[17][18] They began recording music together, including covers of Journey's "Who's Crying Now" and the Beach Boys' "God Only Knows."

"[13] The two considered hiring a bassist to join the group, but instead, Calabrese began performing bass using a synthesizer with one hand, while drumming with the other.

[21][22] Also in 2010, Giant Drag's cover of "Wicked Game" by Chris Isaak was used in a commercial for Nip/Tuck on the FX Network.

[23][24] Giant Drag originals have been featured on television shows including The L-Word, Jericho and the movie A Love Song for Bobby Long starring Scarlett Johansson and John Travolta.

"[27] In 2021, the band independently issued the EPs Lemona and Swan Song as a joint release on vinyl for the first time.

[31] In 2021, Hardy starred in the lead role in Rob Savage's Blumhouse-produced computer screen horror film Dashcam.

[32] Hardy portrays a semi-fictionalized version of herself in the film, starring as a musician who livestreams herself during a nighttime road trip in England, where she encounters a series of terrifying events.

[36] Hardy provided guest vocals on the song "Pink Cellphone" from the 2006 Deftones album Saturday Night Wrist.

[37] On April 26, 2007, Hardy performed the song "Just Like Honey" onstage with The Jesus and Mary Chain for their reunion show the day before Coachella.

[38] Hardy contributed vocals to The Icarus Line's 2010 record Wildlife and performed a number of the band's live appearances on organ.

[39] Hardy frequently co-hosted the Get The Fuck Up (GTFU) radio show with Jeremy Weiss and Aaron Farley, beginning in 2009.

[12][41] Hardy has named various rock and punk bands as influences, including The Beatles, Babes in Toyland, Hole, The Misfits, the Descendents, and Danzig.

[43] She was prescribed the opioid drug Norco to treat her pain, which resulted in a decade-long addiction to the substance.

"[44] Hardy attributed her muscle pain and fibromyalgia diagnosis to performing with a Gretsch guitar that was too heavy for her body to support: "I didn't realize that through all the touring and sitting in fucked-up chairs and the most painful part of getting onstage every night, was that my guitar was so fucking heavy.

I'm pretty small and now I have a Dan Armstrong guitar that is 5 pounds and it sounds rad and it looks cool – and it doesn't hurt at all.

"[44] In 2022, Hardy openly discussed her codependent addiction to Adderall that she developed with a "controlling, manipulative" boyfriend following the release of Giant Drag's second album, Waking Up Is Hard to Do (2013).

[45] After separating from this boyfriend, Hardy subsequently began an "intense, tempestuous" relationship with Robert Paulson, a rapper known by his stage name Cadalack Ron.