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Silver Apples were an American electronic rock group from New York, active between 1967 and 1970, before reforming in the mid-1990s. It was composed of Simeon (born Simeon Oliver Coxe III, [4] June 4, 1938 – September 8, 2020), [5] who performed on a primitive synthesizer of his own devising; and, until his death in 2005, drummer Danny Taylor.
They named the project after a line by William Butler Yeats (many of their lyrics were written by poet Stanley Warren). Around the same time, composer Morton Subotnick released his groundbreaking all-electronic album, titled—after Yeats—Silver Apples of the Moon.
Jun 2, 2017 · This was 1967 and the birth of a short-lived but widely influential duo called Silver Apples. At its heart was a homemade instrument that looked like a heap of futuristic contraptions – pedals and oscillators and switches and one booming speaker.
Having languished in obscurity for many years, '60s US duo Silver Apples are now being widely recognised as pioneers of electronica, thanks to their ground‑breaking work in melding psychedelic rock with primitive oscillators.
Mar 23, 2020 · Bandsplaining introduces us to Silver Apples, a group who was way ahead of their time, creating innovative glitch-pop sounds back in 1967. They even worked with Jimi Hendrix, but faded into obscurity after a controversial album cover did them in.
Jan 24, 1997 · Silver Apples are a psychedelic electronic music duo from New York City composed of Simeon Coxe III, who performs as Simeon, on a primitive synthesizer of his own devising (also named The Simeon), and until his death in 2005, drummer Danny Taylor.
Taylor was a drummer whose previous experience included playing with Jimi Hendrix. He and Simeon named themselves the Silver Apples. They began writing music together, with lyrics penned by a poet named Stanley Warren, and found approving audiences within New York City ’ s hotbed of the avant-garde, Greenwich Village.
