The Orb have always been hard to pin down. Sure, you can read up about them on Wikipedia, and you'll learn all sorts of terribly interesting facts about The KLF, Public Image Ltd, Killing Joke, Paul Oakenfold and just about every other electronic or post-punk act you might care to name other than The Orb. They're hard to pin down, so it's easier for the free encyclopedia that anyone can put slurs on (and all of their sources) to talk about everything that has gone on around The Orb rather than the group itself. And that's fine.
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