Just when you think you know all the hard-ish rock bands from the mid ’90s, you get smacked in the face with one you’ve never heard of. I heard this song on the local high school radio station, Googled the lyrics and found it’s from a band named Orbit who played at Lollapalooza in 1997.
Wikipedia helpfully offers these tidbits about the band.
Orbit is a Boston, Massachusetts-based power trio. Formed in 1994, the band went on hiatus in late 2001. Their initial releases were on drummer Buckley’s own Lunch Records label before the band moved to major label A&M Records. They completed recording their second major label album, “Guide To Better Living”, but it was never released by A&M. The band then moved back to Lunch Records for the rest of their releases.
Perhaps the high point of the band’s career was the hit, “Medicine”, and their presence on the 1997 Lollapalooza tour. They also had the song, “XLR8R”, included on the soundtrack of the Playstation 2 game, FreQuency.
Orbit played two reunion shows on December 28th and 29th, 2007, at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, MA. They performed with also defunct Boston indie rock group The Sheila Divine.
So here’s their hit that I heard, “Medicine,” and unfortunately I haven’t heard their other song so I have no idea what it sounds like. But this one’s worthy of iPod rotation.
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