The Apollos

The Apollos, a garage-fuzz ensemble, originated in Falls Church, Virginia, with initial members including guitar-playing brothers Dave and Don Harney alongside bassist Jim Price and drummer Jan Sylvester. Sylvester was quickly succeeded by Wayne Groves on drums, after which vocalist Tommy Vorhauer joined, prompting the band to participate in area battle-of-the-bands events. Their victory in one of these contests earned them recording time at Edgewood Recording Studios in Washington, D.C., where they produced a demo featuring self-penned tracks "That's the Breaks" and "Country Boy" plus a rendition of the Beach Boys' "Dance Dance Dance." A re-recorded version of "That's the Breaks" came out as a single on the Delta imprint in 1965. Subsequent personnel shifts led to the late-1966 configuration of the Harney siblings, Price, Doug Collins on vocals, Dwight James on keyboards, and Wayne Goubilee handling drums, which yielded the Montgomery-released follow-up single pairing "Target Love" with "It's a Monster." These two singles have seen frequent inclusion in compilations such as Pebbles Vol. 13 and Washington D.C. Garage Band Greats!, to name a few.