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Orchid
From left: Will Killingsworth, Jeff Salane and Jayson Greene of Orchid
Origin	Amherst, MA (USA)
Years active	1997 – 2002
Genres	Hardcore Punk Screamo
Labels	Ebullition Records, Clean Plate Records, various
Members	Will Killingsworth, Jayson Green, Jeff Salane, Geoff Garlock, Brad Wallace

Considered by many to be one of the pioneers of the "screamo" sound, Orchid combined a post-modern aesthetic with hardcore punk, releasing several now-hard-to-find EPs and splits as well as three full-length records. Orchid's influences are assumed to be Canadian hardcore band Union of Uranus and One Eyed God Prophecy, but band members more often cite the German bands Systral and Carol. Image File history File links Circle-question. ... Image File history File links Photo2. ...   Amherst is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Boston Largest city Boston Area  Ranked 44th  - Total 10,555 sq mi (27,360 km²)  - Width 183 miles (295 km)  - Length 113 miles (182 km)  - % water 13. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Hardcore punk is a subgenre of punk rock which originated in the United States of America in the late 1970s. ... Screamo is a musical genre which evolved from emo, post-hardcore, more specifically hardcore emo in the early 1990s. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Ebullition Records is an independent record label and distro based out of Goleta, California. ... Screamo is a musical genre which evolved from emo, post-hardcore, more specifically hardcore emo in the early 1990s. ... Postmodernism (sometimes abbreviated pomo) is a term applied to a wide-ranging set of developments in critical theory, philosophy, architecture, art, literature, and culture, which are generally characterized as either emerging from, in reaction to, or superseding, modernism. ... Hardcore punk is a subgenre of punk rock which originated in the United States of America in the late 1970s. ... Extended play (EP) is the name typically given to vinyl records or CDs which contain more than one single, but are too short to qualify as albums. ...

Posthumously, a CD compiling all of their singles and split releases (Totality on Clean Plate Records) was released which comprised all of the out of press and hard to find material previously only available on vinyl record.

History

The band was formed while Jayson, Will, and Brad were studying at Hampshire College and Jeff was attending Umass in Amherst, Massachusetts in early 1998. The majority of their discography was released on vinyl records which they often shared with other bands. There were three full-length (by their standards) records released: Chaos is Me, Dance Tonight, Revolution Tomorrow! and the final Self-Titled release, all released on Ebullition Records. Towards the end of their lifespan, the final line-up of Orchid had formed various side-projects with vocalist Jayson Green, bassist Geoff Garlock and drummer Jeff Salane forming the band Panthers and guitarist Will Killingsworth playing in the band Bucket Full of Teeth and working on Dead Air Studios, his recording project based in Amherst, MA where the band recorded their final album (having previously recorded at Godcity with Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou). Orchid played last shows in a number of cities during the summer of 2002, the last of which was at The Advocate in Harvard Square in Cambridge, MA where they played with Sinaloa and the band Wolves, who had former Orchid bassist Brad Wallace playing guitar for them. Hampshire College is an experimenting private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. ...   Amherst is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Boston Largest city Boston Area  Ranked 44th  - Total 10,555 sq mi (27,360 km²)  - Width 183 miles (295 km)  - Length 113 miles (182 km)  - % water 13. ... A gramophone record, (also phonograph record - often simply record) is an analog sound recording medium: a flat disc rotating at a constant angular velocity, with inscribed spiral grooves in which a stylus or needle rides. ... Converge denotes Converge PL a programming language developed by Laurence Tratt Converge, a metalcore band from Massachusetts For the mathematical meaning of this term see Convergence. ... Kurt Ballou is currently the guitarist in the band Converge. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The Harvard Advocate, the premier literary magazine of Harvard College, the undergraduate component of Harvard University, is the oldest continuously published college literary magazine in the United States. ... Chess players in Harvard Square in August of 2005 Harvard Square is a large triangular area in the center of Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue, Brattle Street, and John F. Kennedy Street. ... Harvard Square, May 2000 Cambridge is a city in the greater Boston area in Massachusetts, United States. ...

Will continues to run his own label called Clean Plate Records, whilst his band Bucket Full of Teeth released several records, including a full-length LP on Level Plane Records before he formed the band Ampere who are still active. Jayson, Geoff and Jeff continue to play in the band Panthers, who have released two full-length albums and an EP. After Wolves finished, Brad joined Transistor Transistor to play guitar, who also recently released an album on Level-Plane. Level Plane is a record label run out of New York City. ... Ampere is a four-piece DIY punk band based out of Amherst, Massachusetts known for their short (10-15 minutes) but extremely loud and intense live shows. ...

Recently, Will reprinted a large number of Orchid Chaos Is Me shirts, with the hope of deflating the high prices for which both bootleg and legitimate Orchid shirts are sold on eBay.

Band members

• Will Killingsworth (guitar)
• Jeff Salane (drums)
• Jayson Green (vocals)

• Brad Wallace (bass) January '98 to August '99.
• Geoff Garlock (bass) September '99 to July '02.

Discography

Cover of Chaos is Me

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EPs and split records

• Demo Cassette Tape (Self-Released)
• Orchid / Pig Destroyer Split 7" (Amendment)
• Self-Titled 7" (Hand Held Heart)
• Orchid / Encyclopedia Of American Traitors Split 7" (Witching Hour Records)
• Orchid / Combat Wounded Veteran Split 6" (Clean Plate)
• Orchid / The Red Scare Split 7" (Hand Held Heart)
• Orchid / Jeromes Dream Skull Record (Witching Hour)

Cover of Orchid

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LPs and full-length releases

• Chaos Is Me LP (Ebullition)
• Dance Tonight, Revolution Tomorrow! 10" (Ebullition)
• Dance Tonight, Revolution Tomorrow + Chaos is Me CD (Ebullition)
• Self-Titled Gatefold LP/CD (Ebullition)
• Totality CD (Clean Plate)

Compilation Appearances

• Songs of the Dead 7" (Ape Records)
• Better Luck Next Time (Witching Hour)
• Falafel Grind; 32 Bands Proving That Cripple Bastards Suck, CD (Obscene Productions)

External links

• Ebullition Records
• Clean Plate Records
• Official Website
• Punknews.org review of Totality