There are at least 10 artists called Orchid:
1. A screamo/emoviolence ba… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least 10 artists called Orchid:
1. A screamo/emoviolence band from Amherst, Massachusetts
2. A doom metal band from San Francisco, California
3. Helix Tears and Bloodshounds singer/rappper, https://soundcloud.com/0rch_id
4. An indie-pop band Poznan, Poland
5. A rock band from Halifax, Nova Scotia
6. an alias of Alexander Tooth
7. a "post-prog" band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
8. A progressive metal/mathcore band from Bangalore, India. Renamed to Maneating Orchid
9. A pop rap/indie rock duo based in Arizona known for their songs "Mama" and "Catatonia"
10. An indie electro-pop artist from the UK.

1. Active from 1998 to 2002, Orchid was first and foremost a hardcore band. Orchid combined a post-modern aesthetic with emo/screamo and even added prominent powerviolence/grindcore elements, an approach which positioned them as one of the most iconic 'emoviolence' musical groups; a genre humorously invented by In/Humanity several years prior to Orchid's existence.

Their sound was a highly frantic and chaotic amalgamation of blast beats, distorted tremolo picking/octave riffing and high pitched shrieks that gave way to very short and erratic/spastic songs; a style that would not be too far off from condensed black metal.

Orchid's members more often cite the German bands Systral and Carol as influences but they are said to particularly have borrowed a considerable amount of their sound from Canadian band One Eyed God Prophecy. Other influences include the French philosopher Michel Foucault.

They released several now hard to find splits (with bands including The Red Scare, Jeromes 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).

Dance Tonight! Revolution Tomorrow! and Chaos Is Me were released together as a single album, also on Ebullition Records. The band’s final release before their break-up was a self-titled album (commonly referred to as 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 its last shows in a number of cities during the summer of 2002, the last of which was at the Advocate in Harvard Square in Boston.

The aforementioned Jerome’s Dream split was a one sided 10'' in the shape of a skull. It was pressed in red ink, black ink, and glow in the dark black ink, with one band’s songs playing from the inside out and the other from the outside in.

Former band member Will Killingsworth opened his own label called Clean Plate records, which now is producing Orchid shirts again. This is being done due to bootleg shirts going for a lot of money on eBay, and the real shirts going for equal if not more amounts. In other words, this was to get rid of the high prices. He also founded a highly popular recording/producing facility referred to as Dead Air Studios dedicated to hardcore as well as independent music.

2. ORCHID (SF) hail from San Francisco, California. They began playing live in and around San Francisco in early 2008. Since that time they have shared the stage with such heavies as Pentagram, Earthless, Nachtmystium, Fu Manchu, Astra, Slough Feg, Ludicra, and Hammers of Misfortune.

ORCHID signed with German Doom label The Church Within Records in October of 2009 and released their debut EP Through the Devil’s Doorway in December of that year to much praise and critical acclaim from both European and American press.
A full length LP, Capricorn, was released in February of 2011.

www.facebook.com/orchidsf

3. orchid is a singer/rapper. Member of popular soundcloud collectives Helix Tears and Bloodhounds. https://soundcloud.com/0rch_id orchid

4. Orchid (a.k.a. Orchid_PL) is a polish Indie-Pop band formed in 2005 in Poznan, PL- a city in a mid way between Warsaw and Berlin. The band is currently composed of 5 band members, where the main force are girls (3 of them). Much of their music focuses on simple guitar-based melodies. It meets the electronics, but not very modern, rather vintage.

In April of 2007 Orchid recorded, produced and released their first EP takk!_soundsampler . This release can be downloaded via jamendo.com..
In April 2009 the band released first LP Driving With a Hand Brake On . The debut album is available via their website.

5. The Orchid is a band from Halifax, Nova Scotia, with an album due to be released in August, 2007.

6. Orchid is an alias of Alexander Tooth, progressive house and breaks producer with releases on Gravitation Records, Hope recordings, Secret Planet & Silver Planet Recordings.

7. Orchid is also a "post-prog" band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Weekend at the Fire Academy
Orchid Lyrics

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How quaint you can spit farther than me
Your life straight from a movie scene
Now on a movie screen
Sliver skies and black eyes
I want a piece of cake
Get your hands off my presents
Kiss on the face
Slap on the cheek. I'll be the one who takes my chances

Sort of sad, isn't it
It's hard to forget the friend who makes the scene on T.V.
My baby makes the scene on T.V.

She makes the scene on T.V.
Who's like that anyway

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Weekend at the Fire Academy by Orchid express a sense of envy towards someone whose life seems to be straight out of a movie scene. The first line, "How quaint you can spit farther than me," suggests a feeling of inadequacy towards this person's abilities, even in something as trivial as spitting. The singer then goes on to describe this person's life as being a cinematic spectacle, even using the words "movie scene" twice in the first two lines. The line "Now on a movie screen" suggests that this person has achieved some level of fame or notoriety, perhaps through acting or some other form of media.

The following lines suggest a feeling of frustration towards this person as well. There is a desire for a "piece of cake," which could be interpreted as a metaphor for success or achievement. Meanwhile, the singer is resentful of people touching their "presents" and is willing to take risks to get what they want. The line "Sort of sad, isn't it" could be seen as an acknowledgement of the bitterness that underlies these attitudes.

The final stanza is a reflection on the nature of fame and those who attain it. The line "It's hard to forget the friend who makes the scene on T.V." suggests that the singer perhaps knew this person before they achieved their notoriety, and now feels a sense of sadness or loss at the changes that have occurred. Despite this, there is still a sense of fascination and admiration towards this person, as seen in the line "My baby makes the scene on T.V."

Line by Line Meaning

How quaint you can spit farther than me
It's interesting that you have a skill of spitting farther than me

Your life straight from a movie scene
Your life is like something out of a movie

Now on a movie screen
Your life is now being shown on a movie screen

Sliver skies and black eyes
The sky is gray and your eyes are black

I want a piece of cake
I want to enjoy some of the good things in life

Get your hands off my presents
Don't touch my belongings

Kiss on the face
A greeting or a sign of affection shown by kissing someone on the face

Slap on the cheek. I'll be the one who takes my chances
If you slap me in the face, I'll still take my chances and do what I want

Sort of sad, isn't it
It's kind of sad, isn't it?

It's hard to forget the friend who makes the scene on T.V.
It's difficult to forget the friend who is now famous and appearing on TV

My baby makes the scene on T.V.
My significant other is now appearing on TV