WHO HERE REMEMBERS GUANO APES?
Friday, August 10th, 2007 at 1:24pm by Vince NeilsteinWho here remembers Guano Apes? The German hard rock outfit were wildly popular in their homeland in the late ’90s, but that success didn’t translate well on an international level, though their 1999 record Proud Like a God sold over a million copies worldwide. Their 2000 release Don’t Give Me Names was given to me by a German friend in 2004, and I instantly fell in love with the band.
Guano Apes frontwoman Sandra Nasic has returned with her first solo release, a double A-side single with the tracks “The Name of My Baby” and “Fever” set for release in September. Judging by the video for “The Name of My Baby,” Nasic still has both her songwriting ability and performance chops. And of course it helps that she’s still smokin’ hot.
-VN
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Guano Apes were ace. They left my trousers in tatters last time I saw ‘em live. Long story…
She’s got an undeniably powerful and unique voice, and I like the chorus here, but the new track still reminds me uncomfortably of Avril LaShit for some reason, some of the woah-oh backing and between verse vocals are a little cliched.
Might be a grower tho, see how the rest of the new stuff turns out I guess.
I really liked GA during their peak (especially notable since I could barely tolerate the rest of the genre they were associated with). They/she had great beyond-nu-metal potential though. I only learned of them through the internet. At least in Texas they were non existent commercially.
[...] who remember the late ’90s / early ’00s German rock band Guano Apes will surely also remember their foxy lead singer Sandra Nasic. Even though the Apes disbanded a [...]