The Apes (sometimes just Apes) are a noisy, guitarless
garage rock
Garage rock (sometimes called garage punk or 60s punk) is a raw and energetic style of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced a series of subsequent revivals. The sty ...
foursome from
Washington, D.C.
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The band formed in 1999 with the lineup of singer Paul Weil, keyboard player Amanda Kleinman (an Arts College advisor 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 o
Planaria Recordsbefore moving to San Francisco's
Birdman Records
Birdman Records is an independent record label based in South San Francisco, California, that was founded in 2000 by David Katznelson, former A&R vice president of Warner Bros. Records.
History
Birdman Records is the flagship label of the Birdman ...
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. In 2010, three of the band members moved to
Heavy Breathing.
The band members are sometimes known by the pseudonyms Lucius Twilight (Brunson), Jackie Magik (Jackson),
Majestic Ape (Kleinman),
Count 101 (Weil),
and Ronald Wolf (Schmid).
Discography
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External links
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MySpace page
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American art rock groups
American noise rock music groups
Musical groups from Washington, D.C.
Frenchkiss Records artists
Birdman Records artists