

The current lineup also includes bassist Joe Goldman and guitarist Dominic Landolina.
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The band was formed-as the Code Orange Kids-in 2008 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by Eric “Shade” Balderose (vocals, keys, programming, and guitars), Reba Meyers (guitars and bass), Jami Morgan (drums and vocals), and guitarist Greg Kern (who left in 2010). What would you get if you put the heaviness of Converge, the industrial sounds of Nine Inch Nails and Type O Negative, the catchiness of ’90s metalcore, the frantic delivery of Black Flag, and the sampled-chopped-and-glitched production of hip-hop into a blender and hit liquefy? You’d get 100 percent of your daily intake of Code Orange. Dig in!īrought to you by (D’Addario DS XS Strings). And then the hard-playing young roots genre-blender rode that wind under his wings.īefore his September 29 gig at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, touring behind his recent release Young Blood, he entertained PG’s John Bohlinger-with some help with the details from guitar tech Cody Bates-with a close-up look at his current touring rig. He was initially championed by Warren Haynes, who was so impressed that he released the Marcus King Band’s 2015 debut, Soul Insight, on his Evil Teen Records label. King hit the scene in his teens as a full-blown virtuoso, playing club gigs at night and going to high school by day.

Not bad for a South Carolina kid with blues in his bloodline.Īnd, really, not entirely unexpected. He’s also busted out his own signature Orange amp with an allusive name, and upped his profile, stepping from clubs to big halls. Since (Marcus King’s) previous (Rig Rundown) in 2017, he’s made two albums-produced by (the Black Keys’) Dan Auerbach-and scored a Grammy nomination.
