The Driver Era is an American alternative music band/musical duo composed of former R5 band members Rocky and Ross Lynch. It was officially formed on March 1, 2018.

On March 1, 2018, R5's social networks had their name changed to The Driver Era and all posts deleted. On March 2, it was confirmed that The Driver Era was a new band consisting of Ross and Rocky. On the same day, promotional videos were released for their first single, "Preacher Man", to be released on March 16th.

"Preacher Man" was released on March 16 as the duo's first single. After several previews of new songs, the band released "Afterglow" on July 3rd. The single was not released on platforms such as iTunes and Spotify, but on the band's official website for free download (later, on August 31, it was made available on digital platforms). On October 26th, the band released "Low". Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.