Black Orange's Profile |
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Renegades of Junk |
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| Location: | Wrexham, |
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| Last Login: | Oct 8, 2008 (450 days back) |
About Me |
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| Back in the mid 90's, Ben and Gaz became aware of each other's existence, Gaz knowing ben as the voice of a carniverous singing plant in a high school production, Ben knowing Gaz a little later via a friend. Despite going their separate ways after school, Ben and Gaz maintained contact and music was always the hub of interest, but it wasn't until mid 2005 they met up to discuss acoustic work, where Ben and Gaz played a couple of acoustic gigs in london, while forming a band back in Wrexham university as Ben had enrolled that september. After a year and much high jinks, things went the way of the pear and it was no more for Elephant Deathstorm, leaving some dead air, but in no time bass duties were filled by Graeme, and the beats were to be made by Kev, who placed an ad at the right place at the right time. We're writing and recording as you read this! Bring that beat back, Sucka!Come see us play! : )Once you go Black Orange, you never go back (orange)... Gig history 13/04/07 Golden Eagle - Chester 04/05/07 Flexys (W/Wyld Fyre)- Wrexham 19/05/07 Shropshire Arms (W/Dan & Kev) - Chester 24/05/07 Wynnstay Arms (W/Wyld Fyre) - Wrexham 07/06/07 Degrees NEWI (W/Impaled Existence) - Wrexham 17/06/07 Vaults - Wrexham 14/07/07 Hampden Arms - Wrexham 20/07/07 Milliners - Wrexham 21/07/07 ROSS-A-PALOOZA 2007- Bath House - Wrexham 27/07/07 Egremont Ferry - Wallasey 10/08/07 Shropshire Arms - Chester 11/08/07 Chester Bells - Chester 25/08/07 Royal Oak Rock Bar - Wallasey 01/09/07 'Miles From Nowhere' Motor X Festival (W/MO6) - Wrexham 08/09/07 Hampden Arms - Wrexham 14/09/07 Milliners - Wrexham 21/09/07 Black Lion - Wrexham 26/09/07 The Cavern (W/Bob Gave Birth) - Liverpool 29/09/07 Degrees NEWI - Wrexham 09/11/07 Chester Bells - Chester 16/11/07 Milliners - Wrexham 23/11/07 Frog & Nightingale - Chester 21/12/07 Shropshire Arms - Chester 22/12/07 Milliners - Wrexham 29/12/07 The Griffin - Mold 19/01/08 Frog & Nightingale (W/Beehive Project) - Chester 25/01/08 Black Lion - Wrexham 08/02/08 Chester Bells - Chester 22/02/08 The Guild NEWI (W/Soley Mourning) - Wrexham 01/03/08 Milliners - Wrexham 12/04/08 Golden Eagle - Chester 02/05/08 Shropshire Arms - Chester 05/06/08 The Guild NEWI - Wrexham 07/06/08 Milliners - Wrexham 14/06/08 MEL-A-PALOOZA 2008 - B H (W/Soley Mourning) - Wrexham 26/07/08 Beehive - Chester 23/08/08 Chester Bells - Chester 06/09/08 The Cavern (W/The Kid From Argentina) - Liverpool 19/09/08 Golden Eagle (W/Dan & Kev) - Chester 23/09/08 Glyndwr Uni (W/Iris 3, Screaming Citizens) - Wrexham 26/09/08 Glyndwr Uni (W/A59) - Wrexham 27/09/08 Milliners - Wrexham |
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 2/13/2007Band Website: In Production.... Band Members: Ben: Vox and Guitar Graeme: Bass and Beard Gaz: Guitar. Kev: Drums and Big Band. Influences: From ABBA to Zappa. Amerie to ZZ Top. Aardvark to Zyban.... Sounds Like: Riffs... Beats... Melody... Chugs... Low end growl... Fuzz and Feedback! Record Label: Spacehopper Records Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Industrial / Ambient / J-POP) |
My Blog |
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Day 580 |
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| 580 days... that's a long time. that's nearly a thousand days. so as you might expect, you hit walls, some are made of jelly or wool, others are made of cement. cold, dry cement. So as you imagine, th... Posted by Black Orange on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:29:00 PST |
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Day 530 |
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| Welcome.Just a post to say we're still alive (Cheers Gra) and we've got a gig in the fabled Beehive in Chester on saturday (26th Julie), we can't flippin wait. we've not rehearsed properly since the l... Posted by Black Orange on Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:01:00 PST |
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Day 496 |
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| This is the neeeewws!How are tricks, bub? just thought i'd give a bit of a write, tell ya what we've been up to of late in blackorangeton. We've had a few gigs lately, first was the Newi Union gig for... Posted by Black Orange on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:59:00 PST |
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Day 472 |
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| Hullo and hey, how are things on your side of the screen? what's to tell... well, things have been a little quiet of late, been jotting down some ideas and demo's etc hopefully me, Gra and Kev can get... Posted by Black Orange on Mon, 26 May 2008 05:37:00 PST |
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Day 438 |
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| Just a quick one, hope all's flying high out there in la la land, it's all chipper this end, first off, thanks to y'all who made it to our first birthday bash, it was a fun night, with i'd had a littl... Posted by Black Orange on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:16:00 PST |
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Day 418 |
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| Konnichiwa!Suppose it’s time for an update from the land of the orange.it’s been a while, partially due to my internet being a bit "ughghchc", however that is no longer the case, hence thi... Posted by Black Orange on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:46:00 PST |
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Day 378 |
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| Shiver me timbers! It be time for a glass of jack n coke, and a good ol' sit down...There we are... first off a big big cheers to Simon and his crew for doing our sound last night at NEWI, good work, ... Posted by Black Orange on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:35:00 PST |
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Day 365 |
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| One year gone... just like that! good job i've actually got some stuff to say then!To celebrate a year since we formed Black Orange, we are playing a gig at the Chester Bells this coming friday, so co... Posted by Black Orange on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:30:00 PST |
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Day 342 |
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| Hello and how do, hope this web log finds you in good spirits despite it being the most depressing time of year in the world. January technically should be good, but it isn't. it's just damp, grey and... Posted by Black Orange on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:06:00 PST |
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Day 314 |
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| My my how time flies... seems like only a few weeks ago i was in december 2006. still, that's just how it goes i guess... next thing you know, BANG! you're in the future! but it's the present. we're t... Posted by Black Orange on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 03:32:00 PST |
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