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Biography
Refimprove|date=January 2009Infobox musical artist| name = Apollo Sunshine| image = | background = group_or_band| origin = Boston, Massachusetts , U.S.| genre = alternative rock , indie folk , psychedelic rock | current_members = Sam Cohen Jesse Gallagher Jeremy Black| past_members = Quentin Stoltzfus Sean Aylward| website = http://www.apollosunshine.com Official websiteApollo Sunshine is a 21st-century alternative rock band which originated in Boston, Massachusetts .
History
Sam Cohen (American musician)|Sam Cohen , Jesse Gallagher, and Jeremy Black originally met in 1997 in Boston, where the three were attending a Berklee College of Music http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search? q=cache:LKORZfeYPJUJ:itsundertherotunda.blogspot.com/2008/11/interview-apollo-sunshine.html+%22apollo+sunshine%22+interview& cd=7& hl=en& ct=clnk& gl=us summer performance program. The band released their first album, Katonah (album)|Katonah , in 2003 on SpinART records. The album was recorded in Katonah, New York in a barn which the band converted into a studio, and produced by Andy Edelstein, a professor at Berklee. The first single, " I Was on the Moon ", was released in 2003.
The New York Times described their sound as "bouncy 60's-style melodies crack wide open, breaking into outbursts of pummeling and feedback before jumping back into the tune. It's all neatly and cleverly plotted, but with a looming chaos that's anything but nostalgic."Jon Pareles http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/28/arts/music/28BOND.html "Throwbacks With Muscle" The New York Times , February 28, 2004
The band released their second album Apollo Sunshine (album)|Apollo Sunshine in 2005. In November 2005, it was named to the Amazon.com Best of 2005: Editors' Picks in Rock list at number 5 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/listmania/list-browse/-/BCOTJV49MA78 "Best of 2005: Editors' Picks in Rock", Chordstrike and the band was featured in Rolling Stone as an "Artist to Watch".Kevin O'Donnell http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/8842146/apollosunshine? pageid=rs.News& pageregion=double1 Apollo Sunshine Heat Up Early wakeup call leads to hugs from Smokey Robinson for neo-psychedelic crew Rolling Stone , November 18, 2005 Several Boston alternative weekly|alternative weeklies declared Apollo Sunshine the best Boston band in their 2005 year-end issues. Citation needed|date=January 2009 Their third album, Shall Noise Upon , was released on vinyl and as a digital download on August 5, 2008. It was released on CD September 2, 2008.
Etymology
cquote|We were just sitting on the couch one day and one said Apollo and someone else said Sunshine and that was it. It just kind of came to us. And then we looked up Apollo in a Greek mythology book and it turns out he's the god of music.|40px|author=Jesse Gallagher http://laist.com/2008/11/13/laist_interview_jesse_gallagher_of.php Interview with Jesse Gallagher
James Sullivan http://www.boston.com/ae/music/cd_reviews/articles/2008/09/02/what_a_racket/ What a racket - Apollo Sunshine The Boston Globe , September 2, 2008
Joan Anderman http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2008/08/09/critics_picks___pop_music/ Critic's picks - pop music - Spare Change Benefit The Boston Globe , August 10, 2008
External links
http://www.spacemonkeyphotography.com/photo/gallery/apollosunshine.html Live show photos of APOLLO SUNSHINE by Space Monkey
