Orchid

Considered by many to be one of the pioneers of the "screamo" sound, Orchid was first and foremost a hardcore band. Orchid combined a post-modern aesthetic with hardcore punk releasing several now hard to find splits (with bands includin

Considered by many to be one of the pioneers of the "screamo" sound, Orchid was first and foremost a hardcore band. Orchid combined a post-modern aesthetic with hardcore punk releasing several now hard to find splits (with bands including The Red Scare, Jerome's Dream, combatwoundedveteran, Encyclopedia of American Traitors and the grindcore band Pig Destroyer), a 10" record (Dance Tonight, Revolution Tomorrow on Ebullition Records) and an LP (Chaos Is Me on Ebullition Records). Orchids' influences are assumed to be Canadian hardcore band Union of Uranus and One Eyed God Prophecy, but band members more often cite the German bands Systral and Carol . Dance Tonight, Revolution Tomorrow and Chaos Is Me where released together as a single album, also on Ebullition Records. The band's final release before their break-up was Gatefold on Ebullition Records. Members went on to form the bands Wolves, Panthers, Ampere, Bucket Full of Teeth, and Transistor Transistor. Posthumously, a cd compiling all of their singles and split releases (Totality on Clean Plate Records) was released. The cd also contains compilation tracks and songs from the Dance Tonight... Sessions.

The band was formed while the members were studying at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts in early 1998. Orchid played last shows in a number of cities during the summer of 2002, the last of which was at The Associate in Harvard Square in Boston.