History Music / RemoDrive

Remo Drive is a Minnesota-based midwestern emo/punk rock/(formerly) post-hardcore rock band led by brothers Erik and Stephen Paulson. They formed in 2013 after getting into Title Fight and decided they wanted to make their own music like them. A year later they were joined by drummer Sam Mathys, and after years of live shows and recording songs for their Bandcamp, they finally released their debut album ''Greatest Hits'' in 2017, which went on to become a major success, attracting the attention of Epitaph Records, who signed them to a record deal. Shortly afterwards, Sam Mathys was fired from the band due to creative differences. He was sort-of replaced with Sam Becht.[[note]]Unlike Mathys, Becht has no creative input within the band (Stephen writes his drum parts). He is also not featured in any promotional photos which is why he's not featured on the page image, so whether he counts as an official member is debatable, even though he's credited as a member on ''A Portrait of an Ugly Man''.[[/note]]

* ''Untitled Fourth Album'' (TBA)

In 2021, Erik relocated with his girlfriend from Minnesota to New York. An associate of the band clarified that this was ''not'' the end of Remo Drive and that they would continue touring together, though they would take a brief break from recording until 2022.

* TitleTrack: ''Away'', ''Stay Out Longer'', and ''Wait for the Sun'' all have these.

+Music/ArcticMonkeys, Music/ThePolice, PUP, Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge, Jank, Music/JeffRosenstock, Music/TheStrokes, Title Fight, Music/VampireWeekend, Music/{{Weezer}}

* ShoutOut: Two to the film ''Film/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind'':
** The third track on ''EP 1'' is called "Eternal Sunshine of My Spotless Mind".
** The cover for ''Wait for the Sun'' is a painting of the opening scene.

* GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion: The ''Pop Music'' version of "Heartstrings", featuring slicker production, slightly altered lyrics, and an overall more "polished" sound. Shortly after the release of ''Greatest Hits'', most of their earlier material (save for ''Demos 2014'') disappeared from their Bandcamp with Erik telling fans that he wanted to rework the songs for future releases. So far, only "Heartstrings" was reworked, and three releases later they have yet to re-record another pre-''Greatest Hits'' song. They may have [[AbortedArc abandoned that idea when the re-recording was negatively received.]]

* OddballInTheSeries: ''Natural, Everyday Degradation'' is the only album to be recorded in a professional recording studio and to feature outside producers. Their material before and after were recorded at the Paulson brothers' parents home and were self-produced.

* "Rainman" [[note]]Re-recorded for ''Away''[[/note]] / "Stable" (Non-album single, 2013)

* ''Remo Drive EP 1'' (EP, 2013)

* GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion: The ''Pop Music'' version of "Heartstrings", featuring slicker production and an overall more "polished" sound. Shortly after the release of ''Greatest Hits'', most of their earlier material (save for ''Demos 2014'') disappeared from their Bandcamp with Erik telling fans that he wanted to rework the songs for future releases. So far, only "Heartstrings" was reworked, and three releases later they have yet to re-record another pre-''Greatest Hits'' song. They may have [[AbortedArc abandoned that idea when the re-recording was negatively received.]]

+Music/ArcticMonkeys, Music/ThePolice, PUP, Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge, Music/JeffRosenstock, Music/TheStrokes, Title Fight, Music/VampireWeekend, Music/{{Weezer}}

* NewSoundAlbum: ''Natural, Everyday Degradation'' completely abandons the
rawer, post-hardcore sound of their earlier material.

* NewSoundAlbum: ''Natural, Everyday Degradation'' completely abandons the post-hardcore sound of their earlier material.