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Our (Updated) Story Identity Crisis, IDC, was formed in early 2004 by Chip Entz, Ross Elkins and Bryan Wallace. Soon thereafter, Tina Allen joined the group and the dream of creating a fan-driven, interactive classic rock experience began to take shape. The group was made whole with the addition of former Bionic Appendage members Tom Russell and Mark Beattie. Our fun approach to live music quickly established us as one of the freshest new bands in the West Houston area. Our first gig at Al’s Bar in November 2004 was a standing room only event and the band has continued to draw record crowds to clubs ever since. In 2005, Tina decided to part ways with Identity Crisis in order to pursue her dream of starting a country band and the group was reduced to five. We pressed forward with our penchant for playing a wide variety of unique classic rock songs. From the venerable 70’s rock scene to today’s alternative rock offerings – Identity Crisis continues to cover a broad landscape of the best classic rock and R&B music ever written. Our pipeline of “new” material is never ending! After three great years, Bryan Wallace retired from Identity Crisis in November 2007 to spend more time with his family. While losing a founding member and a close friend was a huge blow to the group, we rebounded and added the talented Gregg Watts to fill the void left by Bryan’s departure. Gregg made his IDC debut in December 2007. Gregg jumped right in and brought a new energy to the band. His outgoing personality was a great fit for the band. After a great year and half, the regular commutes to Katy from Kingwood for regular gigs and rehearsals became just too much for him. Sadly, we amicably parted company and remain good friends with him. The remaining four members were at a crossroads of sorts. We knew the challenge of finding a rhythm guitarist/lead vocalist to fill Gregg’s shoes would be quite daunting. After auditioning countless prospects without success, we decided to forge ahead as a 4-piece band in order to keep things going until we could perhaps identify the perfect match for us. After several successful gigs, we began to grow steadily in our confidence as a band and had all but stopped an active search process. However, providence once again smiled on Identity Crisis when the very talented Albert Castle became available in December 2009. Albert, formerly a member of Gypsy Train, was an instant hit with all of us. He’s a great guitarist, vocalist and most importantly friend. Albert has demonstrated an incredible commitment level to IDC through his near weekly guitar rehearsals with Mark. His guitar prowess has allowed us to take on more complex material and broadened our musical horizons as a group. Identity Crisis only plays one public gig a month. This allows us to keep our performances from becoming passé. For us, playing music is strictly a hobby – albeit a serious one. Our number one priority is to our fans. There is nothing more satisfying than to see them packed into a club as they sing and dance the night away. For us, that’s all that really matters! Please join us sometime for a great night of great fun. You’ll be glad you did! |