Drink The Sea

Hailed as one of the most adventurous live bands in the world, songwriting supergroup, Drink The Sea, returns for a second world tour, which will also see the release of their 3rd studio album, “Drink The Sea III,” which will be released worldwide on October 3rd, 2026 through Barrett Martin’s Sunyata Records and Sony Orchard Digital Music. The live band features original line up Peter Buck (R.E.M.), Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees, Mad Season), Alain Johannes (Eleven, QOTSA), Duke Garwood (British Singer-Songwriter), Lisette Garcia (Percussion), and bassist Dune Butler. The autumn 2026 tour will include numerous dates around the western United States, as well as a much more extensive tour of Europe and the UK than on their first European tour in December of 2025. These headline shows will approach two and half hours in length and will feature songs from their first two albums, as well as new songs from the upcoming third album, which will be released at the onset of the European tour. Also featured in the shows will be films by the award-winning filmmaker, Tad Fettig. The list of musicians that Alain Johannes has worked with reads like an encyclopedia of California rock history. In high school he was in bands with Flea, Hillel Slovak, Jack Irons and Anthony Kiedis, all of whom would form the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Later Alain formed Eleven with Natasha Shneider and Jack Irons. They toured with Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, and for several years recorded and toured with Queens of the Stone Age. As a writer, producer and engineer, Alain has worked with Chris Cornell, No Doubt, Mark Lanegan, Jimmy Eat World, Queens of the Stone Age, Brody Dalle and Arctic Monkeys. Alain has been a touring member of PJ Harvey’s band, as well as Them Crooked Vultures which featured Dave Grohl from Foo Fighters, Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age, and John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin. As a composer, Alain has written music for films such as “Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis” and for vid