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The Orbz

About Me

Jeremy Ivy – bass
Ken Adelman – guitar
Jason Robinson – voice

It doesn’t matter that they’re based in St. Louis. It doesn’t matter that it’s 2009. It doesn’t even matter that their music sounds like a blend of the best of the ’80s, ’90s and ’00s, yet the song that's a fan favorite yearns for the pioneers of ’75.
What matters instead is that The Orbz craft woven, entertaining and addictive pop-wave post-punk rock music. Melodically, the music of The Orbz invites obsession, movement, dance; lyrically, it’s contemplative, introspective, inspiring. Says frontman Jason Robinson, “Sometimes there comes a song where you can’t separate yourself from it; it gets lodged in your brain somehow, and you can’t stop thinking about it. That song. I want to write that song.”
“We operate under the belief that everybody has a story to be told and heard,” affirms guitarist Ken Adelman. “My main concern is to write what is true to me and express my thoughts into music. Music should resemble one’s life.”
As Jason Robinson stepped into the vocalist role, “I was given the reins and told to re-imagine them as my own,” he says now, embracing The Orbz’ constant challenge: Writing music in different formats than yesterday. “Each day,” says Ken, “it’s like having more paint brushes and paint to use.”
The guys are about to celebrate the self-release of their sophomore CD, Stop! The Reporters Will See. Whereas the upcoming album is about being sick of the state of things, says Jeremy, “our brand new material is about moving forward with our own designs for the future.”
“The music industry is squeezing stations to produce more with less,” Jason says. “The Orbz don’t even fit into this. We’re total indie in the old sense of the word: We do our own website, we do our own t-shirts, we do our own posters, and our first full-length album is set to be self-released.”
Says Jeremy, “We’re non-hipsters playing hip indie music, almost by happenstance.”
“2009 is our year,” grins Jason. “Just wait.”
--- Bio by Laura Hamlett
Come catch a show and cop some of the Orbz buzz… you'll be hooked! Bands We're proud to say we've shared the stage with:
    Ashborne Stella Mora PFIC People Noise Radio Radio Men Women & Children My Other Side Panic Attack Slow Riot The Metrophobics The Upright Animals Tory Z Starbuck The Ultraviolents Syna So Pro Last Night's Vice Nothing Still State & Madison Enamel Modern Red Tape Deck Sonata / Lemay Odyssey Simply Esoteric The Mirror Stage The Take Down Radio Radio Cavashawn Chess Club Jon Frischer and the Squares

My Interests

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Member Since: 9/15/2006
Band Website: http://www.orbzband.com/
Band Members:

Jason ~ Vocals

Ken ~ Guitars

Jeremy ~ Bass
Beatriz Teran - management
Influences: Television, Joy Division, U2, Dinosaur Jr., The Cars, The Stooges, Elvis Costello, Neil Young, Prince, Fugazi, Smashing Pumpkins, The Afghan Whigs, mybloodyvalentine, Pink Floyd, and it just gets weirder from there.
Sounds Like: Bloc Party, Level 42, A Certain Ratio, Talking Heads, Gang of Four, 70's Bowie, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, English Beat, Placebo, The Fixx, Voivod, Living Colour, Helmet, Fugazi, MGMT, The Faint
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

The Orbz seeking new drummer

The Orbz need a new drummer. Requirements:- Play for the song, first and foremost.- Be professional- Play nice with the bassist, a rhythm section is a partnership- Prior band experience including both...
Posted by on Mon, 18 May 2009 04:47:00 GMT

Stellar CD Release FridayNight at the Firebird!!!!

Last night was an amazing night at the Firebird! Three absolutely top notch bands, boatloads of top notch fans!We really enjoyed ourselves, and I hope you did too! Big thanks to the Firebird for hosti...
Posted by on Sun, 12 Apr 2009 08:01:00 GMT

Orbz in the news!

 Keep an eye out this coming Wedneday for both the print and online versions of the RiverFront Times, which will feature a review of our upcoming CD "Stop! The Reporters Will See"!The A-Z Blog over at...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:12:00 GMT

PUMPIN UP

Yeah, we don't usually do this, but I'm taking over today to really bust out about upcoming stuff with The Orbz. If you're on our mailing list, you might already know some of this, but if you're a mor...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:03:00 GMT

Doing what we can to help out a neighbor in need....join us?

The Orbz rehearse at a members house in the Central West End. Last week Gale, a neighbor of ours, lost everything but her dogs and kids in a housefire. West End Pub and Grill is having a fundraiser f...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:29:00 GMT

The Orbz on KDHX tonight!

At 8 tonight on 1120 am KMOX, John Carney is going to play The Orbz on the air! He's also (more importantly) going to be plugging the Angels Arms Foundation benefit show we're playin on Saturday at Of...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:20:00 GMT

Orz Website Launches!

We're pleased to announce that we've set up shop at www.orbzband.com!!!!! We'll still be updating the myspace, but more of the action will be on the website, including proper blog, and eventually a fo...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Dec 2008 12:58:00 GMT

did you see it?

we had a ton of fun doing 2 shows this past Saturday.one at Rock N Roll Craft Show that was kinda secret and the other at Way Out Club. we debuted some new material and found out that Beatle Bob likes...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:41:00 GMT

Did we make it this far?! Wow.

It's been a long time coming, but last night Ken and I picked up the masters of the album from Patrick Creselius, who pushed us and let us push back as we crafted our first full length album. "Stop! T...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:18:00 GMT

(Phew) Recording Journal Final & NEW SONGS

So. It's done. The majority of the work on the album, "Stop! The Reporters Will See" is complete. We worked long and hard doing the final tracking, I have a preview copy and it sounds awesome. Can't w...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:51:00 GMT