The Oranges Band is an American

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band from

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signed with Green Day's original label,

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. Fronted by ex-

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bassist Roman Kuebler, The Oranges' first record, ''The Five Dollars EP'', was released on Baltimore-based label Morphius Records. Subsequent touring and critical praise earned the band a deal with Lookout, culminating in the release of an EP, album, and several videos, leading up to, according to many critics, their strongest album to that point, '' The World & Everything in It''. In 2004, Morphius released a retrospective compiling the band's earlier work, including ''The Five Dollars EP'', the now out-of-print ''900 Miles of Fucking Hell'' EP, as well as various unreleased tracks entitle
Two Thousands
In 2008, with a new lineup that included Pat Martin on bass and guest guitarist

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, the band released their third full-length The Oranges Band are Invisible.

Discography

* ''$5 EP'' (2000) * ''Nine Hundred Miles of Fucking Hell'' (2001) * ''On TV'' (2002) * ''All Around'' (2003) * ''Two Thousands'' (2004) * '' The World & Everything in It'' (2005) * '' The Oranges Band Are Invisible'' (2008)

References

External links

Morphius RecordsLookout RecordsThe Oranges Band home pageThe Oranges Band Myspace page Lookout Records official website
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