Performed live on February 22, 2008 at Local 506 in Chapel Hill, NC as part of the International Pop Overthrow Festival.

We found this video while doing a Google search.... how cool is this... the song "OK" set to lasers. Entire show is performed using the Winamp Laser Visualization Plug-in for the Pangolin QM-2000 board. Running on an all-solid-state RGB projector with DT-40 pro scanners.

Our New Year's resolution (well, one of them!) was to sign-up with twitter.
Our twitter account has been gaining a few more followers recently and now seems like a good time to announce that we actually have one.

If you're not sure what twitter is, it's basically a micro blogging tool where you can post quick updates about anything...

We'll be updating our twitter with news, tour datesm and links to our posts as well as quick 'Apes buzz we find while randomly surfing... and of course occasional personal twits. If you’d like to follow us, you can find us under the names: thefireapes. We'll be sure to follow you in return!

In case you haven't heard, iLike recently added a killer new feature to the iLike Sidebar for iTunes and Windows Media Player, and it's especially valuable to our fans. They've added an "Artist" tab containing a music feed so fans have yet another channel to hear from us. Now, when you're playing one of our songs, you can quickly get updates on all our iCast posts, uploaded songs, videos, and new concert dates.

Even better, the iLike Sidebar is free and doesn't require you to sign-up. Download the iLike Sidebar today and stay connected.

Charlotte Pop Fest is a 2-day "power pop" music festival that will take place in Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina on Friday, July 4th and Saturday, July 5th, 2008 at Alley Cat. It will mainly feature local and regional power pop artists/bands.

Between now and July 4, 2008 James Deem and Ed James we'll be hosting a "popcast." Each episode will feature a different artist/band that will be performing at Charlotte Pop Fest.

Frank Royster is the featured artist on this "popcast" and things they discuss are:
Upcoming gigs for James and Ed;
IPO Chapel Hill on Feb 21-24, 2008;
Charlotte Pop Fest on July 4th & 5th, 2008;
New Contests/Trivia;
Listener e-mail;
How Frank got started in music;
Frank's debut CD "Thru the Years";
How James, Ed, and Frank met at the Spongetones Tribute show on 10/6/2007;
Frank answers Michael Slawter's question about where he got his Beatle boots;
Frank's inspiration for his son's name;
Frank's plan to record his next album with Jamie Hoover and a preview of a song he plans to re-record with him;
Frank being a former-member of the Fire Apes;

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Aron Robinson performs a drum solo between songs during our show with Cowboy Mouth at the The Windjammer on December 28,2007.