The members of Odious met in 1983. The guitarist use to listen to tapes constantly as a child. Odious started singing at Yesterday, a college dive bar. The group used to practice at the drummer's house.

A member of Odious started dating a girl whose grandmotherwas a record executive. She passed the single on to them and the band signed a record deal soon after. The band now headlines shows across England.

Odious realized they had finally made it after Dorothy Prather started a fan club for the band in 1983. While the club started out small after the organizer heard the group play at a small club in Chicago, the club grew leaps and bounds after the band’s first national tour.

Odious's newest project is the group's first record since the band broke up four years ago. The band is in the start of the tour accompanying for their newest project. Odious are expecting to bring in a new audience with this tour and the new album.

Generally, critics have praised Odious for their ability to connect with the crowd when they perform live. A music critic from Jacksonville, Nigel Dickenson, has always mentioned group’s amazing drummer. Odious’s newest album has received superb praise from Zach Neilson, a music critic out of Austin, and Raymond Molitor, from Kansas City.

The band has never played a bad show in Louisville, so they make sure to schedule a stop there whenever they tour. The group has all their tour information, from the tour schedule to the latest Odious tickets released, on TheSeats.com.