{{Short description|American experimental rock band}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Time of Orchids | image = | caption = | image_size = <!-- Only for images smaller than 220 pixels --> | origin = New York City, United States | genre = {{flatlist| * Experimental, avant-metal, avant-jazz, post-hardcore, noise rock }} | years_active = 1999–2007 | label = | past_members = Chuck Stern<br />Eric Fitzgerald<br />Jesse Krakow<br />David Bodie<br />Kim Abrams<br />Charlie Looker<br />Will Redmond<br /> | website = [https://timeoforchids.bandcamp.com/music Bandcamp] }}
'''Time of Orchids''' was an American experimental rock band based in New York City.<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last1=Mason |first1=Stewart |title=Time of Orchids |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/time-of-orchids-mn0000508956 |website=AllMusic |access-date=19 December 2023}}</ref><ref name="2015 TOH">{{cite web |title=The Porcelain Throne: Time of Orchids |url=https://toiletovhell.com/the-porcelain-throne-time-of-orchids/ |website=The Toilet Ov Hell |access-date=19 December 2023 |date=3 June 2015}}</ref> Founded in 1999 and disbanded in 2007, Time of Orchids was led by frontman and composer Chuck Stern.<ref name="2015 Pitchfork">{{cite web |last1=Currin |first1=Grayson Haver |title=Stern: Bone Turquoise Album Review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20917-bone-turquoise/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=19 December 2023 |date=14 August 2015}}</ref><ref name="2018 HBiH">{{cite web |last1=Murphy |first1=Scott |title=Stern – Missive: Sister Ships |url=https://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/2018/08/10/stern-missive-sister-ships/ |website=Heavy Blog is Heavy |access-date=19 December 2023 |date=10 August 2018}}</ref>
== History ==
Time of Orchids' 2001 debut, ''Melonwhisper'', included Chuck Stern on vocals and synths, Charlie Looker and Will Redmond on guitar and vocals, bassist Jesse Krakow, and drummer Kim Abrams, with a guest performance from jazz pianist Marilyn Crispell.<ref name="2015 TOH" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Time of Orchids |url=http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/time-of-orchids |website=Metal Music Archives |access-date=19 December 2023}}</ref>
For the band's second and third albums, ''Much Too Much Fun'' (2003) and ''Early As Seen in Pace'' (Epicene, 2004), Stern played with Krakow, Abrams, and guitarist-vocalist Eric Fitzgerald; the earlier release featured guest vocals from Kate Pierson of The B-52's.<ref name="2015 TOH" />
The lineup for Time of Orchids' remaining full-length releases was Stern, Krakow, Fitzgerald, and drummer David Bodie. On ''Sarcast While'', released on John Zorn's Tzadik Records in 2005, the quartet was joined by guest performances from Tim Byrnes, Maryanna Hansen, and Julee Cruise (of Twin Peaks).<ref>{{cite web |title=Time of Orchids: Sarcast While |url=https://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=8013 |website=Tzadik |access-date=19 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Review: Time of Orchids "Sarcast While" |url=https://www.aversionline.com/view/time-of-orchids-sarcast-while-cd |website=Aversion Online |access-date=19 December 2023 |date=19 May 2005}}</ref> In 2007, the band's final full release, ''Namesake Caution'', came out on Cuneiform Records.<ref>{{cite web |title=Time of Orchids: Namesake Caution |url=https://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=5796 |website=Sea of Tranquility |access-date=19 December 2023 |date=15 October 2007}}</ref>
In 2010, Stern self-released ''In Due Time'', a collection of previously-unheard Time of Orchids' tracks and remixes; the credited performers are Stern, Krakow, Abrams, Fitzgerald, Bodie, and Looker.<ref name="2015 TOH" /><ref>{{cite web |title=In Due Time |url=https://timeoforchids.bandcamp.com/album/in-due-time |website=Bandcamp |access-date=19 December 2023}}</ref>
==Discography== *''Melonwhisper'' (Relapse / Aquarius, 2001) *''Much Too Much Fun'' (2003) *''Early As Seen In Pace'' (Epicene Sound Systems, 2004) *''Sarcast While'' (Tzadik, 2005) *''Namesake Caution'' (Cuneiform, 2007) *''In Due Time'' (2010)
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