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Fated Ape

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About Me

FATED APE are anti-folk, alt-country blues troubadors that require cross-genre, multi-hyphenated pigeonholing. They wear sensible trousers (with belts!!), enjoy a quiet pint (or two), the occasional shave (Thursdays usually - ouch), mis-quoting the Bard (see below) and the good love of a bad woman (or vice versa).

Like The Borrowers or MI5, Fated Ape are a secretive bunch, preferring to let the music do the talking. Unlike The Borrowers or MI5, they don't steal your safety pins to use as grappling hooks or capture, crack and turn double agents (have a gander at the superb Agent Zigzag).
Shakespeare once wrote, "If music be the food of love, EAT THIS" - too true Bill, too true. Guard your loins and play on MacDuff, play on...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/2/2007
Influences: In no particular order... Beirut, Buck 65, Beck, David Bowie, Pulp, Squeeze, Eels, Gomez, Rufus Wainwright, Bob Dylan, Sufjan Stevens, The Drunken Gentlemen, Screaming Trees, Supergrass, Soundgarden, Blur, Goldfrapp, Outcast, Jarvis Cocker, Dire Straits, Pearl Jam, The Smiths, Air, Pink Floyd, the Charlie Mortdecai Series, the Lucifer Box books, Diary of a Nobody, Agent Zigzag, The Liar, Cold Comfort Farm, The Perfect Fool, London Pigeon Wars, Piccadilly Jim
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Download Charles Eseanobi

You can download the new Andy Mambo track 'Charles Eseanobi' now! Go to: www.myspace.com/mrandymambo
Posted by Fated Ape on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:44:00 PST

Bluesbunny Review (in full)

The Bluesbunny - Independent Music Reviews --> --> --> --> Fated Ape1. Sexual Footsteps2. Morning After3. Her Black Dog Fated Ape come from Gloucestershire, England. Judging by the nice letter t...
Posted by Fated Ape on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:21:00 PST

Namscene Review (in full)

This review is from www.namscene.com FATED APE  PROMO CD It's a rare thing when the (though largely excellent) Gloucestershire music scene throws up such a curio as this duo, but for that we should b...
Posted by Fated Ape on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 08:07:00 PST

Aping the Gents on Podcast Radio

Have a listen to Brierly Hill 90210's June podcast radio show for the Fated Ape vs The DGs track 'Sexual Footsteps'. Check out Brierly Hill 90210 at http://web.mac.com/jmiller22...
Posted by Fated Ape on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 03:43:00 PST