The Orphans
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Way of Life
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Your Customers
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Virus One
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General Info
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Genre: Punk
Location West Chester, PA, US
Profile Views: 84274
Last Login: 6/23/2012
Member Since 1/14/2006
Website www.fistolo.com/TheOrphans.html
Record Label Fistolo Records, Creep Records (back then...)
Type of Label Indie
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Bio
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). .. -
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.
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The Orphans
TONIGHT in Philly @ The Church! We're playing! http://lnk.ms/cK61l
WKDU Presents: Plow United with The Orphans, Iron Chic, and Spraynard | WKDU Philadelphia 91.7FM
Guys: this is the show you don't want to miss. Plow United, recently reunited after a 13 year hiatus, is back in Philadelphia playing punk like no other band does. They are joined by The Orphans, a local band who are also reunited since disbanding in 2000.
Videos
The Government Stole My Germs CD
03:01 | 471 plays | Feb 4 2008
Music
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10 Songs | Dec 23, 2008
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11 Songs | Sep 30, 2008
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12 Songs | Sep 30, 2008
Comments
- Baby, I'm A Teen Cliche!2 years ago
why aren't we playing the west chester reunion show?!
- MAnolo XInes2 years ago
cool stuff guys!
- Kelsey KOrth2 years ago
Awesome music

- 2 years ago
- FEET FIRST3 years agoHI ORPHANSLET THE PUNKS KNOW!THANXELL!S FIRST
- Baby, I'm A Teen Cliche!3 years ago
Lost forever?! don't say that! your music is wayyy too good to be lost forever! it IS a great idea, it has to happen!! haha you should put out the word for the demo and killtime recording (even Crap's Greatest Hits too!) and that re-re-reunion show! whatever is the next thing for The Orphans i can't wait for it!
- Online Mixing Studio3 years ago
Love the songs! Let us know if you ever need any mixing or mastering. www.cybermixingstudio.com
- Baby, I'm A Teen Cliche!3 years ago
nail chaos to your cross of order!
- Thee Nosebleeds3 years ago
$3 pbr/bourbon shot special.great food.The Gerunds feature x- Dag Nasty vocalist Peter Cortner and have been known to play the occasional DN song. (12am)Cell Mates hail from Baltimore, MD and contain former members of Deep Sleep. (11pm)Thee Nosebleeds will be playing their new record in it's entirety. (10pm)These MFs set the whole thing up.AT - Baby, I'm A Teen Cliche!3 years ago
waiting on another reunion show!
















