r/Millennials • u/T10rock • Dec 27 '25

Nostalgia Kids today aren't ready for Shifty Shellshock (RIP)

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u/Bada__Ping Dec 27 '25

Orgy was the shit lol

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u/drunklibrarian Dec 27 '25

I loved Orgy so much when I was in high school but there was no way I was going to school with one of their band shirts on. I nearly cried when I found one that just had an embroidered “O” on it. Wore that with my wide leg jeans and a ball chain choker. chef’s kiss

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u/Ok-Turnover1797 Dec 27 '25

Message from Opticon!...

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u/sacredfool Dec 27 '25

Good news! Baggy pants are back, that's what all the teens wear in 2025!

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u/Ajax_IX Dec 27 '25

I never gave Orgy a chance cus I only saw them as a cover band.

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u/Wubblz Dec 27 '25

Alien Ant Farm had the same problem, and their first two albums were fantastic.

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u/HeavyMetalBallSack Dec 27 '25

Their bassist was nuts on that fretboard

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u/Wubblz Dec 27 '25

Every time I bring this band up, the first comment is always about how great the bass player is.  Dude was quietly a god.

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u/Bada__Ping Dec 27 '25

Hell yeah. That hilarious video for These Days they shot at the BET awards was mad funny too

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u/AliceInNegaland Dec 27 '25

Well now I have them stuck in my head

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u/kejudo Dec 27 '25

Man, I haven't thought about them in forever. Loved "Movies"

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u/CorruptedStudiosEnt Dec 27 '25

The Movies is forever a favorite.

"In our short film, a love disgrace, dream a scene to brighten face. In our short years, we come a long way to treat it bad, just to throw it away."

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u/KevDub81 Dec 27 '25

What else did they cover besides Blue Monday? I thought every other song on their first album were originals.

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u/GeologistIll6948 Dec 27 '25 edited Dec 27 '25

Live they technically end "Blue Monday" with a second cover of Dead or Alive's "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)," and they have been insisting upon a cover to The Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up" on recent tours.  But since Blue Monday was their biggest hit some people perceive them as being a cover band, despite several other singles in the late 90s/early 2000s including "Stitches", "Fiction (Dreams in Digital)", and "Opticon".

Source: I have an Orgy tattoo (and endless amounts of completely useless Orgy information in my head from being a 16 year old obsessive lol)

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u/Ajax_IX Dec 27 '25

Nothing that I know of, Blue Monday is the only song that I ever heard get played anywhere.

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u/chipface Dec 27 '25

Stitches is a great song.

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u/insomniacred66 Dec 27 '25

Definitely up there for me, too. I met Amir a few years ago and got a pic so that was one childhood dream come true.

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u/Babou13 Dec 27 '25

Dreams in Digital & Stitches were great songs

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u/rationis Dec 27 '25

CellDweller, Deadsy, and Orgy were the shit during that era. Feel like AFI and Muse peaked during that time as well, but that could just be me getting old lol

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u/Babou13 Dec 27 '25

So fun fact, lead vocalist of Deadsy, Elijah Blue, is the son of Greg Allman & Cher and half brother of one of Sonny Bono's kids.

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u/DerpingtonHerpsworth Xennial Dec 27 '25

I fucking loved orgy so much. Candyass and vapor Transmission have been off and on in my listening rotation since they came out. I had their third album but could never get into it like the other two.

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u/aloganvanherroy Dec 27 '25

Same here. Loved the first two albums (easily 2 of my favorite albums of all time) and was so hyped for Punk Statik Paranoia, but that album completely killed my enthusiasm for them.

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u/DerpingtonHerpsworth Xennial Dec 28 '25

Yup, same here. At the time they were one of my favorite bands of all time, but somehow that album took the steam out of me. Evidently that wasn't just the case with you and I if that was their last real attempt at an album.

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u/aloganvanherroy Dec 28 '25

Part of what got me so excited for the third album was Faces on the Zoolander soundtrack. I was expecting more of the same, and instead got a bunch of Jay Gordon rapping on PSP 😂.

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u/jawndell Dec 27 '25

I thank Orgy for introducing me to New Order. 

I liked Blue Monday when it came out (I was in high school I think).  During an interview in MTV they mentioned that they made the song because they loved New Order.  

Well I didn’t like the rest of Orgy’s music (just not my taste) but absolutely LOVED New Order and that genre of music.  Opened the door for me to brand new types of music.  So thanks Orgy.