THE NORTHWOODS, WISCONSIN / EST. 2006

WINDSOR
DRIVE.

Four friends. Six records.
A long way from home.

THE LATEST CHAPTER / 2019

Young One.

A return to the studio, and to ourselves. Recorded with Eric Arjes at Nashville’s Sound Emporium. Mixed by Jeff Braun.

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01 / THE MUSIC

A record of
where we’ve been.

From piano-led beginnings in Houston to the wider pop world of Wanderlust and our return with Young One. Every record has a place—and a few people—behind it.

Explore the records & stories

2019

Meet the Tide

02 / WHERE WE COME FROM

WINDSOR DRIVE, SINCE 2006

A band.
A life on the road.

Mae’s Goodbye, Goodnight farewell-tour ad, with Terrible Things and Windsor Drive, at the El Rey Theatre on November 13, 2010 — FAREWELL TOUR / 2010
**Mae · Goodbye, Goodnight**
On the road with Mae and Terrible Things. This original El Rey Theatre ad preserves the Los Angeles stop on November 13.
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Cars and Cals Tour 2014 poster featuring Schematic and Windsor Drive, with November 22–24 shows in Tokyo, Aichi and Osaka — JAPAN TOUR / 2014
**Schematic × Windsor Drive**
Back together with Mae’s Dave Elkins, this time in Japan. The Cars & Cals poster announced three November dates.
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Kipp WildeVocals / keys

Owen JonesDrums

Daniel SukowGuitar

Jon WasleskeBass

We started with four friends and stayed for the songs.

Kipp Wilde on vocals and keys, Daniel Sukow on guitar, Jon Wasleske on bass, and Owen Jones on drums. Piano sat at the center of our sound, with the rest of us building outward into indie rock and, eventually, a more expansive pop record.

What began in the Wausau area became a working band with a second home in Houston. We booked our own early rooms, moved together, toured together and kept recording as our lives changed. The busiest years took us across the country; the records eventually took us overseas. We rarely play now, but this history still belongs to all four of us—and everyone who was part of it.

We started as four friends from the Wausau area, turning church rehearsals into songs and booking our own rooms—VFW halls, bowling alleys and anywhere else that would have us.

THE PHOTO ARCHIVE

Life between
the songs.

Photos for press & playlists

Windsor Drive outdoors among birch trees and rocks — The four of us.

Four Windsor Drive band members silhouetted between aircraft in a hangar — A different kind of departure.

The band together on stone steps beside a temple — Between destinations.

A Windsor Drive vocalist performing at a keyboard under red stage lights — Under the lights.

The four band members standing together outside a temple — Far from home. Together.

300SHOWS IN THREE YEARS

15K+RECORDS SOLD INDEPENDENTLY

08DATES ACROSS JAPAN

01 / SHARED MILES

Two tours.
A lasting connection.

We met Eric Arjes while touring with his band, Camera Can’t Lie. We did two successful national runs together; by the second, the co-headlined Go Green Tour, they had signed with Atlantic Records. Years later, those miles would lead us back to Eric in a Nashville studio.

The Go Green story

02 / THE TOURING YEARS

A different room.
Every night.

Mae’s farewell tour, dates with He Is We, Poema and the Vans Warped Tour all became part of our calendar. We also crossed paths with Frank + Derol, Brandi Cyrus’s band. Roughly 300 shows in three years meant familiar faces in faraway cities and a lot of life between soundcheck and the next morning’s drive.

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03 / ACROSS OCEANS

From Wisconsin
to Japan.

Our self-titled collection brought us to Japan with Schematic, the project led by Mae’s Dave Elkins. Eight dates, a Cars & Calories Records release and coverage in AP Magazine Japan opened another chapter. AOR Heaven followed with a European release, introducing songs from our earlier records to a new audience.

The Japan chapter

BEYOND THE STAGE

From the van
to your screen.

A song in a scene. A video on national television. A few moments when the music traveled farther than we did.

E!“Fall” music video
E! News · January 2010 WGNLive on Midday News
WGN America · Chicago

MTVThe Hills & MTV programming
Music placements

ABC4Utah morning television
Live performance · Salt Lake City

FILMThe Other Side of the Tracks
“Bridges” · Later broadcast on Showtime

03 / THE PEOPLE WHO MADE US

A band is never
just four people.

Robbie Seay. David Howard. Stephen Short. Marty Cheyka. John Fields. Bleu. Eric Arjes. Jeff Braun. The producers, engineers, writers, mixers and partners who became part of what Windsor Drive could be.

Meet the people who made us