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Group Members:

Bob Reed, Patrick Main, Matt Harris, Jim Lindsay, John Hofer, Mike Drake

Similar Artists:

The Lost Patrol, Nada Surf, Mas Rapido!, The High Strung, Sam Roberts, Walking Concert

Influenced By:

Pavement, The Who, Cheap Trick

Formal Connection With:

The High Water Marks, Mother Hips, Kelley Stoltz, Snowmen, Overwhelming Colorfast
See Oranger Lyrics
  • Formed: 1997, San Francisco, CA
  • Genres: Rock

Biography

Representing ingenious kaleidoscopic conceptions, supported by guitar strains inspired on the foremost indie pop preferences, Oranger qualified as an additional rock psychedelia revival band in the late '90s. Oranger's set formed in San Francisco in 1997 with Mike Drake (vocals, guitar), Jim Lindsay (drums), and Matt Harris (bass, vocals). All three had previous band experience; while Drake and Harris were a part of the set of Overwhelming Colorfast, Lindsay played with the Stick Figures. At the time, the band relied on Chad Dyer on bass, before Harris was a full-time member. The year after, the crew made their first knockout while performing at the San Francisco Noise Pop Festival. It was then that Dyer decided to leave, establishing Oranger as a trio. The Bay Area team then decided it was time to do their first recordings and as a result, Doorway to Norway, their debut album released on the Pray for Mojo label, hit the record stores still in 1998. Amazing Grease reissued the album in 1999. Around this time the band added keyboardist Patrick Main to the line-up and began recording their first album. The Quitevibrationland was issued in 2000. They switched labels for their next release, 2003's Shutdown the Sun/From the Ashes of Electric Elves was issued by Jackpine Social Club. In 2005 the group streamlined their sound and that year's New Comes and Goes on Eenie Meenie is their most focused and tuneful relase to date.~ Mario Mesquita Borges, All Music Guide
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Oranger
Origin San Francisco, California, California, USA
Genre(s) Indie rock,
psychedelic rock
Years active 1998 – present
Label(s) Eenie Meenie Records
Website Official site
Members
Mike Drake
Matt Harris
Patrick Main
John Hofer
Bob Reed
Former members
Chad Dyer
Jim Lindsay

Oranger is a San Francisco indie rock band.

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Band history

Mike Drake, Matt Harris and Jim Lindsay knew each other from playing together in previous bands Overwhelming Colorfast and Stick Figures. They formed Oranger in 1997 with Chad Dyer of American Sensei on bass, Mike Drake providing vocals and guitar, Jim Lindsay on drums and Matt Harris performing lead guitar.

The four first performed at the San Francisco Noise Pop Festival. Dyer soon left the band and Oranger established itself as a trio. After the success at the Noise Pop Festival, they recorded their first album Doorway to Norway. The album was recorded on a Tascam 8-track cassette and released in 1998 on their own Pray for Mojo record label. In early 1999, Scott Kannberg (of Pavement) aided the band in re-releasing the album as the premiere release on the fledgling San Francisco indie label Amazing Grease Records.

In 1999, Patrick Main was added to the lineup and the band began recording their second album, The Quiet Vibrationland, taking its name from a lyric from The Who's rock opera Tommy"[1]. It was tracked on an Ampex MM1000 tape machine previously owned by The Beach Boys. Vibrationland was released in 2000.

In 2003, Oranger released the double album Shutdown the Sun/From the Ashes of the Electric Elves on San Francisco indie label Jackpine Social Club.

Lindsay left the group in 2004 and currently plays drums for The High Water Marks.

Oranger's latest album, New Comes and Goes, was released in 2005 on Los Angeles indie Eenie Meenie Records. Also in 2005, the band's cover of the 1954 hit song "Mr. Sandman" was featured in the Xbox video game Stubbs the Zombie in "Rebel Without a Pulse".

Band members

Current members

  • Mike Drake - vocals, guitar
  • Matt Harris - bass, vocals
  • Bob Reed - guitar
  • Patrick Main - keyboards
  • John Hofer - drums

Former members

  • Chad Dyer - bass
  • Jim Lindsay - drums

Discography

  • Doorway to Norway (1998)
  • The Quet Vibrationland (2000)
  • Shutdown the Sun/From the Ashes of the Electric Elves (2003)
  • New Comes and Goes (2005)

Soundtracks

References

  1. ^ Amazing Journey Lyrics

External links


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