Ed Droste

Edward Droste (born October 22, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, formerly of the rock band Grizzly Bear.

He attended Hampshire College for one year in 1999 before transferring to and graduating from New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study in 2003.

The group began as the solo effort of Droste with the release of 2004's Horn of Plenty, originally released on Kanine Records.

All songs were written and performed by Droste.

Droste began composing and performing songs on a solo basis as Grizzly Bear, releasing the album Horn of Plenty in 2004, with some contributions from drummer Christopher Bear.

The two then joined with Chris Taylor, and eventually Daniel Rossen, to form the current four-piece band.

By 2005, the group expanded into a four-piece, with Droste still as a contributing songwriter.

Droste was married from 2011 to 2014.

Droste has mentioned his struggles with tinnitus on several occasions.

He left the group in 2020.

Droste was born in Massachusetts, the son of Diana (née Forbes) and Bruce F. Droste.

His maternal grandfather was conductor and musicologist Elliot Forbes.

Through his mother's Forbes line, he is related to singer China Forbes.

He attended elementary school at Shady Hill School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where his mother is a music teacher, and high school at Concord Academy in Concord, Massachusetts.

He attended high school with Refinery29 founder Philippe von Borries.

In a 2020 episode of Lunch Therapy, Droste announced that he left Grizzly Bear to become a therapist.

In 2023, Droste started his own independent practice as an associate therapist in Los Angeles.

Droste came out as gay when he was 21 years old.