Drugstore

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Short Bio

Drugstore was born in 1993 when Brazilian born Isabel Monteiro and American drummer Mike Chylinski, two drifters in a succession of bands, met via a flatshare. Just before the release of their highly acclaimed 1st single “ALIVE”, Daron Robinson joined as their guitarist.
They soon signed a major deal with GoDiscs and released their first album “Drugstore” to rave reviews.
The band spent much of the following 3 years on the road, touring with Radiohead, Tindersticks, Jesus and Mary Chain and many others, and appearing at most of the major Music Festivals.
Following the sale of GoDiscs to Polygram, in 1998 the band finally managed to release their second album “White Magic for Lovers” on RoadRunner Records.
The album featured “El President”, the duet with Thom Yorke, which propelled the band into the charts.
In 2002, the band released their third album “Songs for the Jetset” on yet another label, Global Warming. The album was well-received by the press, and widely acknowledged as their best.
Following a mysterious 7 year gap, the band returned in 2009 with a sell-out gig at London Dingwalls.
In January 2010, Isabel Monteiro announced a new-line up and the mystery of the dramatic band disappearance was explained in Monteiro’s intimate and compelling blog: ‘Anatomy’ (isabelmonteiro1.blogspot.com).
Nov 2010 the band signed with london based independent label, Rocket Girl.
In 2011/Sept the band released the album 'Anatomy'.

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