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Yes check them out! Tight harmonies beautiful melodies and heavy guitar riffs. Best young talent on the scene right now. Also been on the same lineup as Dappy from Ndubs too!

http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/18626073.jpg

Too many to choose from. They are writing proper songs dealing with proper emotions. Secrets Out gets the whole room moving though. These lads are going to hit the top!

Peppermint Sweet Gorillas

Just like that bloke ON Quietus who is their dad. Maybe if I DID that I would like Peppermint APES too!

(I'm genuinely sorry if I'm talking about your son but I'm guessing that's the lead singer, yes?)

It's got a good beat!

You have thirty accounts on youtube.

DOZENS!

Hi WRIGHTYLEW,
Yes I think that if you are looking for a tight, original and hard rocking UK indie band to come along and kick things into touch then the PEPPERMINT APES are the band for you! Winners of Best Original Song and have appeared on television and everything :)

:D the video

which is a radio station devoted to 'saluting' the American armed forces.

Seems a weird arrangement for a hip young English indie band.

http://youtu.be/V4TT3Xe7HCo?t=1m21s

It is an excellent video :)

backing up the Busted jump with a Live Aid all round the microphone moment was something else

"Hard to Love You" is a song written by Ryan Stanton. The project began in September 2010. Originally, the concept was to be an animated cartoon with Ryan playing the song. As time went by, I ended putting all the band members of The Peppermint Apes in the film. Halfway through the film, the bands line up changed except for Ryan Stanton and Lewis Brown. I then had to scrap all the artwork I had made up to that point.

After speaking with Colin Stanton, the band's manger, It was decided to continue to make the film with Ryan and Lewis and the band's mascot "Pepe".

The video opens up with Pepe and a pair of squirrels who play the percussion parts of the song by swishing their tails and banging acorns. The song takes place in an English Garden with Ryan arriving on a giant bee who cannot see very well.

The bee lands on Pepe (The band's mascot) and Pepe tosses the bee upwards were it crashes into a blimp. The bee, not seeing very well, thinks the blimp is a another giant bee who happens to be a girl! (It was love at first site!) He begins to chase the blimp through the sky, when the blimps pilot pops out of a hatch on top of the blimp and tosses the bee a pair of glasses, allowing him see that the giant bee he was falling in love with was only a blimp that was bee shaped!

Saddened the bee turns away from the blimp and fly's off only to run into another giant bee who happens to be the girl of his dreams! They fly off happily. Back at the English garden, Pepe hops on Lewis' GS Scooter, bumps Lewis into the air and he then lands on the scooter as Pepe drives off joining the bees in the guitar garden. The blimp is in the background and the camera zooms in on the blimp and the credits roll.

Hi GASHWRECKER,
Agreed! Photographs and Social Media are very important for a band these days. Glad you like them :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7YueVrn_u0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXLKA0u4mRs

It's like where they ran out of IP addresses and had to invent a load more, we'll have to invent more words so bands will have something to call themselves.

Proper songs about girls and clubbing'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5DlVmgDLJs

like you would talk to a dog after it had done something nice

Colin's been robbed! - http://s389004800.initial-website.co.uk/fan-of-the-month/

they remind me of Adam Brody's band in that

And they have their own STUDIO.

Giving the UK scene a right old kick in the catflaps.

he'd have a fuckin handle!

...2001 called. They want their web designer back.

some kind of Simon Cowell-backed masterplan. It can't be true.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3012CfPIyPU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIGMUAMevH0

Clive

i find the peppermint apes brand of amazing indie keep my bees docile while i finger them.

Can someone recap this thread to me in simple bullet points? All I can see is "thebigc" is taking the piss, then he's serious, then we're not sure, then he's the guys Dad. Am I following?

...if "thebigc" and "deepblue" are somehow related.

...Wales, these guys are going GLOBAL!!!

and this thread only, made me sign up.

The UK music scene has just been rushed to hospital for emergency arse treatment, after having it kicked so badly by the Peppermint Apes

Stand aside wedding day.

so lttp. But, like watching an entire series of 24 in one go, it's a rush reading through the whole thing.

that I feel like I missed out on so much of the fun.

If you are not Colin, why aren't you fan of the month?

Or are you in fact Celeste Williams....that begins with a C you C.

I AM FAN IN BELARUS AND I WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH FOR PEPAPES TO ENTER OUR COUNTRY AND PLAY BELARUS ARE YOU ABLE TO ARRANGE THIS CLIVE THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP AND CONCERNS

are there any plans for them to play in Westward Ho! anytime soon?

In ANY way.

Try booking them through Colin.

Who is NOT Clive. In ANY way.

Hello everybody,
I am a new user drawn here by this discussion. Well, I say discussion but really it seems to be something more akin to a lynching all because somebody happened to express their pleasure in the music of the Peppermint Apes. I heard two of my younger colleagues talking about this thing that was 'well funny' and 'sick', which turned out to be this thread. Having browsed the text in some detail this afternoon I find it to be neither.

On the contrary I think that they are an excellent and well turned out young band. Extremely professional and a credit to the UK. I have not heard such an exciting prospect for a long, long time. Thanks to Thebigc I now have my summer soundtrack sorted!

I also checked out their page on myspace. Dancefloor Hero and Poor Little Rich Girl are stuck in my mind after only a couple of listens. Very distinctive keyboard riffs and an expert way with melody. Come on people, cast aside the snide comments and give these boys a fighting chance.

http://www.myspace.com/thepeppermintapes

he needs to juggle the opening ceremony set list a little

Do you think the Apes would like me to do a PROMOTIONAL poster for them?

If you can ask Clive, Chris, Geoff or Colin I'd really appreciate it.

I'd LOVE to do something that I think would REALLY reflect their music.

www.danbowdendesign.co.uk

I might just do so fanart if I get a spare hour, it would be great to do something for a band of their top notch workrate and quality.

Peppermint Apes are evolving into the band that fills the hole between credible indie and mainstream success.

Arguably Britain's best dressed band, and (by all accounts) nicest band (by virtue of celebrating mother's and father's days yearly through taking a day off of their relentless work-ethic encapsulating gigging schedule to spend time with their folks), their next single sounds like a band absorbing their influences (insert your favourite bands in these brackets) and creating a special mix which sounds new whilst having that pop sheen that allows the moneymen to bang their bishops.

The sounds the rhythm guitarist manages to ejaculate out of his guitar are quite simply fretwork of a Beethoven-esque quality (had Beethoven been interested in icing musical cakes instead of simply creating and baking them; the singer is a bi buff ; and the bassist and the drummer have not been recruited through a classified ad.

Chris, Colin, Clive and Geoff - they sound like any old normal nobody's - but who needs a name like Ringo when you're busy reinventing the sound of the indie boy underground!

The band also regularly subject themselves to drugs tests to avoid the chances of a member picking up a drug addiction during their relentless gigging schedule and thus causing the band to disintegrate - it can be confirmed that they are spotlessly clean to the point of sterility, both pharmaceutically and sonically. So Peppermint Apes are here to stay - like the Beatles a phenomenon is born, a juggernaut is unleashed. Here's your chance to be able to tell your grandchildren - I liked them before everybody else did!

http://vimeo.com/41294539

I still can't decide whether this is one big ruse or not?

"Do you have a favourite make of drums?"
"I've got a few instruments down here, would you be able to play them?!"

Unbelievable JEFF!

Please, please, please let this never be uncovered as a ruse. It'd be like finding out Santa doesn't exist all over again, but about a billion times worst

http://s9.postimage.org/np94l9ttb/PEPPERMINT_APES.jpg

I'd definitely go to the pop concert.

I HAVE BEEN WAITING.

jim davidson!

:'D

or is there a strong whiff of Christian rock about this band?

it's absolutely wonderful to see another fine exemplary UK INDIE band such as ourselves making inroads into the GLOBAL music scene.

It is quite a coincidence, when choosing our band name we couldn't think of anything either, until my mother Colleen (who is also our manager) gave me a shopping list which contained Finders Cripsy Pancakes AND Smoked Kipper Fillets, what are the chances? the rest they say is HISTORY.

Didn't even know I had remembered the song. Must be the power of those harmonies!

the brit awards? its a pity they are giving all this top music away for free. with so many peeps willing to pay top dollar for it they could genuinely be giving hard fi, hooser and the razorlites a run for their money!

instead, i got tears and a stitch. Plus everyone in the office looking at me funny.

The point where i lost it: "I am also NOT called Colin - my name is in fact Clive."

Excellent work everyone!

Inveigle your way into the upper echelons of ape fandom and become FAN of the MONTH.

I'm not sure what advantage FAN of the MONTH' statement confers, so far I know you do get a twitter shout out from THE LADS.

Everything about these erstwhile lads indicates that they're going to be absolutely huge on the indie scene. The sparkling melodies and damned catchy-as-hell lyrics juxtaposed with a brilliant dress sense and hypnotic stage manner. Put your money on these Apemen making the front cover of the NME and supporting The Pigeon Detectives very soon!

I hereby propose that from now on the noun 'JAG' is replaced with 'PAPE'.

I find myself drawn to it again and again like a scab that keeps itching. By God it's vacuous shit. Just vapid, vacuous, soulless shit. And, sorry, I don't mean that in a nasty way... but it just is. Clive, you are a sycophant. If you really care for these lads then there's no excuse for encouraging stuff like this. A degree of musical competency is great, yes, but you really couldn't make this stuff up.

fell off the side of the bed and banged my head on the chair.

Now...I want to here more about Colin and Clive's Excellent Indie Adventure

Can be the only reason for their meteoric rise

No not that one, this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVeLq5hBZNE

The first line is "I was thinking of you when I was doing my time". Are we to infer from this that one (or possibly more) of the Apes has spent time at Her Majesty's pleasure? Maybe they aren't the well turned out credit to the UK their fans like to claim.

name of the year

but this has made me lol a lot.

The indie equivalent of Mall Ninja. Realllllly doesn't matter whether any of this is "real", amazing work all round. :D

is calling himself The Big C.

"Listen LADS, now i'm your manager, i've...well...sort of given myself a nickname, y'know to make meself look a bit cooler and that. I'm hoping you'll all call me it instead of Clive. It's... The Big C! What do you think? Good, eh!"

*Long Pause*

"Get the beers in Clive."

"Righto!"

but I can see his email address.

which isn't even interesting or funny or means anything but there you go.

Hi GASHWRECKER

bridging the gulf between the music and community forums once and for all!

The new oasis, the new libs, the new Radiohead!

http://ajgblogg.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/curious-case-of-peppermint-apes.html

It's all a bit TLDR, and can only be described as some twisted form of Peppermint Apes fan-fiction.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/30532_114832068549247_5318053_n.jpg

he's made them look horribly disfigured.

thebigc is either a knowning troller that makes Foley look a bit lame or he's a man with a good sense of humour:

Possible pseudonyms for thebigc
adammm
thebigc
JeremyDysonsFace <---- CTRL +F for this name in the thread.
elwell

:'D / :'(

i've read almost every post... it was worth making a new account for

Well played everyone,

Ha... well it appears that the game is up :( but I gotta say it’s been a good run over the course of the last week or so which has thrilled, delighted, and surprised in equal measure. So much solid stuff of note too, but in particular I have to mention Gashwrecker’s (frankly astonishing) poster design the other night and then, just as everything looked over and done with, the beyond-incredible story that found its way on to the board today. Outstanding work people - I almost died from laughter. It probably goes without saying too, but I now have physical copies of both of these taking pride of place on my desk. Gonna nip to Wilko first thing tomorrow to get an appropriate frame for the poster. I think it’s an apt establishment. I might try the Factory Shop first, mind.

Disappointed to see it blown so soon after making thread of the week though (boo, Theo, boo!) but then I guess it had to grind to a halt sometime and even before today’s final hurrah it was becoming ever more preposterous reading. Shame though, because I feel there’s still so much more of t’Apes we’ve yet to discover!

I just want to clarify again though - just in case it’s not absolutely, completely, categorically, and abundantly clear by now - that I have no ties with the Peppermint Apes whatsoever. Like everybody else on here I just couldn’t believe what I was seeing when I found them. It’s like, fuck me, if they’ve ever seen Spinal Tap, they certainly can’t have understood why people found it funny.

Leaving aside the heaving bulk of pretty harsh non-musical comments though, I think that JeremyDysonsFace absolutely nailed it with “vapid, vacuous, soulless shit”. I can’t really think of a better way to describe the music of the Peppermint Apes than that.

Nevertheless, again, amazing stuff all round.

(Finally... you’ve no idea how much pleasure I’ve derived from typing ‘Hi GASHWRECKER’ again and again... and I’d also like to offer a modest haul of kudos to the DiSer who used the ‘dontrealiseitsajoke’ pseudonym. T'was a good effort, son. I was desperate for Colin/Clive to fall for it but just couldn’t allow it happen. As inspired as it was, forget blog guy, if anybody should stand up and have their moment in the sun it’s you. A valiant effort.)

But I kinda feel like a kid who just found out Santa isn't real. Please throw me a bone & tell me elwell is real at least...

Surely it is time to make the boys in the band aware of the thread now?

what's best is that it genuinely seem to bring people together, like people actually returned home after years in the wilderness over this thread.

sort of glad I missed this thread until now as it made for one of the most amusing 15minutes in recent memory.

http://www.nooooooooooooooo.com/

just wow.

If we must make the peppermint apes aware of this thread (and we really must) then I propose that as many of us as possible 'like' them on facebook and we undertake a synchronised posting of the poster to their page.

some absolute stunners from liveandunsigned!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejhOiv9-TfU&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHjPNqZX4DY&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeLQzn6ZpeA&feature=relmfu

is anyone going to take a jag/sweet gorilla/pape seriously now? it may got us to the point of no return, we have just beaten the boss on the final level

is horrible. Very much like your collective dental health.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcaZJ-suhHM

I actually think this is all quite harsh. I read as much as i could before deciding that even the nice comments are only here to take the piss aswell. Very clever.

I saw these guys on Saturday at the cazfest festival - which is a charity event with some big names before you start taking the piss again - and i thought they were pretty great. Yes i know they are not the best band in the world but i was surprised they are not signed. People - myself included - enjoyed it for what it was. A good time band playing good time music and thats what it should be. There are too many chinstrokers on sites like this with no idea about the real world. Do you really think people care?

P