Formed many, many years ago in Bishop Auckland, Four Eyed Sometimes, (Richie, Heza, PT, Gop, Rock’n’roll) started out as any band starts out – five people fresh into their twenties, wanting to make music to express their feelings, and vent their frustrations. Over the next couple of years they honed and tightened their approach, playing in small local venues like the Queens Head, the now deceased McFly’s Bar and the Cumberland Arms in Newcastle, culminating with the release of their first, cassette only, album, ‘Shovels Out’ in 1994. (Actually it's their second album - they had a live cassette called "Live at the Queens Head" before "Shovels Out", but as there were only a handful of copies released it's rare of the rocking horse shit variety!) After it’s release, and their biggest gig supporting the-then-big(ish) indie band Cecil,  the band split for a while, getting back together in 1996 at the request of their hard-core fanbase.

Since then Four Eyed Sometimes have played sporadically in and around Bishop Auckland and released another EP, ‘An Ice Cream or a Flake or…’ in 2002, which due to their increasing popularity has gone on to sell hundreds of copies. Punk rock fanzine Fracture called it “really pretty good, shows some potential”, so with that recommendation, you can’t go wrong.

With a new album promised for the 21st Century, Four Eyed Sometimes are as essential as ever, and remain on the scene to show the new generation of pop-punk bands how it is done.

As mad-as-a-fish indie punkers Stump used to say: