Running With Oranges

Band founders Joseph Gifford and Sebastian Medina had been friends since age 3 but starting a band was the farthest thing from their minds…especially an edgy metal music band! Their paths separated during the teen years as Sebastian was homeschool educated and Joseph went to Wylie High School. Ultimately the 2 got together, teamed up with a rhythm guitarist, and female bassist Meg Williams. The band came upon the name “Running with Oranges” from a Mexican-oriented spoof of 300 in which a woman was literally running with oranges. During a camping trip the band agreed that would be the name and from there it all started.


Now to the recording session. The band made a pact that everybody pays their fair share of the studio time and it had to be done asap because everybody was heading different directions. Sebastian was going back to south Texas for the summer and Megan had a complex surgery set literally for the next morning so there was no time to waste. The band had intense rehearsals, somewhat like their college days at BYU doing “all nighters” studying for finals, to tighten down the individual parts the day of scheduled recording then at the last minute, voila, one bandmate can’t come up with the cash so he has to set it out to be replaced by Joseph’s brother Daniel.


No worries, rock waits for nobody, and these guys (and a gal) are ready to let it rip. Midnight rolls in, a torrential rain and thunderstorm greet the band as they load up their instruments but hey, mission accomplished!