed by Droste. By 2005, the group expanded into a four-piece, with Droste still as a contributing songwriter. He left the group in 2020.[1]

Early life

Droste was born in Massachusetts, the son of Diana (née Forbes) and Bruce F. Droste.[2] His maternal grandfather was conductor and musicologist Elliot Forbes.[3] Through his mother's Forbes line, he is related to singer China Forbes.[4]

He attended elementary school at Shady Hill School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where his mother is a music teacher, and high school at Concord Academy in Concord, Massachusetts. He attended high school with Refinery29 founder Philippe von Borries.[5] He attended Hampshire College for one year in 1999 before transferring to and graduating from New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study in 2003.

Career

Droste began composing and performing songs on a solo basis as Grizzly Bear, releasing the album Horn of Plenty in 2004, with some contributions from drummer Christopher Bear. The two then joined with Chris Taylor, and eventually Daniel Rossen, to form the current four-piece band.[6]

In a 2020 episode of Lunch Therapy, Droste announced that he left Grizzly Bear to become a therapist.

In 2023, Droste started his own independent practice as an associate therapist in Los Angeles.[7]

Other musical collaborations

Personal life

Droste came out as gay when he was 21 years old.[13]

Droste was married from 2011 to 2014.[14] [15] [16]

Droste has mentioned his struggles with tinnitus on several occasions.[17] [18] [19]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ed Droste's Got To Be Real About His Harvest Bowl . Lunch Therapy.
  2. News: Live Wired Intense Educator Bruce Droste Is Juiced Over His New Venture, The On-Line Virtual High School . https://archive.today/20130201022938/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/28636603.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+14,+1998&author=Nathan+Cobb,+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe&desc=LIVE+WIRED+INTENSE+EDUCATOR+BRUCE+DROSTE+IS+JUICED+OVER+HIS+NEW+VENTURE,+THE+ON-LINE+VIRTUAL+HIGH+SCHOOL&pqatl=google . dead . February 1, 2013 . Pqasb.pqarchiver.com . April 14, 1998 . April 4, 2013 . Nathan . Cobb .
  3. News: Elliot Forbes, 88, a Scholar Whose Specialty Was Beethoven, Dies . The New York Times . Daniel J. . Wakin . January 14, 2006.
  4. News: Music . The Pink Martini girl gets serious . Telegraph . April 24, 2008 . April 4, 2013 . London.
  5. Web site: August 27, 2014 . Mile Runner: Grizzly Bear Singer Ed Droste Goes to His Little Red House on Cape Cod . July 16, 2022 . Vogue . en-US.
  6. Moody, Rick. "Edward Droste", BOMB Magazine, Summer, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  7. https://pitchfork.com/news/grizzly-bears-ed-droste-is-now-a-therapist/
  8. Web site: Watch here . Dailymotion.com . September 25, 2007 . April 4, 2013.
  9. Web site: Enjoyed: A Tribute to Post . . July 16, 2008 . April 4, 2013.
  10. Web site: Robin Pecknold - I'm Losing Myself (Feat Ed Droste from Grizzly Bear) (2011) . March 7, 2011 . New Music United . June 4, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110314215849/https://newmusicunited.com/2011/03/07/robin-pecknold-im-losing-myself-feat-ed-droste-from-grizzly-bear-2011/ . March 14, 2011.
  11. Web site: Listen to Ed Droste and Binki Shapiro's Cover of the Grateful Dead's "Loser" . pigeonsandplanes.com . June 6, 2016.
  12. Web site: Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste, Kingdom Join DEDE for New Song "Faultline" . Pitchfork . April 27, 2017 . April 27, 2017.
  13. Web site: June 24, 2016 . Why Are So Many Rock Stars Still in the Closet? . October 17, 2023 . Esquire . en-US.
  14. Web site: Grizzly Bear's ed Droste Marries Chad McPhail . bandofthebes.typepad.com . January 8, 2011.
  15. Martin . Andrew. December 16, 2011 . Grizzly Bear Returning Full-Time In 2012 . Complex.
  16. Web site: I don't want to have this be a narrative for the next album, so I'm saying here briefly that I'm amicably and lovingly divorcing my husband . Droste . Edward . August 4, 2014 . Twitter . June 4, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140821025058/https://twitter.com/edwarddroste/status/496510375106342912 . August 21, 2014.
  17. Web site: Mile Runner: Grizzly Bear Singer Ed Droste's Mileage Run Ends in Tucson . Vogue . July 11, 2014 . January 2, 2020 . Droste, Ed.
  18. Web site: Speak In Rounds Lyrics . Genius . February 12, 2015 . January 2, 2020 . Droste, Ed.
  19. Web site: gun-shy Lyrics . Genius . February 12, 2015 . January 2, 2020 . Droste, Ed.

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