Everett's new band "Laugh At The Fakes" have posted 2 new song on their website at http://www.laughatthefakes.com. The band is playing their CD release show at Lee's Palace on Friday July 15th. Their debut album will be called "One Night Only."
Have a listen to APE's new song "Nothing Is Just" that has just been uploaded to this site. The band appreciates all the amazing feedback. YOU ALL RULE!!!
Less then one month after APE's second official release "...And Then There Were Two" 3 kickass reviews have already surface on the net. Check out our press section to and give them a read if you have a sec.
APE's second release "...And Then There Were Two" now available on iTunes. Here is the link http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/and-then-there-were-two-ep/id403969950
APE's new CD "..And Then There Were Two" is now for sale on-line at CD Baby. Checkout the link at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/apeband4
APE's brand new release "...And Then There Were Two" is now available. If you would like an advanced copy please email the band at info@apeband.com. The cd will be for sale on iTunes and other on-line store soon. The band will be posting another brand new song here and at www.myspace.com/apesmusic later today.
APE has posted a brand new song called "Man To Machine." This song is part of a 3 song EP the band is about to release. APE's second release is appropriately called "...And Then There Were Two" GO APE SHIT!!
The song will be up on this website soon, but in the meantime you can hear it at www.myspace.com/apesmusic or http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_5420874
Although their hasn't been much news on the APE front lately, Everett and Galen are excited to be releasing a new APE 3 song EP very soon (hopefully within the month). The band will be releasing material they recorded back in April and May of this year. APE has been through a lot in the last two years. 2009 saw the band do a cross-country tour, release their first full length album "Survival Of The Fittest" and their first music video "It's Not" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs17_GcR1_s) along with many flattering reviews posted on the net for the bands debut album. 2010 however, has been more of a struggle for APE both internally and externally. While waiting months for some of the shit to settle, APE's two founding and only remaining members; Everett Mason and Galen Weir will release the bands new CD soon. A release date has not yet been set but it is expected the new CD will be pressed within a month. With no APE shows booked and with no timetable on when APE will take the stage again their have been rumblings about Galen and Everett embarking on side projects during the bands downtime.
Unfortunately APE will not be performing on June 4th at Hollywood and June 5th at the Atria. We have some internal issues to deal with. We sincerely apologize to the promoters who booked us, the bands on the bills with us, and the lovely people who support us and come to our shows. We have been scrambling like crazy to find another band to take our spot because the news was just brought to our attention last night. Things will be dealt with accordingly and there will be some new APE news in the future.
APE has been confirmed to open for Kingdoms at DC Music Theater. DC is a kickass venue that just bleeds metal. Also on the bill are CAYM, ASLEEP BEHIND THE FLAME, SURVIVE TO RISE, DEAD ETIQUETTE, FROM GODS, BREAKING THE ARCHETYPE, RIGHT BEFORE SHE FALLS.
WHAT A NIGHT THIS WILL BE!!!!
APE will be playing at the Cajun Attack in Ottawa this Wednesday May 5th. Cover is pay what you can, so if you have no dollars, this is the one to show up. The Cajun Attack is located at 349 Dalhousie St. Also on the bill is Keyotone. APE starts off the night at 9pm.
APE is extremely excited to be a part of an amazing bill on Friday April 23rd. Come on down to Lee's Palace.
Full Lineup:
Wentworth - 9:30pm
Volition Aire - 10:30pm
Tenth Planet - 11:15pm
Ape - 12:15am
http://www.tenth-planet.ca
http://www.myspace.com/volitionaire
http://www.myspace.com/apesmusic
http://www.myspace.com/wentworthmusic
APE will be playing at the Annex Wreckroom on Monday April 12th. The band will be opening for
APE will be playing a show in Kingston at "Time To Laugh." The show will also feature The Day Street Brothel. It's gonna be a heck of a night.
APE will be playing a showcase as a part of "Indie Night In Canada" on Friday March 12th. The hard rock/metal night is at Hard Luck Bar at Dundas West and Bathurst. Come on out get drunk, put on your hard hat, get ready to move, and enjoy the show. We can't wait to play in front of all you mofo's!!!!
APE on at 11:30pm
APE will be playing an all ages show at D.C. Music Theater. D.C. Music Theater is located at 360 Munster Ave. Get their early to check out all the awesome metal and stick around for APE who goes on at 11.
GO APE SHIT!!
Originally, the band Ape from the city of Toronto is supposed to be, as they meant it to be, the next new age memorable Rock band. A substitute to others that the crowd might have forgotten about and a new promise for the current generation.
With the birth of the band’s second release Survival Of The Fittest, the message is out – there is a new and intelligent band on display and it has surprises for both the Rock and the Metal worlds. Just as the title says, only the fittest to stay will survive for years to come, just as the majority of the giants of Rock and Metal have survived over the last decades.
Ape, in its essence, are a not just a Rock band, to be more accurate, they have Rock elements of the 80s and 90s, however, they use grooves of Alternative, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal and even reminders of Speed and Thrash Metal.
On first listen, it would seem like if you are listening to a late 90s version of Metallica, yet this notion will only insult Ape’s efforts because they are the real thing on issuing true, varied Rock/Metal music.
Survival Of The Fittest has the ability to conjure the transformation between genres and sub-genres in a flash without looking back, that is why this album has so much to offer for every Rock/Metal fan and whoever appreciates unpredictable and uncommercialized material. The main purpose of the Ape trio is to show all the genres’ fans that the love for this kind of music is not just a fling of teenagers; it is something that will stay and remain beside each one of you until your last breath. Of course, it depends if you let it in your worldly bubble.
Through the tracks of Survival Of The Fittest you can hear all the mentioned genres without even trying to point out what it sounds like because it will scramble your mind. The fact is that there are so many similarities to many bands in the Rock/Metal industry that it would be a complete waste of time. Every track on the list can be Rocky, Thrashy and most of all eagerly surprising when it shifts between kinds of music.
To enlighten here are few examples of great songs. First there is “It’s Not”, hearing its main rhythm will probably knock you off because if you can recollect Michael Jackson’s hit “Smooth Criminal” you might recognize what it’s all about. With this crazy rhythm there are speedy, groovy and even thrashy like hunks under the sly mood of Hard Rock. Second, “Beyond The Depths Of Reality” is going through the same idea, yet it possess a massive rhythmic section of semi-Slayer like edges. Third, “Irate Primate” is an all out Hard Rock tune, however to it comes out Megadeth-like with tech riffs of the late 80s. Last one is “Friend Of Foe”, an Alice In Chains close relative with a pack of great speedy parts and 80s Hard Rock thrilling times.
Alongside these great archetypes travels other great tunes with similar and different influences to others. Survival Of The Fittest, as said earlier, is the most impressive gift to have if you are an open minded person. The music is flowing around and it will keep you hooked to it as long as the player you are using is on.
The state of Ontario, as the most important Metal state in Canada, is raising one of the highest potential stars in Metal and in Rock. It is safe to say that under the wing of this Metal state, Ape will flourish to yet another success of an album, their system works.
http://www.metalexpressradio.com/menu.php?main=reviews&id=3180
We think it is necessary to clear something up. APE and A.P.E. are in fact two different bands. Understandably this is very confusing. Two rock bands from Toronto with the same name. To add to the confusion, our name is derived from an acronym as well, however now we now simply go by APE. We assure everyone that this confusion is entirely not our fault. Another band called A Primitive Evolution is playing under the name A.P.E. A few months ago we contacted the band A Primitive Evolution to let them know that APE is already taken and suggested that they go by their full name since their acronym is our band name. But our emails have been ignored. We think there is a simple solution to this. They should go by their full name A Primitive Evolution and we should continue with our name APE that we have been playing under since 2001. After all, if you are an original band don’t you want to have your own identity? We don’t believe A Primitive Evolution purposely stole our name, we think it was an accident. We even think the skull in their logo that we also use in our logo is just a coincidence. It seems that the problem now is that they are in too deep to change or start over. A Primitive Evolution just did and album that is called A.P.E. (our debut album is also called APE released in 2007) and they probably have our name all over their merchandise as well. So rather than update their name to one that is original, it seems as if their plan is to ignore us and hope we go away without making a stink. Not going to happen. Regardless of which band you are a fan of we want all of you to know that we had the name first and that putting periods between each letter of our band name doesn’t make it original. Anyone who sees their posters can see that A.P.E. is always in big letters and you have to squint to see that it actually stands for something. We felt the need to post this after receiving countless emails and phone calls of disappointed APE fans paying a cover charge to see the wrong band. We wouldn’t have posted this unless we believed we are 100 percent in the right. To all you independent bands out there, protect what is yours.
Sincerely,Toronto’s original APE