The Midwest's own
Cris Lockridge began his music career at the age of twelve, performing as both a drummer and a singer (often at the same time). High hopes, combined with natural talent and charisma, had him garnering rave reviews wherever he played.
When Cris was fourteen, he suffered a painful bicycle accident that threatened his budding career in percussion. Cris landed hard on his right elbow; the injury never completely healed, and caused major problems for years. In fact, to this very day, Cris is still not entirely without pain. During the time that his arm was being rehabilitated, Cris had an epiphany and began to fully develop his singing ability.
In early 1998, a new band was formed, calling themselves
The Forest and hailing from southwest Missouri. A light rock band that frequently utilized their roots in Christianity,
The Forest generally played at outdoor concerts to small audiences. Cris was chosen to play the drums, as well as performing backup and lead vocals from time to time.
Without warning,
The Forest's star keyboarder left the band in mid-1999 for personal reasons. Before long, so too went the lead singer, who also cited personal motivation. In September of 1999, a couple of months after the departure of the band's lead singer,
The Forest was reunited for one final, bittersweet performance. Playing alongside them was the man who got Cris started on the drums when he was twelve.
Overlapping this transition, Cris and his friend
"J." labored on a highly-anticipated side project which was tentatively known as
Perverted Bread. It was planned to be a much heavier rock/metal band that used its off-the-wall lyrics and song titles, such as "Dislocated Eyeballs," "Establishment Prophesy," "Death Blood Evil Rock" and "Strip Off Your Skin" to make its point. Unfortunately, despite becoming a hit within the duo's immediate circle of friends, the concept of
Perverted Bread never left its developmental stage and remains on the proverbial back burner.
Upon reaching the end of the line with
Perverted Bread, Cris returned to the music underground and rarely played the drums at all for the next two years. In the interim, he wrote and sang lyrics to songs that were never really expected to see the light of day. Sometime around the Easter holiday of 2002, Cris began to jam part-time with a friend. He soon found himself playing music at a small church in Springfield, MO, having finally made his long-awaited return to drumming.
Before long,
Cris Lockridge became a recurring guest at the same church where he had made his debut performances years earlier. He was also asked to contribute to a promising demo project, on the merits that his written music continued to show potential. Once the aforementioned demo unexpectedly fell through, Cris set about finding another guitarist to work with, and got what he was looking for in
Barney Sherman. Together with bassist
Jaymz Whirld and percussionist
Terry Lupien, they formed the critically-acclaimed band
Not For Sale.
In March of 2004, Lupien suddenly left the fold for reasons that the band would not speak of (well, they would, but only amongst themselves). He was subsequently replaced by
"Percussion" Dustin Day, formerly of
Some Assembly Required. The newly retooled
Not For Sale hoped to take the modern music world by storm - but sadly, it was not to be, as the band fell apart under the weight of their own expectations. Now in 2008, Cris Lockridge has struck out on his own to seek redemption through music.
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