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Apollo Up!

Cut into flashes. Just dots and dashes.

About Me

Formed during the Fall of 2002. Current/former members of lotushalo , Shiboleth , On Command , Forget Cassettes , . . . And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead , &c. Debut long player, Light the End and Burn It Through available from Theory 8 Records .

Apollo Up's second LP, Chariots of Fire was recorded in 2005 by Jeremy Ferguson at Battle Tapes and Alex the Great in Nashville and was released June 13th, 2006, once again by Theory 8 Records.

A five-song EP, Walking Papers, will be available May 27th, 2008 from Grand Palace Records .

Buy the record now from ApolloUp.com!
Layout help from Mike Industries .

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/18/2004
Band Website: apolloup.com
Band Members: Jereme Frey
drum kit, vocal

Jay Leo Phillips
vocal, guitar, sundries

Mike Shepherd
bass, vocal
Influences: Kentucky Bourbon , East Nashville, American Spirit , and all this .
Sounds Like: "Elvis Costello being manhandled by Hot Snakes." - IndieWorkshop.com
Record Label: Grand Palace
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

SHIRTS!

Available Now!You want one? Go to ApolloUp.com and click on MERCH....
Posted by Apollo Up! on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:09:00 PST

Add these together and then divide by this many.

Here is a place for videos. It's the kind we like! ...
Posted by Apollo Up! on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:31:00 PST

Walking Papers -- A Review

From the Nashville Rage:Apollo Up! stay above water with Walking PapersChariots of Fire, the last release from Nashville post-punk/power-pop trio Apollo Up!, ended up being one of the strongest and mo...
Posted by Apollo Up! on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:46:00 PST

Jay Leo’s Adventures in Afghanistan . . .

The Weblog!Follow the adventures of the intrepid guitarist/bassist/vocalist from . . . And You Will Know Bare Apollo By His Dead Up Forgotten Cassettes, Jr! as he traipses through the Southeastern Un...
Posted by Apollo Up! on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:20:00 PST

T-Shirts (ours) and Tour Dates (not ours)

Our very small run of our very nice, new t-shirts sold out in under an hour Saturday night, leaving many of you out in the cold. This defies the very purpose of a t-shirt, which should leave one cool...
Posted by Apollo Up! on Mon, 12 May 2008 03:00:00 PST

Thank you.

Thanks to everyone that made it out tonight, and everyone that wanted to but couldn't. Thanks to Chris Crofton and Grimey and the Basement. Thanks to Bingham and Chuck and everyone at Grand Palace. ...
Posted by Apollo Up! on Sun, 11 May 2008 02:19:00 PST

One more change of plans . . .

Unfortunately, we've had to cancel the show on June 27th. Jay's been offered a high paying post as an educational administrator at FOB Salerno in Khowst, Afghanistan. If you're wondering where that is...
Posted by Apollo Up! on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:26:00 PST

Real, Big News!

Rumors of our demise (even the ones that we started) have been . . . moderately exaggerated. Our new record, Walking Papers will be released by our old friends at Grand Palace on May 27th, and we wil...
Posted by Apollo Up! on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:47:00 PST

We regret to inform you that there has been a change of plans.

Hey, Mike here. I have some bad news for everyone. In light of recent events, we regret to announce the dissolution of Apollo Up!. It’s been a great 5 years, and we wish it could have ended o...
Posted by Apollo Up! on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:27:00 PST

. . . And You Will Know Us By Jays Trail of Dead

We are very proud, like peacocks, to annouce that our own Jay Leo Phillips will be joining the legendary . . . And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead on their upcoming tour! Jay will be carrying t...
Posted by Apollo Up! on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:37:00 PST