Ape Shifter - Monkey Business (Full Album 2023)

Monkey Business (2023) APE SHIFTER / Immenstadt, Germany #instrumental #prog_rock #stoner_metal ==== 1. MPU 00:00 2. Stampede 02:03 3. Misery 04:17 4. Promises of a Progressive Future 07:25 5. Ahab 11:45 6. Dregs of Doom 16:16 7. Purple 20:23 8. Cure 22:44 9. Gucci, Baby! 24:40 10. Mind of You 24:55 11. Shitkicker 28:18 12. Lying in Wait 32:45 ==== Since their inception in November 2015, APE SHIFTER, APE SHIFTER has released two full-length albums and completed four European club tours encompassing Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and The Netherlands. They have shared the bill with Villagers of Ioannina City, Loudness, The Skull, White Cowbell Oklahoma, Baron Crane, AC/DC´s Chris Slade, and Mörglbl, among others. Festival performances have included Zytanien (main stage), Burg Herzberg Festival, OBOA, Free n Easy, ArtRock Festival, Fehmarn Open Air, Festival Kult!, and others. On Friday, 2023, APE SHIFTER releases their third album MONKEY BUSINESS. From rockin’ 70’s riffs played with punk rock ferocity to creeping metal grooves and all out bashers, APE SHIFTER give new meaning to intense simian instrumental rock from the nasty pits of the Hellabrunn Zoo. Born on Friday the 13th in Washington, D.C. and raised in Laurel, Maryland, Jeff Aug is a cool underground guitarist who lives at the foothills of the Alps in Southern Germany for the last 20 years. He has toured with Allan Holdsworth, Soft Machine, Greg Howe, Stu Hamm, Albert Lee, and has performed shows with Jawbox, Shudder To Think, and Ice-T & Bodycount with his old band. He’s worked with John Stabb from Government Issue, has been touring and recording with Anne Clark for the last 15 years, and has been touring as a solo guitarist for the last 25 years. Jeff can also be heard on the Atari Teenage Riot album Is This Hyperreal? (Dim Mak Records / Digital Hardcore Records). Jeff is also a Guinness™ world record holder setting the world record for the “most concerts performed in different countries in 24 hours” twice (2009, 2012). Filling out the line-up is bass virtuoso Florian Walter from the band Less and drummer Kurty Münch known for his stint in the German punk band Rotting Carcass.  Line-up Jeff Aug, guitar | Florian Walter, bass | Kurty Münch, drums  Format APE SHIFTER Monkey Business vinyl (140gr black vinyl), CD, Digital ==== released March 31, 2023 Recorded in January 2022 at Sounzz in Seifen, Germany. Mixed & Mastered by Tim Hecking. Produced by APE SHIFTER. Artwork, layout graphics, and cover photo by Chris Lakriz. Back cover photo by Bernd Kuhn. all compositions by Jeff Aug, arranged by Ape Shifter and published by Protozoa Music Ape Shifter use Hipshot accessories, D´Addario strings, Planet Waves cables, F&P, and Dunlop picks & guitar accessories. Ape Shifter wear Earebel. ******************* Support the Channel Buy a Coffee for 666MrDoom ********************