Bobby briefly joined Snake River Conspiracy for a while, and Jay formed his own independent record label, D1 Music, with his father. In 2004, Orgy's third album, "Punk Statik Paranoia," was released under D1, but with little to no radio play or recognition from the mainstream music media.
Ryan and Amir have also started a side project known as Julien-K, with a much more electronic focus, and have released a song featuring the vocals of Chester Bennington of Linkin Park on the recent Underworld Evolution soundtrack. They have since formed the project Dead By Sunrise with Bennington. Amir Derakh was immortalised in the Coal Chamber song Amir of the Desert. He produced their debut album. Jay Gordon appeared on the follow up "Chamber Music".
When asked for an Orgy update in late July 2008, Shuck informed fans that Orgy's return is still underway but their priority is getting the much delayed Julien-K album released. During a video interview at the annual Californian NAMM 2009 convention, Derakh mentioned a 2010 Orgy reunion.
On March 30, 2010, through a video to his Julien-K, Dead By Sunrise, and Orgy followers, Shuck informed that there are plans for a tour in 2010. On October 25, 2010, Ryan Shuck and Amir Derakh informed on the Julien-K blog that "As of Oct. 26th we will no longer be part of Orgy. Jay will continue making music without the original members. On October 30, 2010, Jay Gordon released a statement via his official Facebook profile stating that he still owns the Orgy name and wants to continue forth creating new material for the band. Jay wrote that all previous members of the band were too busy with numerous side-projects to continue with the original band.
On November 7, 2011, Blabbermouth.net published a news story detailing the bitter feud between vocalist Gordon and guitarists Shuck and Derakh that has spiraled out of control after Gordon revealing his plans to assemble a band of musicians and begin touring under the name Orgy.
On February 3, 2012, it was announced that Orgy would embark on a five-week run titled the Bad Blood Tour. The new lineup features members of Deadsy, Snot, and Run Run Run. Vocalist Jay Gordon is the only original member of Orgy appearing on this tour; the support acts are the Texas-based One-Eyed Doll Cleveland-based industrial metal band Ventana and Faultline from Richmond, Virginia. The band has reportedly been in the studio in recent weeks recording new material, including a collaboration with Skrillex. This was confirmed after they cancelled the last five shows of their tour.
On August 4, 2012, Orgy linked to a 30 second demo of a new song, "Grime of the Century" via their Twitter and Facebook page.
In 2013, Orgy embarked on the Wide Awake and Dead Tour with Vampires Everywhere! and Davey Suicide.
Chasing Sirens
Orgy Lyrics
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To please and satisfy
They'll call you a hypocrite
You're giving birth to all new trends
Visions they'll never comprehend
Because they're all so selfish
Demanding their attention
So selfish
Everyone look at me chasing sirens
Trying to discover
What's wrong with my mind
So they started the upheaval
But you prompted the war
You're still a hypocrite
Snapping the sleepers into motion
So their systems will change
Right now you're giving up, but let me show you
Everyone look at me chasing sirens
Demanding their attention
So selfish
Everyone look at me chasing sirens
Trying to discover what's wrong with my mind
You like to be the center of attention, don't you
Under the spell of another phase
So pretentious
Plastic uninvited
Don't you find it strange
How they wear their egos on their sleeves
Until they see your face
Don't you find it strange
How they wear their egos on their sleeves
Everyone look at me chasing sirens
Demanding their attention
So selfish
Everyone look at me chasing sirens
Demanding their attention
So selfish
This day should last forever
Stuck on the merry go round
Keep spinning
Never want to come down
So selfish
This day should last forever
The lyrics of Orgy's "Chasing Sirens" speak to the pressure to conform and seek attention in order to be recognized as successful, but being decried as a hypocrite in the process. The song critiques the fakeness and selfishness of popular culture. The first stanza of the song speaks to the double standard where individuals are accused of being hypocrites when they change their styles to please others. The second stanza calls out the "everyone" for chasing sirens and being selfish, something that the individual singing the song is guilty of too. It's as if the singer is acknowledging and condemning their own behavior.
The chorus repeats the line "everyone look at me chasing sirens" like a mantra that is both condemning and addictive. The line "under the spell of another phase, so pretentious, plastic, uninvited" is an attack on the shallowness of current popular culture. The last stanza of the song speaks to the absurdity of wanting to stay in the moment forever, not wanting to get off the merry go round. The song is a critique of the shallow, self-absorbed nature of celebrity culture that consumes us all.
Line by Line Meaning
If you need to change your style sometimes
To please and satisfy
They'll call you a hypocrite
If you ever change your style to satisfy others, people will label you a hypocrite
You're giving birth to all new trends
Visions they'll never comprehend
Because they're all so selfish
You're creating new trends that narrow-sighted people will be unable to comprehend due to their overwhelming self-absorption
Everyone look at me chasing sirens
Demanding their attention
So selfish
I want everyone's attention and I will do whatever it takes to get it, even if it means disregarding others' needs
Trying to discover
What's wrong with my mind
I'm on a quest to comprehend what's causing my insanity
So they started the upheaval
But you prompted the war
You're still a hypocrite
Although they instigated the chaos, you initiated the conflict and are still viewed as a hypocrite
Snapping the sleepers into motion
So their systems will change
Right now you're giving up, but let me show you
You're arousing the unaware to act, so their demeanors will change for the better. Even though you're demoralized at present, allow me to demonstrate
You like to be the center of attention, don't you
You relish being in the spotlight, do you not?
Under the spell of another phase
So pretentious
Plastic uninvited
Currently under the influence of an insubstantial identity, a vain and phony individual impersonating a friend
Don't you find it strange
How they wear their egos on their sleeves
Until they see your face
Don't you find it strange
How they wear their egos on their sleeves
Is it not surprising to you how people show off their egos until they encounter you? They then realize you are the superior one and quickly shift gears
This day should last forever
Stuck on the merry go round
Keep spinning
Never want to come down
So selfish
This day should last forever
I wish today could endure indefinitely, caught in a cycle of repetition, turning ceaselessly without ever descending, demonstrating complete self-serving behavior
Contributed by Connor D. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
EddieHaskell97
on Suck it
The lyric is "painted face," as in "Your painted face left an impression on my pillow." The singer is telling the "Suicide Girl" that she wears a considerable amount of makeup and some has come off on the bedding.