The Peppermint Apes

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The Peppermint Apes started out in August 2008 as Ryan Stanton put together an acoustic set of songs as support for the fantastic Marc Bolan Tribute TooREX, at the Towngate Theatre in Basildon. Ryan, asked a few of his close friends to help him put the show together. They had two weeks notice to rehearse up a set for the gig. Following the positive response they received on the back of the show, the next logical step was to go the next chapter and officially form the band. The 6th October 2008 was a fantastic day for the group as they went into Arcade Studios, Hockley with the brilliant engineer Pete Booker to record the track "Miracle To Me". The forthcoming video has had thousands of hits on YouTube! Shortly after "Miracle to Me", the band were receiving radio play around the world, with an appearance on Ditto TV, also playing the NEC in Birmingham and playing the IPO International pop festival at the World famous Cavern in Liverpool. The first few months for the band were a bit hectic. In late summer 2009 Helene Bricks a manager / promoter from Brussels took an instant shine to the band when she discovered them on MySpace, after a few constructive conversations with Colin Stanton the band's Manager, it was agreed that Helene was to look after the band interests in Europe! During the summer of 2008 the band started to develop their now unique sound, they recorded more tracks, filled the spare time with gigs in London and Essex, and then their manager started to have a fe

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