This Week in the Mercury

Diary of a Mad Man

Feature

Diary of a Mad Man

Portland Comedian Ian Karmel Documents His Life on Tour


Prophet-Based Rock

Music

Prophet-Based Rock

Ramona Falls' Brent Knopf Goes Rogue



  |  

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Gossip (No, Not the Band) Church Change Their Name to... Ape Cave?

Posted by Ezra Ace Caraeff on Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 4:00 PM

Ape! Cave!
  • Ape! Cave!

Rumor has it that the excellent indie act Church has pulled a Starfucker—or a Pyramidddddd—and are now called Ape Cave. Their first show under this new moniker will be January 9th at Slabtown. We dropped a line into the band's cave and will let you know their response.

*** 12/20 Update ***
It's The Church's fault!
According to Cristof Hendrickson of the-band-formerly-known-as-Church, Australia's The Church contacted them and requested they "stop playing under our name." He adds, "They were friendly about it, but made it clear that continuing on with Church was no longer an option." Hendrickson also sheds some light on their new name: "Ape Cave is a cave in Washington near Mt Rainer, and it was discovered by the boy scout troop the Apes many years ago." So there you go.

 

Comments (7) RSS

Oldest First Unregistered On Registered On Add a comment
1
Too similar to Apegrave = lame name...
Posted by iwouldprefernotto on December 18, 2009 at 4:22 PM · Report
2
Um, what's with all these totally dumb-ass name changes lately?

Pyramidddddddddddddddddddd was quite stupid enough.
Posted by jew on December 18, 2009 at 5:55 PM · Report
3
isn't there also a portland band called ape shape?
Posted by tags on December 20, 2009 at 8:40 PM · Report
4
Ape Shape broke up a few years ago when Ralf Youtz moved to California (I think it was California).
Posted by ezra on December 21, 2009 at 7:16 AM · Report
5
Wondered how Church was going to keep that name, I do love "Under the Milkey Way" by The Church.

Also- Ralf moved to the Bay Area, RIP Ape Shape- one of the best/funnest PDX bands in recent memory.

Finally, there is a band in Portland called Gay Cave!!
Posted by Atole on December 21, 2009 at 6:07 PM · Report
6
Well that's silly. Death From Above added "1979" differentiating themselves from Death From Above. I would image "The " would be enough in trademark claim.
Posted by doncaballero on January 26, 2010 at 12:56 PM · Report
7
The Ape Cave (which is a very long continuous lava tube) was not discovered by the boy scout troop. It was discovered by a logger named Lawrence Johnson in 1947 when his truck fell into a sinkhole and in there he came upon the entrance. The boy scout troop came along three years later and were in fact the first to explore it.
Posted by JenniferJuniper on February 3, 2010 at 1:59 AM · Report

Add a comment

Tip for End Hits?
Email them here.

Friends of End Hits

Enemies of End Hits

/images/adoftheweek.gif

ad of the day

The Handyman Pro - Your Honey-Do Specialist
Don’t let our name fool you. The Handyman Pro, LLC is a repair and remodel service provider with over 25-years experience. We cover all aspects of construction and repairs for residential and commercial clients.go


post an ad

All contents © Index Newspapers, LLC

115 SW Ash St. Suite 600
Portland, OR 97204

Contact Info | Privacy Policy | Production Guidelines | Terms of Use