"Fittingly named after the memorable ending chant from Battle for the Planet of the Apes, Ape Has Killed Ape pits low-tech humanoid electronic samplings against tribal drumming and overdriven, stocky guitar riffs. What transpires is a rash of sarcasm, witty banter and, of course, plenty of movie samples to make you Apes fans pound your chests in joy, while the rest of the music types listen curiously to the result of stream of consciousness material dumped to a digital format. "We Want Guns" furnishes repetitive aural firepower, while "See Me Fall" sticks to quasi-coherent ramblings that'll wrench a grin out of you or dietrying. It's impossible to effectively describe Mattricide in its entirety, as it's a throbbing mass of unpredictability that leads you on a wild, wild ride beginning at the gates of druggie trip-out Heaven and ending in front of a metaphorical Hell of exceptionally provoking derelict behavior and cryptic banter. Masterpieces don't come around too often, so apply thumb and forefinger accordingly and dish out the appropriate funds to procure this beauty."
--AM

"Crawling, wandering R&B-flavored songs with primal rhythms and haunting sax wafting in and out. Vocals are loaded with dirty distortion, giving them a growl similar to that of the gritty guitars. They’d fit in well with the ultra-hip Jon Spencer crowd."
--Listen.com

"This satirical Los Angeles project contains members of Leather Hyman and W.A.C.O. and hilarious sampled dialog from Planet of the Apes films("We Want Guns" being my personal fave). Incidentally, actors from those films frequently perform, infull costume, with this group, who manage to draw hundreds of people to each of their shows. Music reminds me a lot of The Butthole Surfers meets Throbbing Gristle, with a slight lowdown, bluesy, cowpoke feel to the vocal style (when they're not resorting to tape loops of Planet of the Apes samples to convey their verbal message). The musical accompaniment contains all sorts of bizarre effects that range from twisted, trippy acoustic guitar meandering space rock to psychedelic and pounding, thundering, primitive noise (the theremin use is especially appropriate). The front cover shows Leather Hyman drummer Matt Stein with his mother ("Mattricide" -- get it?) and frying on LSD at school marching band practice, age 14, on the back. Fucking incredible release."
--Head In A Milk Bottle

1."Electronically Poisoning Pete" from Mattricide
"From an album that will vanish into the mists of history shortly after you finish reading this sentence, this song simply demands to be heard. The music is inconsequential blipping around on a keyboard, and the beat is nonexistent. A laconic speaker, meanwhile, tells a story of a friend named Pete who's losing his mind: 'He claimed I was spraying poison gas out of a crawlspace? The house didn't even have a crawlspace.' Utter genius."
New Times L.A. -- "Slices of Genius"
(Top 10 Songs of 2000)

"Primal and somewhat disturbing in its simplicity, Ape Has Killed Ape appears to be the twisted vision of one person and his unswerving devotion to the satire entitled Planet of the Apes. The raw percussion is testament to the ability for this project to be creepy yet remain memorable, and what they do live seems to be captured rather well on this recording (a hellava a feat for most any band). Most bands are eccentric for the sake of eccentricity; this band is eccentric because it cannot be helped. One is reminded of early Subgenius musical endeavors, before the joke was taken upand diluted by eMpTVy."
--Angry Thoreauan (#26)

"Imagine Roy Rogers as a spaghetti western dour cowboy discovering 'The Forbidden Zone' and you'll 'understand'this. Expect many Planet of the Apes bands to pop up this year, but believe me, this is no trend hopper, this monkey is 'real.'"
--Rocktober (#31)

"A large marching band-like ensemble of multi-instrumentalists that includes original actors from the Planet of the Apes movies and TV show. More Moogs and theremins than you can stomach."
-- L.A. Weekly

"This Los Angeles band flogging a chemistry-set mix of lo-fidelity punk, jazz and snide rants has evidently spent plenty of time out back tinkering. The results of the shade-tree experimentation can be repetitive and obvious or feral and brilliant."
--Green Onion

"Human See, Human Dance. The brainchild of Matt Stein, drummer for Leather Hyman (whose CD 'Sunshine & other Forms of Radiation' was one of last years most evocative releases) Ape Has Killed Ape reflects Stein’s equal love for the Planet of The Apes films and The Stooges. Now AHKA is releasing its own CD (Mattricide) whichincludes such tracks as 'Harvey,' a bluesy guitar-and horn assault reminiscent of early70's John Lennon and electronic-laced ode to roommate paranoia, 'Electronically Poisoning Pete.' This show is an opportunity to witness thegroup's uncanny blend of quasi-film music, loud theremin, marching band drums, and samples from the Apes movies ('We want guns! Guns are power!'), not to mention a drum solo by a wind-up monkeys. If Cornelius and Zira did show up in Los Angeles, AHKA would be the perfect soundtrack."
--New Times L.A. (Live show review)

"Whatever. Between The Gone Orchestra and Ape Has Killed Ape, the Green Onion hostedmore music that made less sense on Thursday night than anyone could have imagined. While not as boring as the appropriately named Gone Orchestra, Ape Has Killed Ape took the stage before a packed crowd and proceeded to empty out the place faster than a fart contest. By the time the Los Angeles-based band was 15 minutes into the spoken-word, jazz-and-punk performance, one could have swung a llama around by the tail and not hit anyone."
--Green Onion