Bild Dead Apes Back in black - any questions? Dead Apes are Andy K. Randalls last Band. Andy, a gifted rhythm guitarist with Tom’s Lesion, Deadzibel, Porn to Hula and more, teamed up with U.L.F. Hell (Porn to Hula), Déopatria Redlips (Singer, DJ) and Pezzy Bonecrusher (7Sioux, Deadzibel, Strahler 80 et al.) in 2022, in order to release a wonderful Album combining razor - sharp Rock riffing with intense and soulful vocals. Sadly, he suffered a heart disease and therefore died on February 10, 2024. Data on his laptop revealed a completely arranged second Dead Apes album - the remaining Dead Apes “alive” put their heads together again and provided their parts to Andy’s guitar tracks, creating a “legacy” album, if you may say so. Friends and musicians of Seven Sioux, Pencil＆Cherries, HiSpeedLadyDie and Grave Dance Company (formerly Jack Frost) were invited - in order to breath life into Andy’s music. The album is available on X-1Recs., as vinyl LP and download: deadapes.bandcamp.com x-1recs.bandcamp.com Bild PENCIL＆CHERRIES “The Odyssey” is following a stream of consciousness about art and atrocities, death and philantropy. How ironic. The title is obviously inspired by the famous ancient greek myth - just like Ulysses, Phil Frech aka Pencil＆Cherries took a lot of time for contemplation while spending the vast majority of the recent years with a recollection in physical and metaphysical senses, before getting back into action and compiling his new record within half a year. Good time being wasted? “I’ve collected many ideas throughout the past years, but couldn’t nail them down - accusing myself of being pretentious and probably unable to ever create something meaningful to me again”, so Pencil＆Cherries, “especially after several friends and “idols” deceased, which doesn’t leave you untouched. First, you stare into this deep, scary abyss of nothingness, until you discover the wide open field of inspiration lying within. Once th
