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About Me

The Orphans formed in May 1995 in the Philly area...more specifically, in and around the area of West Chester, Pennsylvania. Really the story begins before then, on skateboards in driveways and parking lots while a beat-up tape player crackles and blares in the background. We played basement shows mostly... a few backyards and a whole slew of rentable halls with a lot of bands we became friends with. All in all it adds up to the greatest time of your life: pissed off, carefree, caffeinated and brimming with the relentless desire to get in front of a roomful of dirty, spiky kids around your age and just fucking scream til you can't scream no more. We stopped playing officially in 2000, but have played reunion shows time and again for one reason or another. Our discography CD, "Raise the Youth," is still available through Fistolo Records (www.fistolo.com) and the Mischief Brew website (www.mischiefbrew.com).

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Member Since: 1/14/2006
Band Website: fistolo.com/TheOrphans.html
Band Members: Andrew Baxter - drums Tom Johnsen - guitar Drew Petersen - bass, voice Erik Petersen - voice, guitar, mandolin ... and Joe D'Orazio, who played trumpet live.
Influences: Dead Kennedys, SubCultureShockFishCitizenHumans, 7 Seconds, Crass, old Bad Religion, Circle Jerks, Black Flag, Operation Ivy, Billy Bragg, Minor Threat...
Sounds Like: "The Crew"-era 7 Seconds, "Worlds Apart"-era Subhumans, "Suffer"-era Bad Religion and "Fresh Fruit"-era Dead Kennedys. Maybe a little Billy Bragg thrown in there for later stuff.
Record Label: Fistolo Records, Creep Records (back then...)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

One more round...TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK 6/28

Last batch were so fun, let's hear it one more time! And there will be no more any time soon after this...SAT. JUNE 28th, 2pm (show 2-6)THE ORPHANS @ TOMPKINS SQUARE PARKTompkins Sq. Park (forme...
Posted by The Orphans on Sun, 25 May 2008 07:30:00 PST

That ruled.

Wow. All we can say is...THANKS. Thanks to everyone for coming to the reunion shows, for dancing and screaming along! It went so far beyond all expectations, and at the moment I'm still process...
Posted by The Orphans on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:00:00 PST

"Raise the Youth" now available from iTunes.

Good news to friends both new and old: The Orphans "Raise the Youth" CD is now available from iTunes. You can find it here. It is still available from Downloadpunk, Ebulltion, Very... more... Ch...
Posted by The Orphans on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:59:00 PST

How to get Orphans musick...

So I'm only gonna say this once, which works perfectly because we're only ever gonna do the one discog. CD. For anyone that wants to buy Orphans music and songs, here's how you can do it!The Orp...
Posted by The Orphans on Tue, 17 Jan 2006 08:00:00 PST

Welcome!

Hey folks. Well, we finally caved in and started one of these. And why the hell not? May the songs live on! Maybe we'll reconnent with some old acquaintances in the process, an...
Posted by The Orphans on Tue, 17 Jan 2006 07:45:00 PST