The Drags
The Drags
The Drags
BLUESGARAGEROCK

Blues garage rock from Vienna, Austria. Howlin’ Wolf, Small Faces, Chess Records, Etta James, Mike Bloomfield — and everything cool from the ’50s and ’60s. Blues garage rock from Vienna, Austria.

NEXT: 27 NOV Café Carina 1080 Wien
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The Drags

Blues garage rock from Vienna, Austria.

About

VIENNA, AUSTRIA

The Drags channel the spirit of Howlin’ Wolf, the Small Faces, and the Chess Records sound, filtered through a distinctly 60s pop garage blues lens — fuzzed-out guitars, driving rhythms, and sweet hooks. The band is leisurely crafting their debut album, chasing that same vibe local live audiences have caught a glimpse of at Café Carina.

The lineup pairs local Viennese musicians with a Chicago transplant Adam Arling, who has logged time in rock/indie outfits across three continents before landing in Vienna and falling hard for the city’s blues scene. Fronting the band is Lill Oehl, whose voice first turned heads in Blonde on Blonde, a beloved all-female 60s pop outfit that made its mark on the Vienna scene. Beating the skins is Thomas Haberl, a Vienna native who cut his teeth in London session rooms, and out front the twin guitars of Stefan Zisser and Alex K. — longtime friends who have been trading licks long enough to finish each other’s solos.

More to come soon.

About

The lineup

  • Lill Oehl Vocals
  • Stefan Zisser Guitar / Vocals
  • Alex K. Guitar
  • Thomas Haberl Drums
  • Adam J. Arling Bass

Shows

1 UPCOMING
27.11.26 Vienna

FRI 27 NOVEMBER 2026 · 20:00

Café Carina

Vienna, Austria

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Flyer for the Café Carina show on 19 June 2026

FRI 19 JUNE 2026 · DOORS 20:00 · SHOW 21:00

Café Carina

Vienna, Austria · with The Cooltrains

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Flyer for the Café Carina show on 18 April 2026

SAT 18 APRIL 2026 · 20:00

Café Carina

Vienna, Austria · with The Deloreans

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Listen

DEMO RECORDING

Blues Jam №1

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  • Track 02 Wang Dang Doodle

Raw room recordings, no overdubs. Two more tracks land this week.

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PHOTOS BY Peter Kogoj & Casey Murtaugh