APE! are unwilling participants of a NASA experimental dimensional travel program, after being captured escaping from a detention center in 1991. “Stripped of their clothes and morals, armed only with a Stooges record of questionable quality,” the stoner metal trio was “sent from the past to save the future.” Well, at least, that’s how they tell the story of the band’s origins. You can find out more about their mythological tale tonight at Pageant Soloveev when they share a bill with grindcore thrashers +HIRS+, dual-drums-and-bass, noise rockers Heavy Medical, and San Francisco’s Prizehog (Gravity Records). Just beware: “If you aren’t with them, you’re against them.” Pageant Soloveev, 607 Bainbridge St., 8:30pm, $6, All Ages – Alexis V.
