The Fruits of Thier Labor :: Silver Apples & How They Undefined a Whole Generation
Charred nerve endings bending into a radical kung-fu chemistry magic, while its rainy signals pierce through a violent history that’s never ending. Warrior plucked from the sacred flowers of a chrome fantasy startles a thousand ears all eagerly listening to the restored silence of ancient prayer. Where yin and yang clash into a meditated sun and night and day split into mere music molecules, a force of pure genius and pioneering vibration emerges from the depths of New York’s bustling hive mind. A celebration of frantic electricity and accurately placed mantras upon the flat surface of biblical stone, Silver Apples erected from the cosmic crevices of space and time in immaculate grace to puncture the oxygen of humanity. A continuation of rebounded, atmospheric worship and cathartic expression, the historical duo debuted a planetary power so boundless and perfectly shocking that even the dormant psychedelia movement of the mid 60s couldn’t brace themselves for the vertical storm that was to come.
Having come from the more pop traditions of The Overland Stage Electric Band, East Village’s Simeon Coxe and Danny Taylor consumed the forbidden flesh from the garden’s unforgivable orchard, where Adam and Eve bled for the world’s chaos in centuries past. Reforming with focused scripture and an ultimate vision, the unparalleled duo became Silver Apples during the momental rise of music, art, culture and epic consciousness in 1967 America. A time and place for endless possibilities, creative pursuits and the vastness of human expression, Coxe and Taylor set out to critically challenge the “hippie movement” by introducing radical technology and radiating machinery that would bring science fiction anthems to an audience that would have no idea what hit them.
Having only released two albums, “S/T” and “Contact” during the band’s brief, but incredibly impactful career, the Dionysian duo carved out a sinister slice from their diverse ecosystem of sound and delivered it in such a way that you can still see their unprecedented influence in bands today, half a century later. A nuclear response to the groups diabolic dynamics and cosmic fusion, The Silver Apples were sincerely too 60’s for the 60’s. Most of us who are fans and admirers of the late Simeon Coxe and Danny Taylor never saw them perform as The Silver Apples back in the day, but could you imagine? A complex theatre of splintered magnitude coming from two people, whose intellect and passion for the creative process is unmatched and severely influential. Their spirits still soaring through the softened winds of time, where an audience standing in alabaster robes and gold leaf headwear celebrate their memory and electrified efforts, The Silver Apples are a Renaissance of musical greatness.
