The Apes
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The Apes (sometimes just Apes) were a noisy, guitarless garage rock foursome from Washington, D.C. 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 on Planaria Records before moving to San Francisco's Birdman 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. In 2010, three of the band members moved to Heavy Breathing.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
The band members are sometimes known by the pseudonyms Lucius Twilight (Brunson),<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Jackie Magik (Jackson),<ref name="Names1">Template:Cite news</ref> Majestic Ape (Kleinman),<ref name="Names1"/> Count 101 (Weil),<ref name="Names1"/> and Ronald Wolf (Schmid).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Discography
| Year | Title | Format | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Luv is Real | 12" EP | Glove Music |
| 2001 | The Fugue in the Fog | CD/LP | Frenchkiss |
| 2002 | Street Warz | CD/10" vinyl EP | Planaria |
| 2003 | OddEyeSee | CD | Frenchkiss |
| 2004 | Tapestry Mastery | CD/10" vinyl EP | Birdman |
| 2005 | Baba's Mountain | CD | Birdman |
| 2006 | 2006 Tour | CD-R | self-released |
| 2008 | Ghost Games | CD/LP | Gypsy Eyes |