Rymes with Orange

Not to be confused with the comic strip, Rhymes with Orange.
Rymes with Orange
Origin Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres Alternative rock
Years active 1992–2008
Past members Lyndon Johnson
Joe Burke
Rob Lulic
Alexander Julien
Bob D'Eith
Steeve Hennessy
Nelson Sinclair
Kevin Spencer
Timothy B. Hewitt
Niko Quintal
Trevor Grant

Rymes with Orange was a Canadian alternative rock band formed in 1992 in Vancouver.[1]

History

The band was originally formed in Vancouver as The Night Watchmen, by guitarist Rob Lulic, keyboardist Bob D'Eith, bassist Nelson Sinclair and drummer Niko Quintal.[1] After releasing a demo tape, that band's original lead singer quit to return home to Scotland,[1] and the remaining members joined with new singer Lyndon Johnson to form Rymes With Orange.[1] As The Night Watchmen, the band had a more conventional alternative rock sound, but as Rymes With Orange their style evolved toward a Madchester-influenced dance rock sound.[2] The band was a semi-finalist in Vancouver's local Demo Listen Derby competition in 1991.[3]

The band released their full-length debut album Peel in 1992,[4] which spawned the singles "Marvin", "Memory Fade" and a cover of The Small Faces' "Itchycoo Park".[2] The album was supported by their first large-scale national tour across Canada,[2] both on their own and as an opening act for The Blue Shadows,[5] Redd Kross, One Free Fall[6] and Odds.[2]

The band followed up in 1994 with the album Trapped in the Machine.[7] During this era, the band joked in promotional interviews that the apparently missing letter h in their name had been donated to hHead.[7] The band again toured across Canada to support the album,[2] and again garnered radio airplay for the singles "Toy Train", "I Believe" and "She Forgot to Laugh".[8] Bif Naked was the opening act for several dates on this tour.[9] Part of the tour had to be postponed, however, after the band were involved in a tour van accident near Sicamous, British Columbia in January 1995.[10] When they returned to the road in the spring of 1995, their tour included dates in Atlantic Canada, a region they had not previously played.[11] Trapped in the Machine was the band's most successful album, selling over 60,000 copies in Canada.[12]

At the Juno Awards of 1996, the band garnered a nomination for Best New Group.[13] The band continued to perform locally through 1996 and 1997, but took a hiatus from recording. Quintal left the band during this time to record and tour with Kim Bingham's band Mudgirl.[14]

When the band returned in 1999 with their third album Crash, Johnson and Lulic were the only remaining original members,[12] with the new lineup including Kevin Spencer on bass, Steeve Hennessy on keyboards and Trevor Grant on drums.[15] During their tour to support Crash, their tour van was stolen in Winnipeg,[16] and was struck by a transport truck in a parking lot while the band was asleep in their motel room.[17] Crash was named Best Pop/Rock Album at the 1999 West Coast Music Awards.[12]

Their fourth album, One More Mile, followed in 2003.

The band's last known live performance was at a Canada Day festival in Vancouver in 2008.[18]

Discography

Date of release Title Label ASIN
1992 Peel Polygram B000BVFA6M
1994 Trapped in the Machine Strawberry B000EADF9E
1999 Crash Shoreline Records B000AL74QM
April 22, 2003 One More Mile Page

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Get fax machine, see the world". Toronto Star, July 8, 1993.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Engineers attract great lineup for week's final bash". Edmonton Journal, January 14, 1994.
  3. ↑ "Finalists break pattern: Wind-up bands in Demo Listen Derby both progressive and unpredictable". The Province, June 5, 1992.
  4. ↑ "Think Global music but buy locally". Vancouver Sun, December 15, 1992.
  5. ↑ "Blue Shadows offer country harmony". Ottawa Citizen, September 16, 1993.
  6. ↑ "One Free Fall in step at last". The Province, November 12, 1993.
  7. 1 2 "Band gets the 'H' out, hits the road". Ottawa Citizen, October 20, 1994.
  8. ↑ "Music supports the Melanie campaign: Rymes With Orange leads fundraiser". The Province, February 15, 1995.
  9. ↑ "Biff exposes multiple musical personalities". Edmonton Journal, November 3, 1994.
  10. ↑ "Tour goes out the window in accident en route to Edmonton". Edmonton Journal, February 3, 1995.
  11. ↑ "Orange rhymes with triumph today". The Province, March 30, 1995.
  12. 1 2 3 "Johnson has made a success of Orange". Calgary Herald, April 2, 2000.
  13. ↑ "Juno nominees reflect success of female singers". The Globe and Mail, February 1, 1996.
  14. ↑ "Will Kim be Mudgirl when she's 40?". Vancouver Sun, January 24, 1997.
  15. ↑ "Rymes With Orange looks forward to visit to Prairies". Regina Leader-Post, April 13, 2000.
  16. ↑ "Starling on verge of record deal". Ottawa Citizen, June 24, 1999.
  17. ↑ "Rymes with Crashed Vans". Ottawa Citizen, April 20, 2000.
  18. ↑ "Loverboy set to rock Canada Day; Payolas will also perform at free show in Surrey". Surrey Now, May 20, 2008.


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