| Hunter Landen: vocals, harp Clif Mann: slide guitar, backing vocals Greg Adams: bass Chris Jones: drums |
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| "Featuring a slew of established musicians from bands such as Pipe, Bad Checks, and many more, The Chrome Plated Apostles are forging a reputation of their own with their aggressive brand of blues oriented rock" - Lowe / The Raleigh Hatchet |
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| PAST SHOWS: FRIDAY OCTOBER 7 @ LINCOLN THEATRE, RALEIGH, NC w/ SCOTS, THE MOANERS SATURDAY OCTOBER 8 @ LOCAL 506, CHAPEL HILL, NC w/ THE BELLRAYS SATURDAY, September 24, 2005 @ King's Barcade, Raleigh, NC for HURRICANE KATRINA BENEFIT w/ countdown quartet, my dear ella, patty hurst shifter, old ceremony, danny vaughn, the quarantines, and the sin eaters! SATURDAY, September 3, 2005 @ King's Barcade, Raleigh, NC w/ The Trousers, Electric Sunshine, The Know & more for: THE RALEIGH RUMBLE - MODS vs ROCKERS MONDAY, August 22, 2005 @ Local 506, Chapel Hill, NC w/ Throw Rag, Dexter Romweber Duo FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 2005 @ THE CAVE, CHAPEL HILL, NC (sleazefest 2005) SUNDAY, JULY 3, 2005 @ SADLACK'S, RALEIGH, NC w/ rhoades d'albo and the devil's right hand SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 2005 @ KING'S, RALEIGH, NC w/ the bleeding hearts, dude garden SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 2005 @ CAT'S CRADLE, CARRBORO, NC w/ the meek, the spinns, snatches of pink, terry anderson, SCOTS + SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 2005 @ THE STAR BAR, ATLANTA, GA w/ jimmy & the teasers FRIDAY & SATURDAY, MAY 20- 21, 2005 @ LOUNGE LIZARDS, NEW ORLEANS, LA w/ the spinns, bloodshot bill THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2005 @ MARTIN STREET MUSIC HALL, RALEIGH, NC w/ snatches of pink SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 2005 @ KING'S BARCADE, RALEIGH, NC w/ chest pains, dude garden & the spinns FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2005 @ CAT'S CRADLE, CARRBORO, NC w/ SCOTS, jule brown FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2005 @ SADLACK'S, RALEIGH, NC w/ jimmy & the teasers SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 2005 @ LOCAL 506, CHAPEL HILL, NC w/ dexter romweber duo SUNDAY MARCH 13, 2005 @ MARTIN STREET MUSIC HALL, RALEIGH, NC w/ the blue van, the pinkslips FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2005 @ THE PALM ROOM, WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC w/ the needles FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2005 @ THE GARAGE, WINSTON SALEM, NC w/ dexter romweber duo FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 2005 @ KING'S, RALEIGH, NC w/ killer filler, red skeleton FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2004 @ CAT'S CRADLE, CARRBORO, NC w/ snatches of pink, torch maurader FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2004 @ MARTIN STREET MUSIC HALL, RALEIGH, NC opening for SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2004@ LOCAL 506, CHAPEL HILL, NC opening for DEAD MOON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2004 @ THE CAVE, CHAPEL HILL, NC w/ Killer Filler, The Spinns, Jimmy & the teasers & Dexter THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 @ KING'S, RALEIGH, NC w/ Kung Flude, Jimmy & the Sleazers SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, 2004 @ LOCAL 506, CHAPEL HILL, NC for SLEAZEFEST 2004 FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 2004 @ LOCAL 506, CHAPEL HILL, NC w/ Leadfoot, The Lost Sounds THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 2004 @ KING'S BARCADE, RALEIGH, NC w/ Mullet Revolta, Parklife SATURDAY, JULY 24, 2004 @ SADLACK'S, RALEIGH, NC SATURDAY, JULY 3, 2004 @ LOCAL 506, CHAPEL HILL, NC w/ Allnight, The Spinns THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2004 @ GO! STUDIOS, CARRBORO, NC w/ Grand Champeen, Transportation SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 2004 @ LOCAL 506, CHAPEL HILL, NC w/ The Loners, Demolition Doll Rods SUNDAY, MAY 30, 2004 @ THE CAVE, CHAPEL HILL, NC w/ Dexter Romweber FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 2004 @ KING'S, RALEIGH, NC w/ Stateside, The Bleeding Hearts FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 2004 @ THE CAVE, CHAPEL HILL, NC w/ Kung Flude |
| "The CHROME PLATED APOSTLES features Bad Checks singer Hunter Landen, Jett Rink and Fake Swedish's Dave Vespah, (update: recently,Chris Jones has drum duties) and Pipe bassist Greg Adams, as well as Mr. Gutter Grime Guitar himself, Clif Mann. Like anything with Mann on the six-string, the sound is loud, raw, and dirty like R. Kelly's mind. On CPA in particular, the crunch of each slide-guitar downstroke throbs like a purple vein in your forehead ready to burst. It's like Bo Diddley, dropped an octave and sped up double speed, played back through Radio Shack speakers, underwater: a huge sonic wave threatening to drown you in its nasty, rawkus guitar murk." -Chris Parker / Independent Weekly Music Guide |
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| "Bluesy punk rockers the Chrome Plated Apostles are a local supergroup of players who moonlight in other rock favorites. Guitarist Clif Mann pulls double duty elsewhere, switching to bass and working alongside vocalist Hunter Landen in the Bad Checks as well as playing guitar in The Ghost Of Rock. Drummer Dave Vespah doubles as the bassist for Jett Rink and Fake Swedish's drummer, and bassist Greg Adams is an ex-Pipe-er who now holds down the bottom for the Adult Film Makers. Catch their high-octane, beer-fueled rock at Local 506 on the closing night of Sleazefest." -Grant Britt / Independent Arts & Entertainment |
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| CHROME-PLATED APOSTLES cd: "TWELVE BARS" available HERE online, at the BAND'S SHOWS, at CD ALLEY in chapel hill or at SCHOOLKIDS RECORDS in raleigh! BUY NOW! |
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| REVIEWS: Twelve Bars The first few seconds of The Chrome-Plated Apostles CD might lead you to believe you've accidentally put on a blues record. There's lots of slide guitar, harmonica and fiendish howling from frontman Hunter "Crash" Landen. And just in case you missed the fact that these guys are treading on the bluesier side of rock, the second song is called "Blues." But despite their overt blues influences, this is basically a rock band at heart, a sleazy, grimy rock band whose music would fit perfectly on the jukebox of the most broken-down strip club you can think of. You know, the type of place that's in a trailer in the middle of nowhere with a big flashing "TRUCKERS WELCOME" sign out front. That's meant to be a compliment, by the way. Landen and guitarist Clif Mann (no relation to yours truly) are veterans of one of the best bands to emerge from the Triangle area, the full-throttle Bad Checks, known for pounding rock songs about graveyard tramps, jail and jailbait. Mann handled bass duties in that band while his brother, Robin, played guitar. Switching to guitar, Mann and bass player Greg Adams did time together in Chapel Hill's Pipe, one of the most aggressive punk rock bands ever to emerge from this town. Chrome-Plated Apostles seems to capture the best of both bands - Bad Checks' ominous sleaze and Pipe's ferocity - while avoiding being a carbon copy of either. -Karen Mann |