- The Apes
The Apes (sometimes just Apes) are a noisy, guitarless
garage rock foursome fromWashington, D.C. . The band formed in 1999 with the lineup of singer Paul Weil, keyboard player Amanda Kleinman (a teacher by day), bassist Erick Jackson, and drummer Jeff Schmid. They released their first EP themselves, two albums on the New York label Frenchkiss, and an EP on [http://www.planariainc.com Planaria Records] before moving to San Francisco'sBirdman Records which released an EP and the band's third full-length album.The band has seen its three instrumentalists remain a constant while three different men have filled the shoes of lead singer. Paul Weil left the band and was replaced by Joe Halladay, and in 2006 Halladay left the band and was replaced by the visual artist Breck Brunson, whose first recorded tracks appeared on a CD-R the band sold during its 2006 U.S. tour in support of Liars. The band's fourth full-length album, titled "Ghost Games", was released in early 2008 on Gypsy Eyes Records.
The band members are sometimes known by the pseudonyms Lucius Twilight (Brunson), Jackie Magik (Jackson), Majestic Ape (Kleinman) and Ronald Wolf (Schmid).
Discography
External links
* [http://www.theapes.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/apes MySpace page]
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