Deadbeat Radicals was formed initially in May 2000, when Tim and Sharon made a conscious decision to do all their song writing on computers, instead of working with a group of often quite awkward musicians. And so the new concept was centred around the bedroom-midi-studio scenario.

With their future in the hands of technology and often quite flaky gear at that, they proceeded after a very drunken new years resolution, to write their first album. The decided influences, ranged from anything from Beastie Boy style hiphop-to Bloodhound Gang humoured pop-to the guitar mentality of the Fun Lovin' Criminals to the cut'n’paste of BRA and the groove of Fat Boy Slim. Do ya get it!!! 

Halfway down the line of solitary confinement of studio-cellmate-scenario Tim n Sharon hooked up with two cool and talented dudes, one from Prudoe in Newcastle and the other London, and so a proper punka-beats-boppy-pop band was geminated.

Though DEADBEAT RADICALS, certainly have their own postmodernist eclectic style. Using drum loops, toy sounding guitars out & out thrashy-ish rock with a mad sprinkle of synths over the top. And it has been said that this young sounding, sub-surf thing has a commercial vibe, but is dark humoured and edgy. Its good time, headbang if you want but, sing to the catchy bits if your pissed music. Party on down, but beware of the lyrics because underneath it all healthy scepticism about the world around us pervades.

The message beneath the gloss is quite simple. Don't be an air headed, couch potato who is aimless, dreamless and screwed up on drugs, except at the weekend. And enjoy music, love and freedom because that's all there really is. 

With the album nearly complete, these bright young things are looking for someone to release it, though they concede that they will do music whether they are signed or not, because hey they love it and want to share the good vibe with their friends.

DBR split in 2004