Annie Hardy

Annie-Summer Hardy (born June 5, 1981) is an American musician who is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter for indie rock band Giant Drag. Annie grew up mostly in San Clemente, a city in Orange County, California. Her mother is Molly Hardy, a part-time playwright and director. When Annie was younger, she acted in one of her mother's plays. She got her first guitar when she was in the sixth grade, but attempts at getting lessons failed. In the tenth grade, Hardy went to a boarding school in Ojai. It was there that she met another girl who also had a guitar. After high school, Hardy did extra work for money and pursued a musical career. In 1999, she moved to Los Angeles. At some point, Hardy worked as a DJ at Beauty Bar. Hardy continued looking for band members and was involved in many potential bands, including Mein Coif, with friends Mike Felix (now drummer of Toys That Kill) and Max Humphrey (bassist of The Adored). In May 2003, Hardy and Micah Calabrese formed Giant Drag. Hardy's mother, who had worked with Calabrese, had initially attempted to get Hardy and Calabrese to meet, but the two eventually met through mutual friends. They began recording music together, including covers of Journey's "Who's Crying Now" and the Beach Boys' "God Only Knows." Giant Drag's first show was on June 4, 2003, at the Scene in Los Angeles, one month after they decided to be a band. They went on to play venues like The Troubadour, Silverlake Lounge, The Fold and The Derby. On January 25, 2005, Giant Drag released the EP Lemona on Wichita Recordings. This was followed on September 13, 2005, by their first full-length release, Hearts and Unicorns, on Kickball Records. In February 2010, she made her screen debut in a short film I'm Here (2010) by Spike Jonze. In 2017 she participates in her first feature film The Icarus Line Must Die (2017). In 2021 she appeared in Rob Savage's horror film Dashcam (2021) as a version of herself.