Long before the band formed, Granduciel and his friend Julian came up with the name The War On Drugs after drinking some red wine. When Granduciel formed the band, he used it, partly because it didn't imply any particular genre. He explained to Mojo magazine: "It just appealed to me because it seemed to have everything. It had a feeling to it that seemed to encapsulate rock 'n' roll like 'war' and 'drugs.' It felt it was like every band wrapped up in one or something."
The War on Drugs' debut album Wagonwheel Blues was a collaboration between Adam Granduciel and his then-musical partner Kurt Vile. When Vile left shortly after its release to focus on his solo career, Granduciel assumed complete creative control of the band.
Adam Granduciel is a graduate of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he studied painting and photography.
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