Orphan Project began in '02 as a concept in
the mind of lead vocalist/lyricist Shane Lankford along with the musical
writing help of John Wenger (Mars Hill). Together they (along with some
other local studio musicians) created the concept cd "Orphan Found". The
cd was based "more-than-loosely" on Shane's life as an adopted child, and
also in finding his place in his real family...the Body of Christ. Things went
so well in the studio that the 2 decided to take the story "live", so
along with Colin McGough (studio bassist), Tony Correlli (studio producer &
keyboardist), and Scott Spivey (studio guitarist) they hit the local
touring rounds and did some festival shows '03-'05. In fact, their first
show they opened up for Spock's Beard with rousing success! After so many
years with little new music and schedules getting in the way for some of
the members...Orphan Project went on a small 1 year hiatus. During that
time Shane was confronted by his good friend Bill Yost (bass) who said
"let's get OP going again, let's start writing again". So, with the help
of Bill, and drummer, Tim Kehring, songs were written and then they were off
to the studio to see Tony (keyboards...the Deep End Studio) who put the
finishing touches on what you can hear on their newest offering, a 4-song
EP (“OP2”) with 3 originals and their cover of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick In The
Wall pt. 2". Since the EP has been released, Orphan Project has continued
to add new, and final (Lord willing) members who will be working on their
next full-length release due out in the spring/summer '09 on NePlus Ultra
Records. Orphan Project is now working officially with NePlus Ultra and
they will be taking care of all marketing and promotions for us in the UK and North America.
Now we consist of Shane Lankford (vocals), Bill Yost (Bass, guitars, bgv's),
John Neiswinger (keys, guitars, bgv's), Tim Kehring (drums, bgv's), and Steve Cyford (guitars).
In July ’09 “Spooning Out The Sea” was released to high critical acclaim with 7 brand new tunes and the 3 originals from the “OP2” EP. They are playing out as much as possible (including a show at Cornerstone ’09), and are continuing to work on new material for the future!
Now it’s Sept. 2010 and we’ve cut ties with NePlus and are marketing all our cd’s mainly on CDBaby.com except for our 2 older titles can also be purchased overseas by local dist. Code 7. Anyway, thanks for being a fan and for listening…please pass on to your friends if you like!
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