User:Nutproductionsla/Norcio (musician)

Norcio is an alternative rock band from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Norcio captures a range of sentimental sensations all while refusing traditional musical stereotypes. The sole unifying feature of this up-and-coming band are the impassioned members. Joseph Henry Poliquin V on guitar and vocals, Sam Claitor on bass, Samantha D’Shay guitar and vocals, Jared Saia on keyboard, and Brady Gautreaux on drums. Norcio is proud to present several featured drummers and various artist on their 2010 full length album — Home Sweet Home—including Brian Ireland of Something Corporate, Lindsey Spurlock, Matt Knight and other guest that are named and thanked on the album.

Norcio played at the 2008 New Orleans Voodoo Music Experience opening for Nine Inch Nails, REM, Stone Temple Pilots, The Mars Volta, Plain White T’s, Panic at the Disco, Angels And Airwaves, Dashboard Confessional, TV on the Radio, Joss Stone, Lil Wayne, and Wyclef Jean.

Norcio has shared the stage with bands such as Trust Company, 3, Eisley, Chiodos, Circle Takes the Square, The Secret Handshake, Powerspace, Blameshift, A Planning Fallacy, and As Cities Burn.

Norcio has been featured in The Tiger Weekly, The Daily Reveille, The Advocate, and other papers and magazines.

Norcio has played at:

The Alley (Fullerton, CA)  Click’s (Tyler, TX) Click’s (Baton Rouge, LA)  The Varsity (Baton Rouge, LA) The Barking Dog (Houston, TX)  The Spanish Moon (Baton Rouge, LA) The Artroom (Beaumont, TX)  The Caterie (Baton Rouge, LA) The Dark Room (Baton Rouge, LA)  The Engine Room (Houston, TX) The Set X Skate Park (Bridge City, TX) The Highground (New Orleans, LA) The Baton Rouge State Fair Plus various shows in Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi

Track listing for "Home Sweet Home": (1) You Need TO Know (2) Somewhere to Land (3) Leave a Note (4) Dirty Black (5) Halfway to Somewhere (6) Retribution (7) Are You Mad? (8) Interlude (9) Dream on Cruel World (10) Mendelevium (11) Intro for TEHO (12) To Each His Own (13) A Lonely Sea (14) We Might Make It (15) Interlude 2 (16) APT 63 (17) The Lay

Former members: Adam Garcia