i know fight like apes and they are sound (2 Viewers)

[dudley]

The more I think about it...Ultimately this is bollocks. You split up, and blame the world? Cry. It's publicity hungry nonsense.

There's nothing on earth stopping them making music and playing gigs and having ordinary everyday jobs like the absolute majority of bands in this country. Ireland's too small and too stupid to maintain an actual music scene of any note. And frankly Ape Sanglidge's music isn't good enough to work in an international context. Every country in the world is trying to maintain it's own shitty fluff-rock bands. They don't need interlopers.

I mean, if you really think that the system is fucked, initiate change. DOn't just down tools and say it's the fault of teh consumer in this post-bubble-bursting world. Offer them "content" and "product" they might actually want. Or do it for the sheer love of it, cos you can't give it up. ANd you'll work in a crummy office taking shit because those night son stage and those nights in the studio are what it's all about.

There's something quite entitled about this. People, you didn't love us enough, so now try living in a world without us. That world, for me, seems fine.

But I'd bet money, if I had any, that this will not be the end.

This might be my favourite ever post

 

[egg_]

I wrote a book no one wants to publish, so obviously that's the industry's fault, right?

I spent 2 years writing a very detailed pitch for a pop-psychology book, and got told in the kindest possible terms "you can't publish a non-fiction book unless you already have a public profile"

Tough shit. As my teacher in 4th class used to say "life isn't fair, lads - if life was fair I'd have a rolls royce and you'd have a gun to shoot me with"

(BTW @Hector Grey I would dearly love to read a book written by you)

 

[Hector Grey]

I spent 2 years writing a very detailed pitch for a pop-psychology book, and got told in the kindest possible terms "you can't publish a non-fiction book unless you already have a public profile"

Tough shit. As my teacher in 4th class used to say "life isn't fair, lads - if life was fair I'd have a rolls royce and you'd have a gun to shoot me with"

(BTW @Hector Grey I would dearly love to read a book written by you)

Some day, Egg. Some day.

 

[rettucs]

I quite Like Apes: so long and thanks for all the tunes

"They did things Irish bands just didn’t do. In 2009, they built a wrestling ring in the Academy."

Remember when The Scene That Celebrates Itself had a wrestling thing? God, of course you don't. It was all of 15 years ago. Before music was invented.

how dare Una call thumped 'defunct'. Sake

 

[GO]

how dare Una call thumped 'defunct'. Sake

Haha..thats gas

Thumped will be around long after this Irish Times yoke whatever that is

 

[Lili Marlene]

Calm down everyone, as they stated in their message they're still making music for the love:

You’ll see us all again under different musical guises but, these 3 shows will be Fight Like Apes’ last.

I listen to spotify a lot. I get music mailouts, I scan them, I listen on spotify. I generally buy everything I decide I like.

Maybe its different for the kids.

It's different for the kids.

 

[pete]

Haha..thats gas

Thumped will be around long after this Irish Times yoke whatever that is

actually i'm losing money on it so because the world owes me a living i'm shutting it down

 

[nooleen]

I quite Like Apes: so long and thanks for all the tunes

"They did things Irish bands just didn’t do. In 2009, they built a wrestling ring in the Academy."

Remember when The Scene That Celebrates Itself had a wrestling thing? God, of course you don't. It was all of 15 years ago. Before music was invented.

"In the early 2000s, when I was working in The Hub in Temple Bar, writing reviews in exchange for beer and free entrance to gigs..."

 

[rettucs]

"In the early 2000s, when I was working in The Hub in Temple Bar, writing reviews in exchange for beer and free entrance to gigs..."

Una writes an article about Fight Like Apes, and half of it is about herself.

Never change, Una...

 

[Theseus Mock]

Una writes an article about Fight Like Apes, and half of it is about herself.

Never change, Una...

Loaded: 16/01/2009 - Independent.ie

First up is the woeful debut from Fight Like Apes -- a band with lots of blogger and media friends, all aurally challenged methinks

 

[GO]

hahahaha!

 

[Anthony]

Una writes an article about Fight Like Apes, and half of it is about herself.

Never change, Una...

She's our Eddie Trunk.

 

[portrid]

Here's how you do it (Kunt & The Gang):

After 13 years I’m calling a it day. Don’t take it personally, it’s not you, it’s me. It wasn’t even anything to do with playing Fucksticks nearly 2,000 times. The miles you do when touring round the country eventually wore us down, despite doing it in the luxury comfort of my Ford Fiesta.

I had run out of ideas in 2011 but lucky for me (though unlucky for 400 other people) Uncle Jimmy and his diddling celebrity chums enabled me to eek another 5 years out of it.

I’d like to personally wank each and every one of you who came out and saw us at a gig, or bought a download, T-shirt or CD and didn’t then sell it for 17p to Music Magpie when you moved in with your new bird who didn’t like that sort of thing.

I haven’t got a gameplan for what I do now but rest assured I’ll probably just be back in a couple of years, cap in hand, when whatever I do next fails and I’m skint.

Cheers 8===3 - - -

Kunt, October 2016

P.S. The website and the Kuntshop will remain open indefinitely so make yourself a cup of tea, take off your trousers and pants and browse around at your leisure.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

I spent 2 years writing a very detailed pitch for a pop-psychology book, and got told in the kindest possible terms "you can't publish a non-fiction book unless you already have a public profile"

Tough shit. As my teacher in 4th class used to say "life isn't fair, lads - if life was fair I'd have a rolls royce and you'd have a gun to shoot me with"

(BTW @Hector Grey I would dearly love to read a book written by you)

I feel bad dude, I got a phone call from a publisher after certain content aggregators lifted one of my shitty blog posts (with permission I should say) and that was my route to book publishing heaven. My public profile was infinitesimal (still is) when they asked me to put together the buke.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

Relevant too: FYI I have sold 10 to 20 times as many copies of my shitty book than I ever managed of any of my shitty music releases.

 

[Hector Grey]

how dare Una call thumped 'defunct'. Sake

I must have missed that. Where?

 

[Theseus Mock]

I must have missed that. Where?

I quite Like Apes: so long and thanks for all the tunes

I remember the first time I saw Fight Like Apes, even if the timeline is a little fuzzy. A trawl of defunct music message boards and cached blogs leads me to believe it was 2007, so I must have been around 23.

Assuming she means Cluas, but colour me surprised if Cluas was still in existence in 2007.

 

[Hector Grey]

I quite Like Apes: so long and thanks for all the tunes

Assuming she means Cluas, but colour me surprised if Cluas was still in existence in 2007.

My god, are you suggesting that Cluas no longer exists?

 

[Theseus Mock]

My god, are you suggesting that Cluas no longer exists?

Wow, it's still around. CLUAS | Home I think Una may be too young to remember Muse.ie.

 

[pete]

how dare Una call thumped 'defunct'. Sake

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