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Priority Orange is a heavy alternative rock band from Adelaide, South Australia. Despite first appearing in 2005, the band wasn't fully active until late-2009 when the debut EP was released and have played gigs regularly since.

History

2005-2006:

Priority Orange 2006 — "Mark Three", Dec 2006

The band intially formed with Larry Ash, Shaun Hurrell and Mino Kolega in January 2005, and this lineup performed one show in July of that year. After this, Kolega was replaced with Tim Dodd, and the band played again in October. Shortly after this, Prioirty Orange went into hiatus. Ash and Dodd temporarily reunited in December 2006 to play one more gig with Max Duncan on drums, performing as "Priority Orange Mark Three".

2008-present:

After parting ways with Mammoth, Ash began recording the songs written for Priority Orange as a solo project. Part way through the process he reunited with Hurrell on the basis of reforming the band. Dodd turned down the offer to join on bass, so Duncan was asked next. To fill out the sound, Lisa Lane-Collins (formerly of Monkeybox) was brought in as ryhthm guitarist. The band started rehearsing in late 2008 while the first EP was still being worked on, and began performing live after its completion in September 2009. Kolega was often invited on stage to join in on vocals at these shows. In August 2010 the second EP Mk II was recorded and then released in April 2011. Currently the band is writing songs for the third EP.

Members

Current members (2008-present)

Larry Ash - guitar/vocals
Shaun Hurrell - drums
Max Duncan - bass/vocals
Lisa Lane-Collins - guitar

Previous members

Mino Kolega - bass/vocals (2005)
Tim Dodd - bass (2005-2006)

Discography

Priority Orange EP (2009)
Mk II EP (2011)

Influences

The initial concept for the band was to combine the sound of Helmet and Black Label Society (with Alice In Chains "somehow sneaking their way in"), though by 2006 Larry was becoming influenced by industrial rock (Nine Inch Nails, Ministry), progressive rock (Pink Floyd, Rush) and extreme metal (Strapping Young Lad, Meshuggah) and sought to include elements of these on the songs that would later appear on the second and third EPs. While the live band was originally to be at-times improvisational on stage (similar to Led Zeppelin), this idea was discarded in favour of tighter performances. The use of B-tuning was influenced by Crowbar.

External links

Official site
Priority Orange on Facebook

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 ==History==
 ====2005-2006:====
-The band intially formed with Larry Ash, Shaun Hurrell and Mino Kolega in January 2005, and this lineup performed one show in July of that year. After this, Kolega was replaced with Tim Dodd, and the band played again in October. Shortly after this, Prioirty Orange went into hiatus. Ash and Dodd temporarily reunited in December 2006 to play one more gig with Max Duncan on drums, performing as "Priority Orange Mark Three".[[File:Priority_Orange_2006.jpg|thumb|Priority Orange "Mark Three", Dec 2006]]
+[[File:Priority_Orange_2006.jpg|thumb|"Mark Three", Dec 2006]]The band intially formed with Larry Ash, Shaun Hurrell and Mino Kolega in January 2005, and this lineup performed one show in July of that year. After this, Kolega was replaced with Tim Dodd, and the band played again in October. Shortly after this, Prioirty Orange went into hiatus. Ash and Dodd temporarily reunited in December 2006 to play one more gig with Max Duncan on drums, performing as "Priority Orange Mark Three".
 ====2008-present:====
 After parting ways with [[Mammoth]], Ash began recording the songs written for Priority Orange as a solo project. Part way through the process he reunited with Hurrell on the basis of reforming the band. Dodd turned down the offer to join on bass, so Duncan was asked next. To fill out the sound, Lisa Lane-Collins (formerly of [[Monkeybox]]) was brought in as ryhthm guitarist. The band started rehearsing in late 2008 while the [[Priority Orange (EP)|first EP]] was still being worked on, and began performing live after its completion in September 2009. Kolega was often invited on stage to join in on vocals at these shows. In August 2010 the second EP ''[[Mk II EP|Mk II]]'' was recorded and then released in April 2011. Currently the band is writing songs for the third EP.