# Smashing Orange

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**Smashing Orange** was an American band formed in 1990. They released three albums before splitting up in the mid-1990s. Their early sound saw them classified as [shoegazing](/source/Shoegazing).

## History

The band was formed by siblings Rob and Sara Montejo, with Rick Hodgson, Steve Wagner, and Tim Supplee, all of whom worked together in a local record store, and had left or dropped out of college prior to forming the band.[1] When [Lush](/source/Lush_(band)) played at The Marquee Club in [London](/source/London), Smashing Orange provided the support, unfortunately Sara was unable to enter the UK as she was under 16, so the band played their European tour as a four-piece. The band was signed by [UK](/source/United_Kingdom) label [Native Records](/source/Native_Records),[2] their first release being the single "My Deranged Heart" in April 1991, gaining comparisons with the likes of [My Bloody Valentine](/source/My_Bloody_Valentine_(band)) and [Galaxie 500](/source/Galaxie_500).[1] Their sound has also been described as sounding "like [Ride](/source/Ride_(band)) would if they had any balls about them".[3] This was followed a month later by a self-titled mini-album, and in November of that year by second single "Not Very Much To See".[1]

While they were in the UK, Native arranged for them to record a session for the [John Peel](/source/John_Peel) [BBC](/source/BBC) radio show, which was broadcast in February 1992.[4] Native released the mini album *Above Ming Gardens* in 1992.

Their first full-length album, *The Glass Bead Game*, was released in 1992, with third album, 1994's *No Return in the End* seeing a shift in style towards a harder garage rock sound, and also a move to [MCA Records](/source/MCA_Records). Sara Montejo had left earlier and Supplee had been replaced on drums by Stroller White, but a disappointing response to the album saw the band split soon after its release.

An anthology of their early work, *1991* was issued by [Elephant Stone Records](/source/Elephant_Stone_Records) in 2005.

## The Sky Drops

Rob Montejo went on to form [Love American Style](/source/Love_American_Style), releasing "Undo" on Oxygen Records. He then formed the short-lived, My Wig is On. They released an internet-only EP in 2002. In 2004, he released a self-titled internet-only full length. He is currently in the gaze-grunge duo [The Sky Drops](/source/The_Sky_Drops) with Monika Bullette (drums/vocals). Their first EP *Clouds of People* was released in 2006. Their debut full length *Bourgeois Beat* was released in the Summer of 2009. The EP "Making Mountains" was released in June 2011. They performed at the 2011 [Austin Psych Fest](/source/Levitation_(festival)) 4.

## Discography

### Singles/EPs

- "My Deranged Heart" ([Native](/source/Native_Records)/Ringers Lactate) 1991
- "Not Very Much To See" (Native) 1991
- track" My Deranged Heart" included on album "Guitar and Drums" a native document (native)1991

### Albums

- *Smashing Orange* (Native) 1991
- *Above Ming Gardens* (Native) 1992
- *The Glass Bead Game* (American Native) 1992
- *No Return In The End* ([MCA](/source/MCA_Records)) 1994
- *1991* (Elephant Stone) 2005

## References

1. Strong, Martin C. (1999). [*The Great Alternative & Indie Discography*](https://archive.org/details/greatalternative0000stro). Canongate. ISBN 0-86241-913-1.

1. Larkin, Colin (1992). *The Guinness Who's Who of Indie and New Wave Music*. Guinness Publishing. p. 257. ISBN 0-85112-579-4.

1. Lambert, Charles (1992) "Smashing Orange at Oxford Jericho Tavern, 28th November 1991", *Spiral Scratch*, 23rg Jan-5th Feb 1992

1. ["Keeping It Peel: Peel Sessions - Smashing Orange"](http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/1990s/1991/Nov21smashingorange/). BBC. Retrieved 1 January 2008.

## External links

- [The Sky Drops](http://www.theskydrops.com)
- [ Allmusic entry for Smashing Orange]
- [\[1\]](https://web.archive.org/web/20081122020226/http://www.nativerecords.co.uk/)
- [Press archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20070221013327/http://www.elephantstonerecords.com/smashingorange_reviews.html)
- [Smashing Orange at discogs.com](http://www.discogs.com/artist/Smashing+Orange)

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