Bands and musicians from real life have been shown in Drake & Josh, often as posters and stuff like that. A majority of the real life bands and musicians shown in Drake & Josh are implied to be listened to by Drake Parker because he is very into music and even is a musician himself. This is a list of bands and musicians shown in Drake & Josh:
- The Ataris - tour poster for their album "So Long Astoria" in Drake and Josh's bedroom.
- Angels & Airwaves - a member of Drake's band wears an Angels & Airwaves shirt in the episode "Really Big Shrimp".
- Howie Day - poster in Drake and Josh's bedroom
- F-Minus - poster for the band's album "Wake Up Screaming" seen above the window facing Drake's bed in season 1.
- Gorillaz - a copy of their self-titled debut album is in the record store Spin City in the episode "Who's Got Game?".
- R. L. Burnside - 2 posters for the artists album "Come On In" in Drake and Josh's bedroom in Season 2 and only 1 in Season 3 next to Drake's bed as well as a sticker at the end of Drake's bed.
- Blink-182 - In the episode Guitar, the band's song "Feeling This" plays in the background during Drake's fake party in his bedroom.
- Rooney - the band's song "Blueside" plays in the episode Guitar during Drake's fake party
- Wyclef Jean - poster in Drake and Josh's bedroom
- Fugees - picture of their album The Score on the Wyclef Jean poster in Drake and Josh's bedroom
- T Model Ford - poster for the artists album "Bad Man" seen in Drake and Josh's bedroom next to Josh's bed.
- Tiger Army - a handful of Tiger Army stickers seen around Drake & Josh's bedroom. Primarily the stickers colors are green, black, and white.
- Beatsteaks - poster for the band's album "Living Targets" seen on the wall near Drake's bed in seasons 2 and 3 and in the living room when Drake sleeps there in the "Foam Finger " episode
- Silverchair - poster of their 1999 album "Neon Ballroom" in Drake and Josh's bedroom.
- Bob Log lll - poster for the artists album "Log Bomb" seen in Drake and Josh's bedroom in seasons 2 and 3 near Josh's bed next to the T Model Ford poster.
- Pearl Jam - poster showing a photo of the band promoting their 2002 album "Riot Act" in Drake and Josh's bedroom near Drakes bed in season 1 and in season 4 next to a window. There is also another Pearl Jam poster for the same album near Drake and Josh's bedroom door in season 1 and next to a shelf in season 2
- Agnostic Front- stickers for the band's albums "Riot Riot Upstart" seen on the chest at the end of Drake's bed and on a poster for the band "The Distillers". As well as stickers for the band's album "Dead Yuppies" seen on a Bog Log lll poster and a Beatsteaks poster.
- Bad Religion- Poster for the band's 2002 album "The Process Of Belief" above the window facing Drake's bed in seasons 2, 3, and 4. The posters color is yellow and has the albums cover in the bottom right corner
- Kenny Brown - Poster of the artist seen near Drake and Josh's bedroom door in Season 2 Episode 1 "The Bet"
- Aerosmith - poster of Aerosmith's 2001 album Just Push Play in Drake and Josh's bedroom.
- Dropkick Murphys - poster of the band Dropkick Murphys on the wall at Guitar World in the episode "Guitar". There is also a Dropkick Murphys poster in Drake and Josh's bedroom by Drake's bed. The poster is of their album "Live on St. Patrick's Day.
- The Distillers - poster of the punk band Distillers in Drake and Josh's bedroom for the bands album "Sing Sing Death House" Seen above Drake's bed in season 1, next to a shelf in season 2, missing in season 3 but spotted above their TV in Go Hollywood and next to Drake's bed in season 4.
- Matchbox Twenty - poster of the band Matchbox Twenty for their 2002 album "More Than You Think You Are" in Drake and Josh's bedroom seen in seasons 1 and 2 and in Go Hollywood.
- Crazy Town - poster of the nu metal band Crazy Town appears in Drake and Josh's bedroom in season 1. The poster is artwork for Crazy Town's famous song "Butterfly". The Crazy Town poster is primarily red and appears near Drake and Josh's bedroom door in season 1.
- Slackers - sticker of the ska band Slackers' logo in Drake and Josh's bedroom on their door in season 2 and moved to a shelf in season 3 and moved to Drake's bed in season 4.
- Pete Yorn - poster of the artist next to Drake's bed.
- Millencolin - logo for the band's album "Home From Home" is on the wall in Drake and Josh's bedroom near Josh's bed.
- MxPx - the band's song "Responsibility" is playing on the radio in the episode "Driver's License".
- The Smile - poster for their album "Brighton Pier" seen in Drake and Josh's bedroom midway through Season 4 next to The Ataris poster
- New Found Glory - the band's song "Understatement" is played in the episode "Pool Shark" when Drake tapes Josh's mouth shut, turns on the song, and puts headphones on Josh.
- Good Charlotte - the band's song "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" is played on the radio in the episode "Dune Buggy".
- Sugar Ray - band poster in Drake and Josh's bedroom on the wall next to Drake's bed.
- The Beatles - Drake is shown to be a big fan of the Beatles in the episode "Battle of Panthatar". In the episode, Drake gets his signed copy of the Beatles' album Abbey Road back from a party which he was no longer allowed in.
- NOFX - NOFX poster can be seen when Drake starts sleeping in the living room in the episode "Foam Finger". Also a NOFX poster in Drake and Josh's bedroom on the wall next to Drake's bed.
- Transplants - one of Drake's posters when he starts sleeping in the living room in the episode "Foam Finger".
- Randy - sticker for the band seen on the chest at the edge of Drake's bed.
- Turbonegro - poster seen next to Drake's bed in season 1 promoting their album "Scandinavian Leather"
- Korn - a poster for the band's album See You on the Other Side was on the wall at the record store Spin City in the episode "Who's Got Game?".
- Death by Stereo - several band stickers on Drake's bed and on a lamp seen in the episode "Josh Runs Into Oprah".
- Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards - poster near Drake's bed with the word "bastards" not shown. The word "bastards" seems to be covered by the Death by Stereo sticker. The poster of Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards appears to be a poster of Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards' self-titled debut album.
- All - 2 stickers of the band All's logo in Drake and Josh's bedroom.
- The Donnas - Poster of the band's album Spend the Night is in Drake and Josh's bedroom with a sticker by the band All on the Donnas poster.
- Bouncing Souls - a sticker owned by Drake on the chest at the end of his bed and on the mini fridge in Drake and Josh's bedroom.
- Guttermouth - poster of the band's album Gusto in Drake and Josh's bedroom near Drake's bed.
- Nas - in Drake and Josh's bedroom, there is a poster with the rapper Nas' album "Gods Son"