The Drones has been played on NTS shows including Diddy Wah, with Shark Fin Blues first played on 26 October 2020.

There are at least three bands called The Drones:

an Australian rock band of the 2000's-2010's

a British punk band of the late 70s. See Drones

a British contemporary string quartet

The Drones were an Australian band active from late 90's/early 2000's to 2016 that consists of vocalist/guitarist Gareth Liddiard (1997–2016), bassist Fiona Kitschin (2002–16), guitarist Dan Luscombe (2007–16), guitarist Rui Pereira (2000–07) and was early bassist (1997–2000), drummer Christian Strybosch (2000–04, 2014–16), drummer Mike Noga (2004–14; died 2020) and keyboardist Steve Hesketh…