Our Apologies for treating OGBAND.COM with no Love

April 18th, 2013 | By Orange Grove

To all of you out there who have returned every now and then to see if we have added content or made any kinds of updates to this site… we hereby apologize as we have not updated it since the Summer of 2012. In the meantime we’ve been mainly active on our facebook page and using that basically as our way of getting OG news out to our fans. We understand though that there are many of you who rely on ogband.com for the latest scoop and therefore we are sorry for not keeping you in the loop.

At the moment we are busy writing and recording the next album. I can already tell you it will be a real treasure! If you haven’t heard “Ready For It” yet, you should do that right now, here’s a link: Ready For It

It is the first song we have released to give you all a taste of what we are up to. Right now we’re in a very exciting phase in OG and we are all very stoked about what kind of album we are going to put together with this group of six (us five plus one helluva producer we have chosen for it in Bas van Wageningen). At the moment all I can say is thank you for your support and we hope this song gives you some more patience towards waiting on our next album. Or maybe it gives you even less! That would be good too..kind of..

One last thing, to hopefully make up a little bit for our slackness on updating OGBAND.COM…here’s a little video of Jacob getting slapped by a guy in a mankini…

Jacob in the AB Contest on Mullet Bay, SXM

Stay irie and spread joy! -OG

What an epic Summer it was..

August 21st, 2012 | By Orange Grove

The Summer is not quite over yet…thank goodness..but it’s about time we posted a little recap of our 2012 Summer Tour adventures. We really had one to remember this year! It all started in the Caribbean (yes…once again..lucky us!!) on our home-away-from-home island St Maarten. The first show was on June 16th to help celebrate Island 92 Radio’s tenth anniversary at the Porto Cupecoy. It was the first of fifteen shows we’d be playing during the tour. After that it was off to the States for our first ever US leg which started in New York City. Our first few days in the big apple saw us at a few radio interviews, a photo-shoot and we were even part of a TV show that will be airing on NBC Nonstop this Fall! Then it was on to the shows! The first three concerts of this US leg were in New York City (Greenwich Village, East Village and Times Square) and after that we headed south to link up with our new friends in Groove Stain and open for them at their shows in Atlanta, Athens, Asheville, Raleigh and Myrtle Beach. It was a great time..we made new friends and fans in different cities..new adventures..more stories to tell our grandchildren one day..and most importantly it was a good first step in America for many more to come!

Nine shows in nine nights later and we were back on St Maarten for Bikini Beach’s 20th anniversary and what a celebration that was! After that we finally had a couple days to rest and then headed off to the ABC islands (Aruba, Curacao and Bonaire) for a weekend of shows over there. For the second year in a row, the Zanzibar on Curacao was rocking! The night after it was the Spice Beach Club on Bonaire and just like the year before it was great to see how many people showed up on an island with such a small population! The day after that we were on Aruba for the annual Hi-Winds windsurfing event. We performed to a crowd of over a couple thousand on the Eagle Beach! It felt great to have finally returned to an island where we have so many friends and fans after almost three years since our last show there. After the ABC’s we returned to St Maarten to finish the tour on the island where it all started. It all ended with a bang on the Boardwalk in Philipsburg for the annual Video X-Games event on July 15th…and just like that the Rock Reggae Raid ’12 was over. For all of us in Orange Grove it was a Summer filled with new experiences, new friends made, new places seen, lessons learned, growth, crazy parties and lots of fun! It feels like this Summer will stick with us for a good while to come!

Thank you to everybody who helped make it what it was and to everybody who shared in all the great moments with us!

Check out the pictures below which tell some of the story as well…

At the moment we are back in the Netherlands working on writing new songs for the next album. We will keep you all updated with the progress…

Peace, love and happiness! -OG

Rock Reggae Raid ’12

June 23rd, 2012 | By Orange Grove

OG ON TOUR THIS SUMMER! Netherlands/Caribbean/USA!

OG is Coming to America!

May 11th, 2012 | By Orange Grove

The time has finally come: OG is Coming to America!

It all kicks off on June 21st at Pianos in New York City and ends on June 29th at Pirate’s Cove in Myrtle Beach. In total we’re playing nine shows in six cities in nine nights! Check out our On Tour section to see the exact dates and venues.

‘Like’ our facebook page at www.facebook.com/orangegrove and check out the events there for the most up to date info on times and exact addresses.

We have been getting word from fans all over America that they are coming to the shows! This makes us even more stoked! And for everybody on the West Coast..we promise the next US tour will see us on your side as well.

photo by Andrew Hoitsema

“Some Things Last Forever” in iTunes this week!

February 7th, 2012 | By Orange Grove

Yes it’s about time!!! We will be bringing out a few new songs in 2012 (BEFORE the world ends we need to leave as much music as we can behind…for the aliens to know we were good people!) and we’ve decided to make this one the first. So mark your calendars! “Some Things Last Forever” will be available in iTunes on Friday February the 10th!

We’d love to hear what you think about her! Feel free to leave a comment right here or over at www.facebook.com/orangegrove

Greetings from the freezing cold in Holland!! Stay warm!

LIVE DVD and BRAND NEW SINGLE

November 17th, 2011 | By Orange Grove

Greetings from The Hague! The Winter is really starting off with a bang for its buck over here in Holland..and it feels like it’s going to be a very very cold winter..maybe they’ll even have an “Elfstedentocht” this year? It hasn’t taken place in 15 years already but who knows..this Winter might just get cold enough!!

Orange Grove will be ok though…we’re escaping it all mid December when we hit up the Caribbean again for another tour down there..this time for a whole month!

Besides having the usual fun and basking in the sun, we’ll be keeping ourselves quite busy. Besides the shows we’ll be releasing our first LIVE DVD as well as a brand new EP! We are well aware it is about time to give you all some new songs for your collection…and we are very excited that these are going to be those songs you have been waiting for!

Pay close attention..or at least enough attention to stay informed..to our sites and you’ll know exactly when we are dropping both the DVD and the EP and where they will be available etc. The easiest way to stay up to date with us is by ‘liking’ our facebook page at www.facebook.com/orangegrove

We hope those of you in the northern hemisphere are staying warm and those of you in the southern one are getting ready for a sweet Summer!

Keep dancing, smiling, singing and spreading the love!

Michael

OG TV has launched!

November 11th, 2011 | By Orange Grove

We are happy to announce that OG TV has officially been launched with Episode 1! Check it out right above!

Thanks to The Big Tree, OG TV is up and running and we are going to be bringing you new irregular episodes regularly! Keep tuning in right here to find out when the next episode has been dropped…

Keep your shine on! – OG

The memories!!!

August 19th, 2011 | By Orange Grove

It’s all over..once again. Another successful Caribbean tour is behind us. It started with a bang at the Alley on St Maarten and ended in the chillest of vibes at the Dune Preserve on Anguilla…it felt like it all ended way too soon once again…but you know what they say and what will always be one of the few facts of life: as great as it may be, nothing can last forever. That’s what makes life beautiful too though isn’t it?

This time around we even added two islands to the tour which we had never been to before: Bonaire and Antigua! It felt so special to see how many showed up at our shows on those islands..brand new crowds who had never been to our concert before. We made so many new friends and had so much fun …I really can’t begin to do it justice with words. I’m pretty sure the wonderful photos that were taken can explain it much much better…so here are a select few:

We want to thank everybody who came out to the shows on SXM, CUR, BON, ANU and AXA!! We’d also like to especially thank the following persons and companies who helped make it all possible:
SXM-Marc and Kristin Petrelluzzi, L’Esplanade, Dave Bardfield, Pierre Furland, Pineapple Pete’s, Island 92, Soc, Porto Cupecoy, Melissa St Jean, Norman Wathey, Heineken, ILTT, Taloula Mango’s, St Rose Cafe, Oualichi, Churchie, Sound 2000 and The Daily Herald
CUR-Anouk Borrias, Zanzibar, Chogogo, Tinto
BON-Spice Beach Club, Harbour Village
ANU-Ursula Michael, Sugar Ridge, Constantine
AXA-Tahira Banks, Berit Bus, The Dune Preserve

The next one is already in the planning phases…stay tuned to find out when we’ll be in the Caribbean again, on your island or one near you!

3 week Caribbean Tour July/August 2011

July 27th, 2011 | By Orange Grove

We have all just touched ground on St Maarten and we’re getting ready for a three week Caribbean tour that will even take us to a couple islands we’ve never been to before!

The first show is on St Maarten at The Alley, July 29th. Then we mosey on over to Curacao for a show at the Zanzibar on August 5th. On the 6th and 7th we’ll be on Bonaire for the first time playing at the Spice Beach Club. We then head back to St Maarten for a show at the beautiful Porto Cupecoy on the 10th and on the 13th we’ll be performing at the Saccharum Festival on Antigua, which will also mark our inaugural trip to the island. One or two extra shows may still pop up while we’re down here so if you’re in the area keep an eye on our schedule.

It feels great to be back again and we can’t wait to rock out for all our island people! Oh yeah..we have an OG rookie on board this time! Robert Biesewig is not only cool because he comes from the same country as Moneyboy
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCfm-vWuQRk ) but he’s also money on the drums and is a pretty fun cat to be around. On bass we’ve got a more familiar Robert: Senor Pronk who has been on quite a few tours with us already, most recently this passed January on St Maarten. On lead guitar Tim Kesteloo is back again to reek havoc in the Caribbean, now on his third tour with OG. On rhythm guitar Jacob Streefkerk aka The Abs Competition Hopeful…yes he lost the last abs competition at Mullet Bay Beach last March but he’s been training his ass off and now the stakes are even higher for this August Monday on Anguilla! Stay tuned for results on that! (he’s actually a 2 to 1 underdog if you guys want to make any bets)

We’d like to extend our love and gratitude to the following persons and companies who helped to make this tour possible: L’Esplanade, Pineapple Pete’s, The Alley, Porto Cupecoy, Anouk Borrias, Zanzibar, Spice Beach Club, Ursula Michael, Marc and Kristin Petrelluzzi, Island 92 Radio and Melissa St Jean.

Some photos from our last couple trips to the islands…
ok I won’t add that many because one of the few disadvantages of being on many of these islands is that the internet is real slow. it took me forever just to upload that many! but like i said..that is one of the FEW disadvantages of being down here.

“Haffi Fall Down” the video being released May 31st

May 11th, 2011 | By Orange Grove

The very first video out of the exclusive Orange Grove Underground Fight Club (OGUFC) is to be released on Tuesday May 31st!

Tune in early on the day of its release at this very site to see how it all went down!

Saint Francis, Kwamezunga, Timmy Kong and Stingray..these fighters fight for the love of the battle….there is no place for greed and corruption in the OGUFC…just ask Roman “The Baker”

in-fight action: Saint Francis vs Kwamezunga