The Ape Code is part sonic-art experiment, part rock band, and all family. One minute they are fusing the brash assault of punk rock with infectious melodies and dance-oriented beats, the next summoning a swooning ballad or a strummy ode to the simple pleasures of love and being with friends. The Ape Code's message is simple: find your tribe and love everyone. In its quest to spread the gospel of the gutter, they bring with them a sensibility forged in the piss-soaked streets of downtown LA-the forgotten land of winos, crackheads and fallen angels. A place where life is tough and no one makes it without friends. The Ape Code wants to make music for the forgotten and those who dream of something better, a world where what you say is what you mean, and what you mean is good. It's simple: This is your music. We are your band.