I found out about these guys this morning, but I've yet to hear anything by them. Supposedly, their first two albums Silver Apples and Contact were like nothing ever made before, far more ahead of their time than The Stooges and The Velvet Underground.... I'm gonna find out for myself today Does anybody here listen to them?
haha.. this sounds so freakin' awesome.. The Silver Apples formed in New York in 1967 and comprised percussionist Danny Taylor and lead vocalist Simeon, a bizarre figure who played an instrument also dubbed the Simeon, which (according to notes on the duo's self-titled 1968 debut LP) consisted of "nine audio oscillators and eighty-six manual manual controls...The lead and rhythm oscillators are played with the hands, elbows and knees and the bass oscillators are played with the feet."
I've got the self-titled debut and the second album "Contact" from the late sixties as well as the late nineties comeback album "Beacon" and for all they were undoubtedly a pioneering band in terms of the development of early electronic music, and they still get massive amount of respect from underground music circles through to the more mainstream music press. Personally I find them incredibly dull and pretty much a one trick pony. The second album is marginally better than the first.
I believe I saw them on that late 90's reunion. They had some weird contraptions on stage, can't remember much else about it because well....it was me in the late 90's
