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About Me

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

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/13/2007
Band 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

My Blog

Day 580

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

Day 530

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

Day 496

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

Day 472

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

Day 438

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

Day 418

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

Day 378

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

Day 365

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

Day 342

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

Day 314

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