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Ben Orum

Never a dull moment.

About Me

This really needs to be updated.

My Interests

I am way into Screen Printing T-shirts for bands and well as graphic design in my free time. When I'm not working, I like to site down and come up with crazy riffs on the guitar or watch a movie with my girlfriend.

Music:

GWAR, Dying Fetus, Gorguts, Skinless, Cryptopsy, Candiria, Poison the Well, Catastrophic, Opeth, God Forbid, Napalm Death, Soilent Green, Monstrosity, Deeds of Flesh, Vader, Impaled, Origin, Diecast, Mortician, Exhumed, Exodus, Hostility, Six Feet Under, Lamb of God, Darkest Hour, The Haunted, Martyr AD, Disgorge, Morbid Angel, Deicide, Zyklon, Converge, Marduk, Strapping Young Lad, Nile, Hate Eternal, Arch Enemy, All Bets Off, Incantation, Vehemence, Killswitch Engage, Dave Brockie Experience, Every Time I Die, Cephalic Carnage, The Dillenger Escape Plan, D.R.I., Immolation, Avenged Sevenfold, Dead to Fall, Paradise Lost, Nuclear Assault, Vile, Severed Savior, Vulgar Pigeons, Ragweed, The Red Chord, Himsa, Bleeding Through, Shai Hulud, Grave, Goatwhore, First Blood, For the Crown, Thanatopsis, Divine Empire, Intergrity, Bound in Blood, All Shall Perish, Noctuary, Antagony, Sinai Beach, Something Must Die, Pigface, As I Lay Dying, Watch Them Die, Walls of Jericho, Bury Your Dead, The Black Dahlia Murder, Soilwork, Brujeria and Asesino... whew!

Movies:

Fight Club, Happiness, Requiem For A Dream, Braveheart, Mean Girls

My Blog

CONTRACTIONS!!!

Kelly has started labor, we are on hour 6. The contractions are coming about every 5-10 minutes.I'm pretty sure it's coming tonight or tomorrow!!!ben
Posted by BenikoShallPerish on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 04:16:00 PST

Father 2 Be!

I'm sure you guys are aware already, but come August we are having a BOY! His name is Greyson Ray Orum. Kelly and I are both excited and can hardly wait till August (hopefully on my birthday!!) We ju...
Posted by BenikoShallPerish on Mon, 13 Mar 2006 01:43:00 PST

this deserves a blog.

I asked my sweetheart Kelly to Marry me! Today is our 5 year anniversary, and I couldn't be happier. Here are pictures from the event ...
Posted by BenikoShallPerish on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Old School

I recently found this Interview I did back when I was in YFH, just about to form into ANTAGONY... we were some goofy bastards! OLD SCHOOOOL...
Posted by BenikoShallPerish on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

ft. laughterdale, FL

Ft. Laughterdale rules. I have obtained a tmobile sidekick and am now able to blog from the road like the big friggin nerd I am. This thing is rediculous.. Full internet, email, instant messanger.. I'...
Posted by BenikoShallPerish on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

orlando, fl

Oh man, orlando knows how to party it up! We arrive at the venue and are immediatly surrounded by insane dance clubs, beautiful people and really loud techno music. All on a friggin wednesday night! ...
Posted by BenikoShallPerish on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

jacksonville FL

Get to the venue around noon and got some sleep. Florida is fucking beautiful! Jacksonville is a nice play to be, lots of interesting arcitecture, and a pretty cool venue as well. The Atlantic ocean i...
Posted by BenikoShallPerish on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

west columbia SC

Woke up after a good nights sleep in the van. The rest of the guys staying in a hotel with agnstic, but I was on van duty tonight. It dies today got their whole van and trailer rig jacked last week, s...
Posted by BenikoShallPerish on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Agnostic Tour, Charlotte NC

Drove about 4 hours with Craig sitting shotgun blairing NIN and reminicing about the time. We arrived at the venue at like 5 in the morning and crashed. Woke up and explored Charlotte to find a pretty...
Posted by BenikoShallPerish on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Agnostic Tour Day 3

I woke up this morning in North Carolina, which looks to be a very nice place. We walked around downtown and found some record stores. I picked up the new fantomas which is fucking incredible... quite...
Posted by BenikoShallPerish on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST