Pete Droge

Pete Droge has built a long-lasting career working in the margins of the mainstream, writing poetic folk-rock songs that are at turns rugged, rueful, and wry. The Seattle singer/songwriter started out in the early '90s amid the Pacific Northwest's burgeoning alternative rock scene, bringing a rootsy jangle to early highlights like 1994's Necktie Second and its 1996 follow-up, Find a Door, both released by Rick Rubin's American Recordings label. The former yielded "If You Don't Love Me (I'll Kill Myself)," a hit single that featured in the film Dumb and Dumber. Droge himself ap...