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Years ago, rock stars were martians. They were so damn insulated with their tour busses and drugs and chicks and throwing TV's out windows and so forth that they were clearly from another planet. Surely we all wanted to be them, but the divide between US and THEM was vast. Now in the Twenty -Oh-Four, it ain't like that. If you're paying close attention, the same guys you saw touring the big rooms in the fall can be found headlining the small rooms in the winter. If you're a fan of Mike Dillon, you know he's apt to be found onstage or recording with Skerik, Les Claypool's Frog Brigade, Critters Buggin, Garage a Trois, MC 900 Foot Jesus, and Brave Combo. Likewise, if you're a fan of Tom Waits horn-freak, Ralph Carney, you might've caught Carney-Ball-Johnson opening for the Frog Brigade this past fall tour. CBJ bass-phenom, Kimo Ball, also rocks the low end in San Francisco's gutter-prog outfit, Griddle. Dillon's Hairy Apes BMX (Butt Moving X-perience) and Ball's Griddle share the stage Friday, February 13 at the Red Devil Lounge in San Francisco. With prolific popster, Brad Brooks opening the show, you'll not want to miss it.

Hairy Apes BMX (HABMX) from Austin, TX, are a band knitting their own deep pocket in the Post-Modern Experimental Groove Revolution.

They combine Mike Dillon on vibes, tablas, percussion, vocals. E Clarke on keyboards and electronics, John Speice on drums, percussion. JJ Richards on bass and vocals, and Brad Houser on Saxophones and loops that will rock your world with music that is infectious, innovative and extremely energetic.

The group was put together in Austin, TX in late 1997 by members of such heroic monster bands such as Critters Buggin', Billy Goat, Cottonmouth, TX, Edie Brickell projects, and Whitey.

With an exciting new sound and a unique instrumentation, this group has been flooring audiences and raising a chorus with music fans from New Orleans to Seattle, and has begun rousing open-eared listeners in the rest of the world while showcasing to ferocious music industry fanfare at 1999's CMJ Conference in New York and 2000's SXSW and NAMM Conferences.

After just 6 months writing songs together, the band recorded material at 70 Hurtz Studio in Denton, TX, for what would become their debut CD, EXPATRIAPE,released by Artist Workshop/V&R Records in April of 1999. Quickly, the album's sexy cumbia "Situboquita Fuera" ranked in the Top 10 of MP3.com's rock-en-espaniol chart for months, receiving thousands of downloads.

While the band built a manic fanbase touring, the acid jazz/'turntablism' cut "Relapse King"& "$100" spun on college radio and commercial specialty shows. Those two cuts were also included in pro BMX biker Matt Hoffman's special on EXPN.

In the last two years the band has played over 100 shows, both headlining &supporting acts like 2 Skinnee J's, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, and DJ Logic,wowing agape groove-junkies with a deviant and infectious live show that schools while it entertains.

When off the road, HABMX's percussionist Mike Dillon plays with Seattle phenomena Critters Buggin', Kansas City's Malachy Keyboardist E Clarke played with Mr. Marco's V7 and can currently be seen playing with Mystery Sister, and Les Afrodeliques. The triumphant rhythm section of JJ Richards and John Speice started Mister Resistor in Austin and have a devoted following of their own. While Brad Houser is also one fourth of Critters Buggin' and a member of The New Bohemians (Edie Brickell). Impressed by the energy and musicianship of Hairy Apes BMX, Dave Abbruzzese(Pearl Jam) invited the guys into the studio to record. Dave produced and mixed the last release "Out Demons," HABMX's second full length recording.

"Out Demons" became an instant classic with the espanol anthem "No Guerra" and the experimental "Swordfish." But it was the tender ballot "Speed Queen" that ended up being placed on the IMA compilation and resulted in HABMX being named Austin Independent Music Award Winner for The Musician's Atlas(2001).

Look for Hairy Apes BMX to drop their next album "Beautiful Seizures" this summer.

Opening the show are local prog-crazies Griddle and one of our favorite singer-songwriters, Brad Brooks.

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