hello friends.
we come bearing news that we'll be doing a few select dates on the west coast with our dude-buddies, the rx bandits.
the dates have been posted, we'll post more as they end up being booked.

also, thanks to everyone who came out to see us in our hood at the capitol hill block party.  it was extremely therapeutic this go around.

you can see a video of the performance here:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/matsononmusic/2009538733_video_wild_orchid_children_at.html

you can also read about our performance from our friends at SPIN magazine here:

http://spin.com/articles/four-best-seattle-bands-you-dont-know


see you soon folks.
we're working on getting this LP out, tom pfaeffle's loss was tragic, but has been very motivating for us to get it done the way tom would've wanted us too.

thanks again comrades
see you soon

the wild orchid children

tom pfaeffle hello everyone. we usually have something exciting to share with you when we post these things but we must announce this with a sense of deep sorrow, confusion and mourning.   yesterday we learned the heart-wrenching news. our dear friend, mentor, colleague, one hell of an astounding human being and loving father, Tom Pfaeffle passed away yesterday and is off to his great big gig in the sky. while on a camping vacation with his family in eastern washington tom was trying to enter what he believed was his hotel room and unknowingly began to jostle the door handle when he was suddenly shot twice through the hotel door.  tom fought valiantly for his life with his wife val for two more hours until the EMS arrived. we cannot go any further into the circumstances of his death or the on-going police investigation other than to let all of you know the shooter is a 57 year old male who's in police custody on a 2nd degree murder (for tom's death) and a 1st degree assault charge (for the stray bullet that nearly struck another hotel tenant). Tom not only embodied the best of the human spirit's ability to be a selfless and unconditionally loving person, but he was a master of his craft.  he gave countless hours and unpaid time teaching young people at the seattle art institute's live sound and recording engineering programs and his roots run deep not just in the northwest music scene but worldwide.  in just the past 24 hours at the mere mention of his name, people we don't even know overhearing the news have broken down and relayed their very personal experiences with Tom.  he touched so many people and always felt as though he wasn't doing enough and wanted to push to improve things and be better at anything he put his mind to. Tom fronted the money for the 'Kay Kay Live From the Pretty Parlor' DVD to be pressed as well as engineered the live recording and there is absolutely 0% cliche when we say we wouldn't be here without him.  Tom's mixing and mastering the kay kay s/t full length was the reason the record got the acclaim it did.  he spent hours and hours recording the wild orchid children EP on spec in order for us to travel the country with something to sell and show.  the world is a lesser place without tom.  we truly lost a hero in every sense of the word. Tom's hands were heavily involved with the following artists on either their records or live shows and on tour. bb king gatsbys american dream nirvana ub40 kay kay and his weathered underground the black crowes daphne loves derby queensryche candlebox danger radio aerosmith iron maiden alice cooper heavy heavy low low the wild orchid children heart warrant marrakesh lizzie huffman bad company paul rodgers the hollowpoints we are all still trying to make sense of such a senseless thing.  Tom leaves behind a beautiful family two of which won't fully understand why their daddy didn't come back from stepping outside for a brief moment.  please keep Tom in your thoughts prayers emails and stories.  each beautiful memory of Tom brings us to our knees, teaching his kids how to defrost the thanksgiving turkey with a hair dryer or teaching all of us how to make an aioli sauce and the proper way to bread oysters with cajun spices.  you left such a beautiful legacy hammer, we love you, you are with us always. lastly, we don't use the fact that we're musicians to push any sort of agenda.  there is no soap box here, but we feel too complelled at this moment in time to not mention anything. we live in a country who proclaims more than any other country in the world, the benefits of freedom, librety and the pursuit of happiness.  tom fully embraced those ideas and at the time of his death was doing something so distinctly american.  packing the family into his american made car to cruise on the american interstate to go vacationing in america's beautiful terrain.  the idea that his only fault was mistaking his hotel room for another, something i personally did three or four times while on tour in the past few weeks, sickens me.  who is anyone to say life isn't fair, but the reality of the situation is Tom would be holding his wife and children if someone who clearly had paranoia issues hadn't been allowed to own a killing device.  even more disheartening is knowing whole-heartedly that there is no falsehood in saying that if this was a different country this wouldn't have happened.  firearms and concealed weapons are illegal in all other industrialized countries and in the best country on the planet, USA, 80 gun deaths happen every day.  Tom Pfaeffle shouldn't be another fucking stupid statistic in those findings. here are some links for more info or to help in anyway, please visit gunstories.org if you knew Tom in order to share your stories with him or your views on guns. http://www.bradycenter.org/ http://www.bradycampaign.org/ http://www.gunstories.org/ http://www.millionmommarch.org/ thanks again for everyone's support through the good and the bad. we are already planning some benefit shows very soon in order to benefit Tom's family and gun control advocacy groups and will let everyone know about that information as soon as it's available. we were in the middle of recording our full length with Tom and we cannot fathom finishing this work without him, yet in our hearts we know he wouldn't have had it any other way.  it may take us a bit more time to complete, but those songs will forever contain Tom's spirit and drive for life and sound so we'll be taking extra care with the record so that it becomes a sort of musical metaphor for Tom's life. thank you Tom Pfaeffle for giving your life in such a way that you'll never be forgotten.  we love you so much.  to val and the kids we love you too. the wild orchid children

we were lucky enough to spend a gorgeous night and day in sequim, wa. on the wild life preserve.  we roamed with the buffalo.  no bull shit.  literally. 

we've officially set up shop at tom pfaeffles tank studio in black diamond washington high in the foothills of the cascade mountains.  we'll be bringing you studio updates from everybody involved posted here frequently throughout the recording process, to let you know how the wild orchid children get down.

up to our necks in good vibes for this record.
stay tuned por favor.

- the wild orchid children

howdy howdy howdy word word word.
we are featured in this months Alternative Press Magazine.  it's their annual bands to watch for this year issue.  dig below:

hey the new record is going to be freakishly delightful.  holy smokes man.  all jokes aside, we think everyone is going to go ape shit colossus dook, over this batch of nonsense.  nutty nutty nutty.
we will be playing some secret shows soon too that we'll be debuting a lot of the new tunes at, so make sure you keep your eyes peeled.  in other news our dearly beloved guitarist and brother in arms, thomas hunter, is braving a continent on fire, that being the continent of AUSTRALIA where he is playing guitar in saves the day.  most people slept on that in reverie record, bummer for you losers, i fell in love boinkin' to that record.   but anyway, most people don't believe us so thanks to thomas' dear mother terry here is a clip of the boy.



now roaming earths globular...
the wild orchid children

hello out there in space. we the collective wild orchid children would like to announce that we will be returning to the tank studios in black diamond washington with the controllers of our boards tom pfaeffle and phillip peterson in april to track our debut full length titled: THE WILD ORCHID CHILDREN ARE ALEXANDER SUPERTRAMP expect it to drop this summer followed with physical manifestations. our dear brother in arms who beat the skins on the elephants ep garrett lunceford has joined our dear comrades to the north and south in portugal. the man. expect to see him continuing on their path this calendar year. we have baptized two new brethren into the circle, andy lum on the kit and effects guru aaron benson handling percussion sights and sounds. thanks to the many who came and saw us last year on tour and who purchased the ep. we will also be featured next month in Alternative Press' Bands to Watch in 09' and we will definitely be spending this year playing far more all age and basement shows. ALWAYS REMEMBER DON'T TRUST THEM SHINY BLACK SHOES. - your friends and mentors - THE WILD ORCHID CHILDREN

we’ve returned from a long and beautiful voyage through the western half of the united states. if you missed out you can get a glimpse of the awakening at:

WWW.NOTMTV.TV

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THERE WAS A MANUFACTURING ERROR WITH THE 4 SONG EPS. THEY WON'T BE SHIPPED UNTIL THE 2ND WEEK OF DECEMBER. ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE PRE-ORDERED AND ARE THINKING OF PRE-ORDERING, DON'T FRET, WE ARE THROWING IN A FREE WILD ORCHID CHILDREN TEE-SHIRT AND OTHER GOODIES FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT AND SAW US ON TOUR. EXPECT MORE DATES IN THE NEW YEAR.
AS WELL AS A HOST OF OTHER EXCITING NEWS TO FOLLOW.

THE WILD ORCHID CHILDREN