There are at least four groups under this name: 1. an indie pop band from Glasgow, United Kingdom 2. a 1960s girl group from Coventry, United Kingdom 3. an indie band from Manchester, United Kingdom 4. a female hiphop duo from Japan 1. One of the acts on the legendary indie label Sarah Records, The Orchids play pop in its purest and most engaging form. The band formed in the mid-1980s in Penilee, near Govan, in South Glasgow, releasing two full-length studio albums plus a string of EPs and singles.