{{Short description|American singer-songwriter (born 1979)}}
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Adam Granduciel | image = The War on Drugs at Austin Psych Fest 2014 14-40.CR2Austin Psych Fest 2014-39 (17205404715).jpg | image_size = | caption = Granduciel performing at Austin Psych Fest 2014 | birth_name = Adam Granofsky | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|2|15|mf=y}}<ref name=pfk>{{cite web|last1=Bevan|first1=David|title=The War on Drugs: Inside Man|publisher=Pitchfork Media|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/9509-the-war-on-drugs-inside-man/|date=September 23, 2014|accessdate=December 8, 2014}}</ref> | birth_place = Dover, Massachusetts, U.S. | instrument = Vocals, guitar, piano, bass guitar, harmonica keyboard, synthesizer | genre = Indie rock, heartland rock, Americana, shoegazing, neo-psychedelia, pop rock | occupation = | years_active = 2003–present | partner = Krysten Ritter (2014–2021) | label = Secretly Canadian, Matador | website = {{URL|www.thewarondrugs.net/}} }}
'''Adam Granofsky''' (born February 15, 1979),<ref name=pfk/> better known under his stage name '''Adam Granduciel''', is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is the frontman and primary songwriter of the indie rock band the War on Drugs,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/breaking-the-war-on-drugs-20080806 |title=Breaking: The War on Drugs | Music News | Rolling Stone |first=Kevin |last=O'Donnell |work=rollingstone.com |date=6 August 2008 |accessdate=11 February 2012}}</ref> with whom he has recorded five studio albums, and a former member of Kurt Vile's backing band the Violators.
In addition to his work with The War on Drugs and Kurt Vile & the Violators, Granduciel has made guest appearances on albums by The Killers, Beyoncé and Sharon Van Etten. As a record producer, he has produced albums for Sam Fender, Craig Finn and Purling Hiss.
==Early life and education== Adam Granduciel was born in Dover, Massachusetts. His father Mark Granofsky is a first-generation American who was born to Russian-Jewish immigrants.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Great American Rock Music of The War on Drugs – Vulture|url= https://www.vulture.com/2017/08/the-great-american-rock-music-of-the-war-on-drugs.html|date= August 17, 2017}}</ref>
He attended the Roxbury Latin School where teacher Ken Conn made a French language pun which later inspired his stage name: replacing the "ofsky" in his surname with "du ciel", which means "of the sky" in French, with Granduciel translating to Big or Great of the Sky. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/08/the-great-american-rock-music-of-the-war-on-drugs.html|title=The Unexpected Rise of America's Next Great Rock Band|first=Simon|last=Vozick-Levinson|date=August 17, 2017|website=Vulture}}</ref> He is a graduate of Dickinson College, where he studied painting and photography.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/entertainment/20140316_War_on_Drugs_brings_fine_new_music_to_Union_Transfer.html|title=War on Drugs brings fine new music to Union Transfer|first=By Dan DeLuca, Inquirer Staff|last=Writer|website=inquirer.com|date=16 March 2014 }}</ref>
==Career== {{expand section|date=December 2025}} ===Production work=== Granduciel produced and performed on the English singer-songwriter Sam Fender's third studio album, ''People Watching'', with The War on Drugs set to support Fender on his UK stadium shows at London Stadium and Newcastle's St James' Park. Regarding working with Fender, Granduciel noted: "I fell in love with him. He’s a savant. Sam and the boys came out in March [2024] for about five weeks. We worked on some stuff they’d already started, then we worked on some more stuff from the ground up. It was awesome. I’d never met Sam, but we’d communicated once or twice. I have this picture above the sink in my kitchen, that I took of the boys. Sam, Joe [Atkinson], Dean [Thompson] and Drew, just hanging out in my studio. They inspire each other. It’s like my band: everyone can just sit there for fifteen hours and just hang. You don’t have a wildcard, everyone’s easy and loose, and musical, and good-hearted. It was a blast working together."<ref name="NMESamFender">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-war-on-drugs-adam-granduciel-on-working-with-sam-fender-i-didnt-realise-how-much-of-a-musical-savant-he-was-3822610|title=The War On Drugs' Adam Granduciel on working with Sam Fender: "I didn't realise how much of a musical savant he was"|website=NME|last=Burton|first=Poppy|date=December 16, 2024|access-date=January 26, 2025}}</ref>
Granduciel produced the sixth solo studio album by The Hold Steady's Craig Finn, ''Always Been'', which was released in 2025. The album features Granduciel's The War on Drugs bandmates appearing throughout the album.<ref name="CraigFinnPitchfork">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/the-hold-steadys-craig-finn-announces-new-album-always-been-shares-song-listen/|title=The Hold Steady's Craig Finn Announces New Album Always Been, Shares Song: Listen|website=Pitchfork|last=Monroe|first=Jazz|date=January 24, 2025|access-date=January 26, 2025}}</ref>
==Personal life== Granduciel began a relationship with actress Krysten Ritter in August 2014.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Charlton|first=Lauretta|title=Watch a Tribute to the "Loving" Decision by the War on Drugs|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/watch-a-tribute-to-the-loving-decision-by-the-war-on-drugs|magazine=The New Yorker|accessdate=July 18, 2017|date=June 16, 2017}}</ref> In February 2019, Ritter revealed that she and Granduciel were expecting their first child,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1017890/krysten-ritter-is-pregnant-expecting-star-attends-2019-oscars-with-adam-granduciel|title=Krysten Ritter Is Pregnant! Expecting Star Attends 2019 Oscars With Adam Granduciel|work=E! Online|first=Jess|last=Cohen|date=February 24, 2019}}</ref> who was born in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bustle.com/p/krysten-ritters-baby-name-will-make-comic-fans-so-happy-according-to-a-new-report-18559408|title=Krysten Ritter's Baby Name Will Make Comic Fans So Happy, According To A New Report|website=Bustle|accessdate=August 10, 2019|date=August 8, 2019}}</ref>
Granduciel is an avid golfer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hafer |first=Christian |title=Granduciel's Dream |url=https://www.golfersjournal.com/editorial/granduciels-dream/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=The Golfer's Journal |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Discography==
===The War on Drugs=== '''Studio albums''' *''Wagonwheel Blues'' (2008) *''Slave Ambient'' (2011) *''Lost in the Dream'' (2014) *''A Deeper Understanding'' (2017) *''I Don't Live Here Anymore'' (2021)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewarondrugs.net/music/i-dont-live-here-anymore|title=I Don't Live Here Anymore}}</ref>
'''EPs''' *''Barrel of Batteries'' (2007) *''Future Weather'' (2010)
===Kurt Vile=== '''Studio albums''' *''Constant Hitmaker'' (2008) *''God Is Saying This to You...'' (2009) *''Childish Prodigy'' (2009) *''Smoke Ring for My Halo'' (2011)
'''EPs''' *''The Hunchback EP'' (2009) *''Square Shells'' (2010) *''So Outta Reach'' (2011)
===As producer=== *''Water on Mars'' — Purling Hiss (2013) *''People Watching'' — Sam Fender (2025) *''Always Been'' - Craig Finn (2025)
===As guest performer=== *''Are We There'' — Sharon Van Etten (2014) *''Imploding the Mirage'' on "Blowback" — The Killers (2020) *''Cowboy Carter'' on "II Most Wanted" — Beyoncé (2024) *"Old Tape" single - Lucius (2024)
==References== {{reflist}}
{{The War on Drugs}} {{Kurt Vile}}
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