Orson (band)

Orson
Background information
Origin	Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Rock, power pop
Years active	2000–2007
Labels	Mercury
Past members	George Astasio Johnny Lonely Jason Pebworth Chad Rachild Johnny Fedevich Jason Byrum Chris Cano Kevin Roentgen

Orson was a Brit Award-winning American rock band from Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, formed in 2000.

Orson started its life under the name of "Halogen" in 2000; and consisted of vocalist Jason Pebworth, guitarists George Astasio and Chad Rachild, bassist Johnny Lonely (aka John Bentjen), and drummer Johnny Fedevich. Within the first year of the band's existence, Fedevich was replaced by Jason Byrum, who himself was replaced by Chris Cano; creating the line-up of the band that would exist for most of the rest of its' history.

Their self-financed debut studio album, Bright Idea, released by Mercury Records in 2006, was produced in Los Angeles by Noah Shain and achieved chart success in the UK with the first single, "No Tomorrow". The album and single both debuted at number 1 (UK). Bright Idea went Platinum in the UK charts and has gone on to sell just under a million copies worldwide. It was during the latter stages of the recording of this album that Rachild departed the band and was replaced by Kevin Roentgen.

The band first performed on UK radio during a live session on BBC Radio 2's Dermot O'Leary Show. Later, when they appeared at the 2006 Virgin Mobile V Festival in Staffordshire and Chelmsford in the UK, lead singer Jason Pebworth exclaimed, "It's good to be home!" This is because the band moved to London from Los Angeles in 2006.

Lead singer Jason Pebworth said in an interview that the band's musical influences are Led Zeppelin, Flaming Lips, Beck and Björk.

Other UK television appearances include Concert for Diana, Top of the Pops, Pop World, 1 Leicester Square MTV UK w/Russell Brand, Sharon Osbourne Show, The Charlotte Church Show, Davina and Top Gear.

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