CODE ORANGE Is On Hiatus

Code Orange had one hell of a run. The band started back in 2008 as Code Orange Kids, changed their name to Code Orange in 2014 and only got bigger with each album. Unfortunately Code Orange has been pretty quiet since their 2023 effort The Above, and for good reason – they quietly went on hiatus.

According to Code Orange vocalist Jami Morgan in a new episode of the Nik Nocturnal Podcast, the band has zero plans right now. Morgan said fans can piece together why, and I think I have a guess – guitarist Reba Meyers is busy as hell. Meyers joined Marilyn Manson‘s band full time, and has launched a solo career.

“We don’t [have any plans], you know, Code Orange is on the shelf, and I think it’s there for a good reason, for many reasons. I think you can put two, two and four together, and you’ll probably come to the answer.

“And I’m super stoked on the record [The Above]. It was a series of circumstances. One that I am happy to speak about is my guitar player, Dominic [Landolina] — he’s one of my best friends in the world — was dealing with a really hard genetic condition that really started damaging his hand, and his neck, and his foot, and that was the primary cause for us to have to cancel our first tour on the record.

“His fingers were this big, I was really scared for him. He was having a really hard time. He’s got it under control now, for sure, which is amazing. Um, and, you know, so it just felt like The Above, if you guys haven’t checked it out yet, it says a lot of what needed to be said about that, and even just spiritually, artistically… It’s such a, for me, beautiful way to have put that pause on it. And it kind of says everything that I wanted to say. It’s almost like it feels a little bit like a death record in some ways, but in like a beautiful way for me.

“So I feel really artistically fulfilled in that way, and [Code Orange] is just on the shelf and there’s many circumstances, and we’ll see what happens. But, yeah, I have no plans.”

He later went on to say about the band hanging it up for a little while: “If it was right, and if things were right, and things were happening the right way, then we would have did it. But I felt that they weren’t, for many reasons, and so did others. And you know, we said, ‘Fuck that. That’s not how we operate.’ We’re not gonna fight against the current here.

“I’m gonna die like a warrior on my shield, not like a fucking bitch, you know, screaming and crying and kicking and moaning. So it wasn’t that glorious. But at the same time, I think that the band will accrue love.

“There was so much art and love put into the band, dude, and so much thought. And I think that over time, hopefully that’ll accrue, and maybe, like, maybe the trends and stuff will come around and swing to it.

“Because I do think it’s… I still hundred percent believe it’s very forward thinking, and I think it always kind of was, and I’m very proud of that. I’m very proud of it.”