Idiocentric head for the States! 

Chris, Louie, Tim, Andy, otherwise known as Idiocentric a young local band from Whitburn are currently planning funding acticvities to finance a trip to Virginia and are playing again on Feb 11th at Cleadon Hall. Tickets are expecting go quickly after there recent success at this venue late last year.

Recently Idiocentric were asked by Newcastle Uni to support visiting bands and in September 2005 the lads headlined a gig - Sacred at the Temple - 5 young bands played in front of 600 at Temple Park Leisure Centre. The event was filmed, more Sacreds are planned during 2006.

Chris Atkinson - vocals.guitar

Hey chris here, I play guitar and sing in Idiocentric. I was one of the first to join the band, my idol is Billy Joe Armstrong and favourite band is Fall Out Boy. My favourite gig was Sacred at the Temple - where we headlined and thanks to Warren (Louies dad) and the other people who helped to organise it. I want to continue playing with the band - next year we all will probably be going to Newcastle college to study music - we hope to do more gigs and then.....

Louie Crake - bass - unique image

Hello, my favourite bands are Dragonforce, Nofx, The Matches and System of a Down. I like all kinds of music really - my tastes include older stuff like the Smiths, Joy Division, Iron Maiden and i like some of the lesser known stuff coming out of Ibiza - my favourite place. I have an unique image- so everybody tells me - but i dont like being a sheep. Inspirational figures include, fat mike, don vito, system of a down and steve harris. I am also interested in basketball, art, the paranormal and chemistry. I hope to go to Newcastle college next year then i really want to go to York university. My dislikes are spiders, jellyfish and crabs!!! I want to do more gigs.

Tim Forster - lead guitar and diary keeper

I have been playing guitar for 2 years now and i am still looking to improve. My influences for my guitar playing are: Eric Clapton, Paul Kossoff, Angus Young and some others. Ambition inlife?? apart from owning a dog - is to be well known with many albums and touring all over. My other interests - apart from my girlfriend - hanging out with band and other mates and generally having a good time.

Andy coleman - aka - SCD - sexy/stupid canadian drummer

Hey i am andy - i am canadian and i'm the drummer with the band. My interests other than the band are going out with friends and practicing to improve with the drums. My inspiration comes from travis barker from Blink 182. My favourite bands are Fall Out Boy, Blink 182, Newfound Glory and System of a Down. I also like dressing up!!!

The Start : We've came a long way now. It all started in year 8 with Chris and Louie one night at a youth club, playing basketcase together. After a few weeks we found two drummers for a small gig. One didn't have the confidence so we took on the other, Andy. A few months later we tried out the other drummer again but he didn't show up to many practices so Andy came the the rescue again. A few covers were sorted then came the first song, Favourite Boy. This is where we all realised we needed a lead guitarist, Tim. He immediately amazed us and had to take him, so the bands line up was complete.

Then : We started to get a few gigs, covers grew and we started writing more songs. 2005 saw the shooting of our first video, Malice In Wonderland which was shot on South Shields seafront and The church of latter day saints, South Shields. This video was then shown for Youth Arts week. 2005 also saw the start of an amazing event, "Sacred" (at the temple), which was created by the marvellous Warren Crake who we owe a lot to. That year we also helped by doing a gig to raise money for an ill baby needing a liver transplant. 2006 has also been a great year for iDiOCENTRiC. We were asked to go on a Music Exchange to Washington and Virginia which was Awesome! Previously we had problems of getting the whole band there so we raised money for the trip and other students. We also played Sacred 2 which was awesome but the security were too tight.

The Problem : SCD (Andy) had to leave us in July to go work on a ship in Ghana with his family. It was a very hard time for us as a band and he is still greatly missed by pretty much all of our fans as well as the band.

Now : Chris, Louie and Tim attend Newcastle College and have a session drummer, Liam. He is our temp drummer, until andy returns ! We've been working hard to get back up to scratch and new material is on the way so watch this space!