THE FIRE APES
From Charleston, South Carolina, THE FIRE APES' lead singer, songwriter, guitarist, and bassist, John Seymour, writes about love
and relationships often using literary references, musically framed
with melodic hooks. His music an [+]THE FIRE APES
From Charleston, South Carolina, THE FIRE APES' lead singer, songwriter, guitarist, and bassist, John Seymour, writes about love
and relationships often using literary references, musically framed
with melodic hooks. His music and words can elicit feelings that range from joy and happiness to commiseration and longing.
The feel of the music is most commonly considered to be reminiscent of such bands as The Beatles, Gerry and The Pace Makers, The Kinks, Oasis, and early Pretenders. THE FIRE APES have played in the Southeast and have gained a large following based on their performances and their first release "A Perfect Day for Bannafish". They have had great shows with Smash Mouth and Modern English but have recently been in the studio recording "Central Park Carousel".
"...The Fire Apes understand what the British pop invasion was about and yet transcend the past and merge it beautifully with the future... I highly recommend this CD to all serious power pop fans...Really GREAT stuff that should be WAY better known than it is!!! A+"
JAM Records - Jeremy Morris
"[The Fire Apes]...were extremely popular...but dropped out of the music scene surfacing from time to time to play a packed show..." they were at one time the most popular band in Charleston. They were even more popular than the inimitable Uncle Mingo, whose shows were nearly always ...sellouts...this was also during the time that...Hootie and the Blowfish were first playing [the clubs]...the Fire Apes had the distinction of being the largest draw for The Music Farm...[at its former location on East Bay Street]...there were lines out of the door and around the corner for their shows..."
The Charleston Paper - - Larry Queen
"...The Fire Apes' A Perfect Day For Bananafish would have been a shoo-in for Top Ten honors [for 1997]...if I had known about it! From start to finish, this disc delivers the goods - original songs and a superb power pop version of Abba's "S.O.S.;" lots of jangly guitars...
Eric Sorensen - Fufkin.com
"...A CD we found and carried a few years back and disappeared...just as many were really getting lit by it! Guess what? Found again! With a driving late 80's/early British based guitar pop sound that is not unlike Ned's Atomic
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