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Idiom

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About Me


id·i·om - [id-ee-uhm]1. an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one’s head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics. 2. a language, dialect, or style of speaking peculiar to a people.

3. a construction or expression of one language whose parts correspond to elements in another language but whose total structure or meaning is not matched in the same way in the second language.

4. the peculiar character or genius of a language.

5. a distinct style or character, in music, art, etc.: the idiom of Bach.

Idiom are a Manchester-based band that strive to be as creative and imaginative as possible when it comes to writing music. Formed in the summer of 2005, the band started out as a college project but it didn’t take long for it to flourish into something much greater.

Soon after leaving college, Seb and Ollie (Drums & Guitars) began looking for the perfect line-up to help create the material they had, but couldn’t express. They soon found a fantastic bassist by the name of Will. Although only 15 at the time, he had the ability of someone twice his age. And in the past year, he’s progressed even further, not only as a bassist, but as a musician.

Next up, the trio realised that they needed a keyboardist to really gain that true progressive feel. After a few months of scouring the land (locally), a keyboardist contacted them about a position in the band. Immediately after his audition, Brandon was accepted as a full-time member of Idiom.

Now the the instrumental section of the band was complete, they need one last member to complete the line-up. A vocalist. After a LOT of hunting and scouring the land even moreso than before, they were contacted by Ben (Vocals). After some auditioning and a gig, we realised that he was the guy for us.

Sadly, Seb left the band in October ’07 for personal reasons, but we wish him the best of luck with all of his future endeavors. From December ’08, Tom Rydeard is officially the new drummer for Idiom and we’re looking forward to lots of success with the man.

Idiom continue to write as much music as they can while being as original as possible. Their first EP entitled "Idiom" is available NOW and can be purchased from any of the band members. Just shoot us a message or call us if you can and we’ll get one out to you.

"Cool band - very melodic, well composed - great stuff!" - Ron Thal AKA Bumblefoot.

You can now purchase our EP on iTunes for just 79p a track! Follow this link for more information!

..ORYou can buy a REAL COPY of the Idiom EP for just £4 inc. shipping!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/15/2006
Band Members: We’re competing in the Surface Unsigned festival/competition! If you think we should win (and we know you do!) then you can do the following to support us:

Come to any gigs we have booked and vote for us! You can purchase a ticket from anyone in the band!

AND

Send a text with Surface 173 in it to 83149. This will help us in our endeavors to kick some serious prog ass! You can send as many as you like, but it will cost £1 per text.

You can now purchase our first EP on iTunes for just 79p a track! Follow this link for more information!

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Ben Moores


Oliver Cordwell


Brandon Morris


Will Ang


Tom Rydeard

Idiom Proudly use instruments and gear from the following companies:


Influences: Our influences range from 70's progressive rock, through to contemporary jazz fusion, to heavy metal.
We like to try and be as open as possible.
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Sounds Like: We sound like nothing you've ever heard before.
Record Label: None
Type of Label: None

My Blog

MOAR RECORDINGZ!!11!

Today has been a mint day of mint recording. We're actually re-recording Relentless and Abuse The System. I know you guys have heard these songs before but this time they're being recorded and mixed b...
Posted by Idiom on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:58:00 PST

NEW DRUMMER PWNS YOU!

Hey all! Thought we'd let you guys know that we've got ourselves an awesome new drummer that is awesomely awesome in the most awesome way of saying awesome... AWESOME! Anyways, we're r...
Posted by Idiom on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:14:00 PST

Seb Leaves Idiom....

Well, we're extremely sad to say that Seb, our drummer, has decided to leave Idiom. As to why, we're not entirely sure just yet, but it's official. This was completely out of the blue, and we had no i...
Posted by Idiom on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:43:00 PST

Last night’s GC Gig!

Just want to say that last nights gig was really excellent. Our set went down very well and we got an awesome resposne from the audience! Mark did a great job of finding two great support acts and the...
Posted by Idiom on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:13:00 PST

Update + EP Available on iTunes!

Hey everyone!Here's a quick update for those that're interested.Our EP is finally available for downloading from the iTunes Music S tore for just 79p per track or £3.16 for the whole EP.We've also made...
Posted by Idiom on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:04:00 PST

WE NEED GIGS!

If you're a promoter and you need a band to play some killer gigs, then PLEASE contact us. If you're a venue and you need to fill in a slot at a band night, then PLEASE contact us. Even last minute st...
Posted by Idiom on Tue, 22 May 2007 01:01:00 PST

Virgin Megastore Gig!

Well, this gig really rocked.We were the first band on, which in most cases is a reasonably bad thing, cause most people dont know who you are and just want to see the headlining band. In this case, i...
Posted by Idiom on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:57:00 PST

New track up!

Hey everyone! After much recording, mixing, rerecording and more mixing, we've decided to put up a new track for everybodies enjoyment. It's yet to have vocals, however we're still working out a few v...
Posted by Idiom on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 08:48:00 PST

Band line-up COMPLETE!

What a day!We are proud to announce that we have found a singer and he is AWESOME. We met up with him last week to give him a general idea of what were are all about and what he would be in for. Today...
Posted by Idiom on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 03:56:00 PST

New Rehearsal Space - Success!

Well, for a while now we've felt that although our rehearsal space was brilliant, it was too expensive and a bit of a trek for all of us.  Now that Brandon's house has been cleared out (ish) we have f...
Posted by Idiom on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 10:43:00 PST