John Constantine and Lawrence Alarcon met as teenagers attending Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, one of top five art high schools in the U.S.[3] They soon began dating, eventually moving to San Francisco's Tenderloin district together in 2006.
Orchid and Hound made their debut on September 22, 2009 at San Francisco gay bar The Stud.
[4] The duo quickly followed up their debut with several performance around San Francisco and Los Angeles, including gigs at Hotel Café and El Rio.
"[7] On April 14, 2010, Orchid and Hound launched a project with Kickstarter to raise a goal of $2,000 in 90 to manufacture their debut album.
In early 2014 the San Francisco-based pop duo returned to Los Angeles, California indefinitely to continue their musical efforts.