Orly Factor
Welcome to the internet home of the Orly Factor, the band that played all of your favorite hits during the '80s and early 90's on bad synth instruments until jumping the shark in the mid-late 90's and doing crazy experimental silliness!
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Created by Chris O'Riely and Yanni in 1988, the band released nearly a decade's worth of covers, most notably "Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora, "1001 Nacht" by Lage Klaus and "Moskau" by Dschinghis Khan. Tired of the same old same old, The Factor shocked fans in 1996 when they started to venture into the realm of experimental music, releasing the critically acclaimed "Chemical Wonderland" in 1997, featuring hits such as "Story of Johnny" and "My Silly Pill." The band took it a step further in 1998 with the release of the EP "Video 1," the first ever album in which not a single band member played in any of the songs. During this experimental period, the band underwent a civil war, in which Yo Yo Ma quit upon the arrival of Mozart, Yanni threatened to leave and form his own band with Master Chief, and Jean de Florete died of AIDS/drug overdose. The band made it through the rough times, and in 1999 released the follow-up to Wonderland, "Nukl3@r Wint3r," which borrowed more from heavy metal elements than the experimental roots of their prevoius album. Done with their ventures into experimentalism, the band picked up Bob Dylan as a replacement to Jean de Florette and released their sixth and final studio album, "Aha-Rly," in 2001. At the end of the "Aha World Tour" in 2002, the band announced that they would be going "on sabbatical." A "best of" album was released in December 2002 entitled " Yea Verily: Hits, Rarities, and ."
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
We played a bunch of great World Tours in the late 80's and all through the ninties, but our favorite tour was the "Crazy Chemical Fallout" tour from 1999-2000. Our favorite thing was starting out with "Armageddon Street Beat" and then going into "Naztach" and "Story of Johnny."
Your musical influences
We've been influenced at different times by Dschinghis Khan, Lage Klaus, Baltimora, Darkthrone, Radiohead, The Cranberries and others.
What equipment do you use?
Synths, Cellos, Halos, Pianos, Organs, Harpsichords, Strings, Harmonicas, Ocarinas, Flaming Didgeridoo and sometimes vocals (only rarely though).
Anything else?
Nope.
