Orangutang was a rock band

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 from Boston

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The members were Christian Dyas on vocals and guitar, Joe Klompus on bass, David Steele on guitar, and Todd Perlmutter on drums. They put out an EP, The Rewards of Cruelty, in 1993 and a full-length album, Dead Sailor Acid Blues, in 1994, both on Imago Records

Imago Records

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Christian Dyas and Joe Klompus were both from Baltimore

Baltimore

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 and relocated to Boston after the break-up of Fiction Bridge, formerly Hour House (no known recorded output under this name) and Clever Lines. Fiction Bridge self-released a self-titled 4 song EP and Clever Lines released a single track on the Frantic Records compilation 8 Essential Attitudes which also featured exhibit A, a band featuring SONiA of Disappear Fear

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. Additional members of Fiction Bridge include vocalist Ed Neenan, who now performs under the name e.joseph, keyboardist Paul Hond, now a novelist and drummer Dave Buckner.

The Rewards of Cruelty

The Rewards of Cruelty, released on April 27, 1993, was the first EP from Orangutang and was produced for Imago

Imago

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 Records. The Boston band recorded it at Inner Ear Studios

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 in Arlington, Va close to the original hometown of Christian Dyas and Joe Klompus. The band wrote all the material for the EP which was produced and engineered by Don Zientara

Don Zientara

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. Paul Q. Kolderie

Paul Q. Kolderie

Paul Q. Kolderie is a record producer, engineer, and mixer. He has worked with Pixies, Radiohead, Orangutang, Hole, Dinosaur Jr., Juliana Hatfield, Wax, Warren Zevon, Uncle Tupelo, Throwing Muses, Morphine, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Abandoned Pools, and The Go-Go's...

 and Sean Slade

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 mixed the EP at Fort Apache Studios

Fort Apache Studios

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 in Cambridge

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Track listing

1. Mr. Cimbalista
2. Leo Tolstoy
3. Untitled #1
4. S.N.A.F.U.
5. Gearhead
6. Sweet Lemon Maureen

Dead Sailor Acid Blues

Dead Sailor Acid Blues, released May 24, 1994, was the first and only full-length album from Orangutang. Released by Imago

Imago

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 records in 1994 and featuring the minor hits Shiny Like Gold and Bigger Chunk the record was released on vinyl, cassette and CD. Produced, Engineered and Mixed by Sean Slade

Sean Slade

Sean Slade is a record producer, engineer, and mixer. He has worked with artists including Hole, Radiohead, Warren Zevon, Juliana Hatfield, Dinosaur Jr., Uncle Tupelo, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Boo Radleys, Sebadoh, Lush, the Go-Go's, and The Dictators among others. In 2005 he produced The...

 and Paul Q. Kolderie

Paul Q. Kolderie

Paul Q. Kolderie is a record producer, engineer, and mixer. He has worked with Pixies, Radiohead, Orangutang, Hole, Dinosaur Jr., Juliana Hatfield, Wax, Warren Zevon, Uncle Tupelo, Throwing Muses, Morphine, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Abandoned Pools, and The Go-Go's...

 at their Fort Apache Studios

Fort Apache Studios

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Track listing

1. "Slahday & Camus" – 0:39
2. "Bigger Chunk" – 4:15
3. "They All Write Her Songs" – 3:54
4. "The Day Before I Died" – 3:10
5. "Sea of Glass" – 6:36
6. "Shiny Like Gold" – 4:20
7. "Sweet Lemon Maureen" – 4:16
8. "Pontchartrain" – 1:26
9. "Lucky Jad" – 4:39
10. "Daddy Raw" – 4:17
11. "Surf Continental" – 5:20
12. "Surf Epilogue" – 2:03
13. "A.M." – 2:13

Personnel

• Christian Dyas – Vocals, guitar
• Joe Klompus – Bass
• David Steele – Guitar
• Todd Perlmutter – Drums
• Darren Crawforth – Design
• B.C. Kagan – Photography
• Paul Q. Kolderie – Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Gail Marowitz – Art Direction
• Charlie Pizzarello – Photography
• Sean Slade – Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• David Steele – Art Direction
• Howie Weinberg – Mastering