Orange Island was a rock band based out of the town

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. Orange Island formed in 1996 when cousins Charles Young and Brendan Dickhaut started writing music together and had David Chouinard playing bass guitar. After writing songs together they asked their friend David Gorman to sing for the group. Orange Island wrote and recorded several demos before being signed to the Boston-based record label

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in 2000. '' The Shape of Calling'' was Orange Island's debut album and shortly after its release the band started touring the US with many well known bands including Brand New,

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, Breaking Pangaea, Kill Verona and others. in 2002 Orange Island released their follow-up full length titled '' Everything You Thought You Knew''. This album dealt with themes related to struggling with

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and losing a close friend. Orange Island went through several line up changes after the release of their second album (losing their bass player

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prior to its release) who left the band to join the military after 9/11. Several people filled in on bass until they took on

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, a good friend who formerly played in the Boston band

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. Joseph started playing second guitar, David Gorman started to only sing, and Colin Spencer (also of The Chase Scene) took over on bass. Orange Island left

and signed to

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and released a

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CD that was very well received by reviewers and the indie scene. Orange Island toured for the new album with the punk band

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. In 2004 Orange Island released their final album titled '' The Morning After'', which was released on the Oregon-based record label Rise Records. Orange Island disbanded shortly after this last release.

Final line-up

* Brendan Dickhaut - Guitar * Joseph Gonzalez-Dufresne - Guitar * David Gorman - Vocals * Colin Spencer - Bass * Charles Young - Drums

Other members

* David Chouinard - Bass * Jason Brodrick - Bass * Brian Price - Bass

Discography

* The Shape of Calling EP (2001) * ''Everything You Thought You Knew ''(2002) * ''Orange Island'' (2003) * The Morning After EP (2004) * Split w/ Garrison EP (2004)

Compilation appearances

* Still Green Movie Soundtrack (2007) - "Pyretic Eyes (The Same Soap Opera)" * Beer: The Movie Movie Soundtrack (2003) - "Stand Up, State Your Name" *

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External links

Orange Island MySpace page Orange Island Purevolume Page
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