TIME STOPS FOR NO BAND

This year should have been Code Orange’s most successful to date – a new album, massive tours and high-profile festival spots. But with a certain worldwide lockdown falling on the cusp of Underneath’s release, cancelling all foreseeable tours and festivals, they had to act fast. In just two days, Code Orange completely reinvented how a metal band can operate. Frontman Jami Morgan and guitarist Reba Meyers tell us how they did it.

“WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT A NEW PLATFORM. WE DON’T SIT AROUND CRYING”
JAMI MORGAN

YOU RELEASED UNDERNEATH IN MARCH AND THEN LOCKDOWN HAPPENED. WHEN DID YOU GUYS REALISE THAT YOUR PLANS WERE SCREWED?

Jami: “A couple days before the record came out we were supposed to have our big record release show in Pittsburgh. That’s when we kind of realised everything was coming to a halt.”

AT WHAT POINT DID YOU GET YOUR HEADS TOGETHER AND THINK,