The Gash / The Ape Shits 7
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The Ape-Shits / The Gash – Split E.P.
Maximum Rock & Roll Oct 2006
Oh, honey to my ears. The APE-SHITS rock—
No messing around, 3-2-1-go. BASEBALL FURIES in the hook department with some of
the distorted razor bald racket of the FINAL SOLUTIONS. Boasting members of the DIRTY
SWEETS and the RECLUSIVES and an unmistakable Chicago sound, even through these
cowboys hail from Austin. Now back in the studio and give me more. THE GASH brings up
the rear with a great blown-out REDS sound. Loud and over-driven without loosing the
tunes and Christ the tunes are here. Including members of the MARKED MEN, the WRIST,
and the WAX MUSEUMS, and unfortunately already broken up. Texas delivers again. The
best split of the year. (SD)
THE GASH / THE APE SHITS SPLIT 7" REVIEWS
RAZORCAKE Sept. 2006
The Apeshits: Sonofabitch. Just when I think Ive had my fill of straight-ahead, dirty
rocknroll, Im reminded that Im just tired of bands doing it wrong. Texas is the answer, once
again. The Ape Shits berserk-out like simians getting their fur singed by lightning and are
fueled by Sandman-like wrestling chops, Beerland swagger, and AC/DC Motardation. I like.
The Gash: Makes me sad when you pick up a piece of vinyl and its a good bands epitaph.
The Gashwhich included Joe of the Marked Mentook an approach akin to the Young Lions
Conspiracy: existential anguish, revolutionary rhetoric, steak knives, and the bloody
dissection of morphophonemics to rediscover rocknroll in its primal sense. In other words,
they cut the crap, plucked out the heart, kept it simple, and rocked it like the best of lo-fi
Denton on shitty equipment. High Tension Wires and Chop Sakis fans take note. Todd
Taylor (Big Action)
Dusted Magazine Sept 2006
Apes take shits bigger than the Ape-Shits, and probably harsher in content, too. The Ape-
Shits poop out glammy garage rock with shouted atonal vocals as their concession to
either not being able to sing, or to some sort of rock and roll abandon. Neither of their
tracks here let off with any sort of steam, though you'd expect something called "Fuck the
Pigs" to have some teeth left … right? Riiiiiight. Unnecessary solos. Very New York Dolls
vibe on "Decadent Pig" that shouldn't be able to live with itself. Yup, pretty dumb. The
Gash broke up before this was released, but made the wrong choice – they have the
velocity required to pull off more of that old time rock 'n' roll riffage, and more often than
not don't even need it. "Can't Say No" is a burner to start but then the second, female-led
chorus kicks in, out of the blue and very much welcome. Most bands of this like aren't
taking the time to go there. "Don't Need You" is even more raucous, pounding and
screaming till the gristle. The Gash redeems it. Cool.
(www.bigactionrecords.com)
Terminal Boredom Sept 2006
V/A The Ape-Shits/The Gash split 7"
Split-seven from the big 'ol state of Texas featuring two songs each from two bands
making their vinyl debut. The Ape-Shits are basically The Dirty Sweets minus Penny
Tration, and sound like the Dirty Sweets without Penny Tration singing. Maybe a little
rawer than the Sweets were, they do two dumbfuck punk tunes with a porcine theme. Not
too bad, but nothing you're going to need to tell anyone about. The Gash feature a
Marked Man and a member of my current faves The Wrists/The Pumpers and definitley
make this record worth the listen. Tough sounding semi-fi punkings that remind me a bit of
my beloved Baseball Furies but with some quirkiness added. Chattery rhythms, great
vocal sound, two winning tunes. Sadly, The Gash have already broken up, destined to be
a mere footnote in the annals of Texas punk history. Overall, I'm not a huge fan of the split
7" as a format, and I have to say this thing has one of the most atrocious looking sleeves
ever. The two Gash cuts are worth hearing though. (RK)
(Big Action Records // www.bigactionrecords.com)