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Orgy Never Quite Gets Naked

The Rave
Milwaukee
July 27, 1999

Orgy

Story and Photo by Phil Bonyata

Industrial / retro '80s glam boys Orgy showed up for a performance at The Rave last night to play some of their not so original brand of music.
Lead singer, Jay Gordon, looking every bit the part of a lanky, tall and speeded up Gary Numan, moved like a rusted techno robot that accidentally ingested battery acid instead of motor oil.
The band attired in a wacky glam mismatch, enough make-up that would make Tammy Faye Baker jealous and various lengths of spiked hair, played cohesively in a mechanical tripped up dirge which laid the foundation for Gordon's barking howls.
Songs from their debut album Candyass like "Social Enemies" sounded like the voice of the bastard child of Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nail's Trent Reznor. "Fiend" caught Gordon and Co. raiding the tomb of Bauhaus and electrifying it into "The Son of Peter Murphy."
This sweat soaked crowd was here for one song and one song only - the beautifully infectious "Blue Monday" originally brought to you by the '80s band New Order. Everything came to life at this point. The band, the people who paid for the tickets, the dancing blue lights in the background, even a couple of security guards were bobbing their heads as the chorus' grip seized everyone.
Orgys' fame is probably fleeting and this will most likely be their last hit, but at least they've had their time in the sun unlike thousands of other bands who will live their whole careers in complete obscurity.

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