Comments on: Porn Orchard: Savor Forbidden Fruit

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 20:30:56 +0000

This is a gem. Most of their recordings are on streaming services now but this is a glaring omission. Would love an official reissue. In my opinion, their best work.

Also – any plans to reupload the demo rips? The old links are down (and fairly recently too).

By: Spin

Spin — Sat, 23 May 2009 03:58:31 +0000

Thanks for this. I saw this band in Myrtle Beach in 1987 and they were great. I have a copy of a copy of this tape. Been looking for a better option for a while.

By: eddielives

eddielives — Thu, 29 May 2008 05:40:52 +0000

In response to darrell Says: The flyer that you are referring to had a drawing of a priest molesting a little girl(how prescient) as she asked, “Why does the world smell like shit?”. This was during the era when most Athens bands dressed and sounded like REM(the faces changed but the clothes stayed the same.) Porn Orchard was among the vanguard of bands that stomped the jingle-jangle clones into a bloody pulp. Porn Orchard, Eat America, Crack, BBQ Killers, Mercyland, and Christa McAuliffe & the Challengers were a blast. Though I was on LSD at the time as were most of the aforementioned bands and the audience members in attendance. Ahhhh!!! The bad old days! Now, if you will excuse me, I have to go catch my hand.

By: uneccesary item

uneccesary item — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 23:17:06 +0000

http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/110907/news_parkingdeck.shtml

By: darrell

darrell — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 03:43:36 +0000

i grew up in neighboring oconee county and was one of the few skate punks in high school when porn orchard started. I remember this cool t-shirt and flyers/stickers they had made up with a priest fondling a female’s breast with a quote about something smelling like shit underneath. very shocking to a 15 yr old at the time. funny thing is some 20 yrs later my 6 yr old and ted hafer’s 6 year old are in the same class at school and playing soccer together! strange world.

By: rule

rule — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:08:37 +0000

I was a P.O. fan from the beginning. Back then there wasn’t much in the way of heavy guitar punk in Athens, it seemed anyone interested in playing music was trying to follow REM’s coattails. The Plague and to a lesser extent the Kilkenny Kats achieved some local success. I had played in Problem Children, our claim to fame was opening for Neon Christ at an all ages show downtown, and then Crack w/ Graham (who went on to front $hackler), Joey Tatum, Deonna Mann and a handfull of drummers (Steven Cobb, Joel Suttles, Sam Vanilla) before ending up in Waylaid. My music career ended with Udder in the early 90’s. Ahhhhh….those were some good times.

By: Ben Davis

Ben Davis — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 05:34:26 +0000

My sister was living in athens during this era. She gave this demo to me (I was about 14) and got a big group of north georgia kids into “punk.” This tape was lost about 15 years ago and I’ve had about 20 people bugging me to find it for that long. THANK YOU!!!!

By: joe e.

joe e. — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 01:04:12 +0000

holy shit and hell yes!