Orange 9mm

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Orange 9mm
General information
origin New York City , New York , United States
Genre (s) Post-hardcore , alternative rock , crossover
founding 1992
resolution 2000
Last occupation
Chaka Malik
Chris Traynor
initially electric bass , later electric guitar, then both
 Taylor McLam
Matthew Cross
former members
Electric bass
 David Gentile
Electric bass
 Chris Vitali

Orange 9mm was an American post-hardcore , alternative rock, and crossover band from New York City that was formed in 1992 and disbanded in 2000.

history

The band was formed in 1992 by singer Chaka Malik and guitarist Chris Traynor. The two already knew each other from their work together in the hardcore punk band Burn . The line-up was supplemented by bassist Eric Rice and drummer Larry Gorman. The band chose their name as a "backlash against all the monosyllabic combos of which there were posters on every corner in the East Village ". The "9mm" denotes a caliber and refers to the brutality and the careless handling of weapons, while the "orange" stands for the youth, the positive and creativity. The following year the group released their first live EP . After the band signed a record deal with Revelation Records and released several singles, Gorman left the line-up, which Rice followed shortly afterwards. Eventually the group reached a recording deal with East West Records . Meanwhile, bassist David Gentile and drummer Matthew Cross joined as new members. In the spring of 1995, the debut album Driver Not Included , which was produced by Dave Jerden , was released. The album is a summary of older already known singles. Then it went on tour with Helmet and a contract with Atlantic Records was signed. In the same year the band was also to be seen at the Dynamo Open Air and they held a European tour with Biohazard . Later in 1995, Gentile left the line-up and was replaced by Taylor McLam prior to the recording of the album Tragic , which had taken place with producer David Sardy . The album was released in 1996. A song from it can be heard on the soundtrack to the film Escape from LA . After that, Traynor left the cast, after which it was long quiet about the group. In the same year the band performed together with Local H and Shift, among others . In 1997, the group also lost their contract with Atlantic Records. For the 1998 EP Ultraman Vs. Godzilla had McLam switched from bass to electric guitar, his original instrument was taken over by Chris Vitali. The latter left the group a short time later. In spring 1999, the third album Pretend I'm Human followed. McLam can then be heard on both the electric guitar and the bass. The recordings had taken place in Los Angeles with Neil Perry . The recording process as well as the mixing took a total of two months. In the following year the band broke up after a long tour activity. During their career, the band has appeared with Clutch , Sick of It All , Quicksand and Ned's Atomic Dustbin , among others .

style

According to Christian Graf in his Nu Metal and Crossover Lexicon , the band was influenced by Led Zeppelin , Black Sabbath , Radiohead and Miles Davis . On the album, the group combine "adrenaline rock with brutal grooves , punk energy and cynical raps ". On Pretend I'm Human , the group is more sensitive. Martin Popoff wrote in his book The Collector's Guide of Heavy Metal Volume 3: The Nineties about tragic that influences from industrial , hip-hop and alternative rock can be heard. The riffs are oppressive. Overall, the music is somewhat comparable to Wool's . Ultraman Vs. Godzilla is rough, rhythmic and urban metal , in which elements from rap and funk are incorporated. The music is "heavy", intelligent, raw and complex. Popoff wrote about Pretend I'm Human that the band could previously have been described as a mixture of Helmet, Fishbone and Lenny Kravitz , which resulted in music for him in the style of Candiria , but these elements have now disappeared. The music is more personal, bolder and more influenced by rap and electronica . The songs lack speed and guitar sounds; instead they would be heavily vocal based. In addition, there are occasional parallels to Skunk Anansie .

Chris Leibundgut described Driver Not Included as "a melodic cacophony of anger, melancholy , groove and aggressive riffing". In an interview with him, Chris Traynor stated that the band does not see itself as a hardcore punk band, but rather as a post-hardcore group, although genre allocation is not important to the group. He cited AC / DC and Motörhead as influences for David Gentile , Siouxsie and the Banshees and 10,000 Maniacs for Matthew Cross , Hip-Hop for Chaka Malik, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton and for himself The Smiths and Metal . The band is apolitical, the members are all vegetarian , but they don't want to address this in the songs. Leibundgut had reviewed Driver Not Included two issues previously . Here you can hear melodic post-hardcore and thus comparable to the music of Quicksand, Into Another and Helmet. The songs are mostly intense and catchy, while the vocals are reminiscent of Zack de la Rocha 's. The group refrains from annoying the political correctness of Rage Against the Machine . In a later edition Leibundgut again compared the band to Rage Against the Machine, while Tragic was "a very multi-faceted piece of crossover". Then you experiment more with hip-hop elements and the music is now more melodic. In an interview with him, Chaka Malik stated that he was trying to try something new here, like his favorite bands Red Hot Chili Peppers , Soundgarden and Lenny Kravitz. In their previous review of Tragic , Hanno Kress wrote that the band initially played “a bit of safe hardcore with a bounce factor” before they turned to alternative rock. The material is melodic and can compete with Nirvana's Nevermind . Overall, they offer a dynamically designed crossover of various influences, in which one does not neglect the hardcore punk roots in the style of Quicksand and CIV .

Discography

  • 1994: Orange 9mm (EP, Revelation Records )
  • 1994: Glistening (EP, East West Records )
  • 1995: Suspect (EP, East West Records)
  • 1995: High Speed ​​Changer (single, East West Records)
  • 1995: Driver Not Included (album, East West Records)
  • 1996: Muted (single, Atlantic Records )
  • 1996: Tragic (album, Atlantic Records)
  • 1997: Fly / 斬 影 / Strange / Second Breath (Split with Cycle and Back Drop Bomb , DEA Records )
  • 1998: Ultraman Vs. Godzilla (EP, Ng Records )
  • 1999: Primer (EP, Ng Records)
  • 1999: Pretend I'm Human (Album, Ng Records)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e John Bush: Orange 9mm. Allmusic , accessed April 21, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Peter Crigler: ORANGE 9MM. Their Downright Tragic Fate. furious.com, accessed April 22, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Chris Habundgut: Orange 9mm . Wanted Dead or Alive? In: Rock Hard . No. 98 , July 1995, p. 68 f .
  4. ^ A b c d Christian Graf: Nu Metal and Crossover Lexicon . Lexikon Imprint Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-89602-515-5 , p. 208 .
  5. ↑ Dynamo Open Air 1995. songkick.com, accessed April 21, 2018 .
  6. ↑ a b c d Chris Habundgut: Orange 9mm . New York Grooves. In: Rock Hard . No. 119 , April 1997, p. 127 .
  7. ↑ Biography. rockdetector.com, archived from the original on April 11, 2016 ; accessed on April 21, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Martin Popoff : The Collector's Guide of Heavy Metal Volume 3: The Nineties . Collectors Guide Ltd, Burlington, Ontario, Canada 2007, ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9 , pp. 328 .
  9. ↑ Chris Habundgut: Orange 9mm . Driver Not Included. In: Rock Hard . No. 96 , May 1995.
  10. ↑ Hanno Kress: Orange 9mm . Tragic. In: Rock Hard . No. 112 , September 1996, p. 119 .