Editing Dredg (section)

===''Leitmotif'' (1999–2001)===
In May 1999, Dredg independently released their first full-length, ''[[Leitmotif (album)|Leitmotif]]'', a concept album about a man traveling the world to cure his moral disease.<ref name="LGWTb">{{cite news| url = http://www.traversingboard.com/site-leitmotif.html| title = Album Analysis: Leitmotif| url-status = dead| access-date = August 7, 2010| archive-date = February 22, 2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150222020520/http://traversingboard.com/site-leitmotif.html}}</ref> The story was included in the liner notes, in lieu of the actual lyrics. Written by Roulette, the band had planned to release a movie of the story;<ref name="LGWTb" /> however, upon the death of the lead actor, the project was scrapped.<ref name="PunkSite interview">{{cite interview| title=Dredg Interview| interviewer = Bobby Gorman| url = http://www.thepunksite.com/interviews.php?page=dredg| type=Transcript| work = ThePunkSite.com| date = August 5, 2006| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927124810/http://www.thepunksite.com/interviews.php?page=dredg| archive-date=September 27, 2011| access-date = April 20, 2008}}</ref>

Over the next two years, Dredg toured mostly within California,<ref name="Tour Archive">{{cite web|url=http://site.traversingboard.com/cc.htm |title=Tour Archive |publisher=Traversing.net |access-date=April 20, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517102351/http://site.traversingboard.com/cc.htm |archive-date=May 17, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> slowly expanding their fan base. The band began sending out a demo tape to several labels with four new songs intended for their next album, "Of the Room", "Redrawing the Island Map", "Running Through Propellers" and "The Papal Insignia".<ref name="Kludge interview">{{cite web|last1=Rahman|first1=Zarek|title=Interview: Dredg in London|url=http://www.kludgemagazine.com/interviews/Dredg_in_London/2002-02-02/|website=[[Kludge (magazine)|Kludge]]|access-date=April 25, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081025060849/http://www.kludgemagazine.com/interviews/Dredg_in_London/2002-02-02/|archive-date=October 25, 2008}}</ref> In January 2001, Dredg was offered a deal by [[Interscope Records]], and the band signed to the label in February 2001.<ref name="LGWTc">{{cite news| url = http://www.svcn.com/archives/lgwt/20021106/lgcover.shtml| title = LG band dredg gaining fame with original sound| author = Rauh, Joanna| work = Los Gatos Weekly Times| date = November 6, 2002| access-date = April 20, 2008| url-status = dead| archive-date = January 9, 2009| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090109055752/http://www.svcn.com/archives/lgwt/20021106/lgcover.shtml}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Metroactive Music {{!}} dredg |url=https://www.metrosiliconvalley.com/papers/metro/01.25.01/dredg-0104.html |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=www.metrosiliconvalley.com}}</ref> As part of the deal, ''[[Leitmotif (album)|Leitmotif]]'' was re-released by Interscope on September 11, 2001.

With the re-release of ''Leitmotif'', Dredg toured nationally and internationally in support of the record with bands such as [[Alien Ant Farm]], [[Pressure 4-5]], [[the Apex Theory]], [[Taproot (band)|Taproot]], [[Deadsy]] and [[Onesidezero]].<ref name="Tour Archive" />