History Music / TheWarOnDrugs

* EpicRiff: Constantly, the two chord progression of "Under the Pressure," the guitar solo at the end of "Pain" or the pulsating synth undercurrent in "Victim." This is a band built off one epic riff after another.

* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: "Under the Pressure" might be an epic rocker song, but by Granduciel's admission the whole song is built on just two simple chord movements which are then explored ''as much as possible'' in the nearly nine minute runtime.

** Subverted a bit in ''I Don't Live Here Anymore,'' although Adam would split with his long time girlfriend Creator/KrystenRitter shortly before the album's release and much of the context of the album can be viewed as touching on themes of separation, Adam noted himself that becoming a father made his outlook more optimistic and more focused on ensuring he and Krysten both have a good relationship parenting their son.

* [[FormerFriendsPhoto Former Girlfriend Photo]]: A line in "Victim" mentions looking through photos after a break up of past times with a past girlfriend.

* MeaningfulName: the band's name references the 1980's "war on drugs" a US anti-drug policy that was prominent during the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and George H. Bush. Its the same era of Americana-rock in the 1980's from people such as Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty and Bob Dylan which heavily inspires the sound of The War on Drugs.

** One could argue its Granduciel and ''David Hartley'' who are the faces of the band, since Hartley is the only other founding member to have been in the band since its early days to the present, besides Granduciel. Hartley also does double duty as the band's photographer shooting the cover art for albums like ''I Don't Live Here Anymore.''

*** "Victim" and "Harmonia's Dream" in live shows both have an extended intro and solos which add even more length to the songs.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R1k-eYrBAc]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYg_gz7xGTA]]

* SoloSideProject: The War on Drugs arguably started as this with Adam Granduciel coming off his work with Kurt Vile... and in addition to that Dave Hartley has kept his own side band going called ''Nightlands'' which frequently has turned into a source of future War on Drugs members, with Anthony LaMarca and Eliza Hardy Jones both members of Nightlands before joining the main band.

* IAmTheBand: The band has six members (seven if you count touring members), but most people mainly remember the frontman, Adam Granduciel. The band effectively became Granduciel's solo project after the departure of Kurt Vile.\

* IAmTheBand: The band has six members (seven if you count touring members), but most people mainly remember the frontman, Adam Granduciel. The band effectively became Granduciel's solo project after the departure of Kurt Vile.