Artist description Bay Area based Naked Ape is an Industrial/Gothic influenced Progressive Power-Pop freak show incorporating amazing lighting schemes with shocking special effects and freakish personalities. "Sure, we wear makeup and our stage looks like world war III, but the freakiest part of the wholething I think is my brother Eric." Says lead singer Todd Roush (pronounced r-ow-shhh). Our music ranges from Super-Loud Hard Core to hypnoticand melodic. The only thing we know is that we are great at what we do, and nobody else on the WestCoast is doing it.

Music Style Alternative

Musical Influences The Cure, Marilyn Manson, Radio Head

Similar Artists No one of this planet!

Artist History We all sat gathered around the mixing console exhausted at 1 am, but you could cut the feeling of energy & excitement in the room with a knife.We were all thinking the same thing, "this is it,this is unlike anything we had ever done, this is the one." Just then, the engineer picked up thephone and started dialing. He played the track toan unknown person on the other end, and then he said it, "So what do you think, is this it, isth is the next big thing?" Already compared to some of the greatest bands of all time, yet with a sound that is so totally unique, Bay Area Hyper-Rock band NAKED APE is poised to grab the brass ring and step to the top of the heap in the currently stagnating rock movement. "We created the band that we would go see in our wildest dreams, a real freak show!"

Group Members Todd Roush(Lead vocals, guitar) Eric Roush(Lead Vocals, Rap) Aku Tardiff(Bass, Backing Vocals) John Peter Tipton(Piano, synthesizers) Shane Stakem (Drums, Backing Vocals, Computer Guru)

Albums Astroglyde

Press Reviews At times, Naked Ape’s aural soundscapes convey a distinctively mutant perspective, which is then snatched back into angst-ridden Goth rock. The group’s videos (viewable on www.NAKEDAPE.net, ) illustrate the blistering lights emblematic of a science project gone awry or the coming of a nuclear dawn. http://www.nakedape.net/reviews.htm

Location Santa Cruz, CA - USA

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