Dreve
Artist
Dreve is an old grunge band from the mid-to-late 1990’s. The only known member is the lead singer, Brent Smith, who later went on to be the lead singer and frontman for Shinedown. The three other members of the band are currently unknown.
In early 2012, multiple Dreve songs were leaked on YouTube by ANDREAS951207. Some of the songs featured lyrics that would later be heard in other Shinedown songs like “Burning Bright” and “In Memory,” and there was even an acoustic demo for “Trade Yourself In.”
The supposed EP the songs came in were theorized to be called Dirthouse, but this was later proven false as “Dirthouse” was just an acoustic song by Brent Smith’s future band Shinedown for the Masters of Horror, Vol. 2 soundtrack.
The EP is only known to be handed out by Brent Smith himself and not sold. Only one known copy of the EP exists so far as others have not come forward to say that they own it. No media like a picture or video has been released to show evidence of the EP either.
In April 2020, seven Dreve songs were found off of SoundCloud, including two covers and an early version of “Trade Yourself In.”
