Adam Granofsky (born February 15, 1979), 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, with whom he has recorded four studio albums, and a former member of Kurt Vile's backing band The Violators. Adam Granduciel was born in Dover, Massachusetts, the son of Mark and Paula Granofsky (née Minichiello), and he has an older brother Burton "Burt" Granofsky. Granduciel went to the Roxbury Latin School of West Roxbury. A French-language pun by a teacher there inspired his stage name.