Minus the Bear
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Seattle, Washington, USA | |
| Genre(s) | Indie rock New Wave Jazz-rock |
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| Years active | 2001–present | |
| Label(s) | Suicide Squeeze Records Arena Rock Recording Co. Polyvinyl Record Co. Luckyhorse Industries |
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| Website | Official website | |
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| Dave Knudson Cory Murchy Jake Snider Erin Tate Alex Rose |
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| Matt Bayles | ||
Minus the Bear is a Seattle band with five releases to their credit. Their newest project, an album called Menos el Oso, was released on August 23, 2005 on the Suicide Squeeze label. The singles "Hooray" and "Houston We Have Uh-Oh..." have been featured on popular music websites such as PureVolume. The band features ex-members of Botch, Killsadie, and Sharks Keep Moving. Their sound is a combination of Pele-esque guitar-taps and electronics, with sophisticated time signature composition.
Minus the Bear is known for their amusing song titles, with examples including "Hey, Wanna Throw Up?" "Get Me Naked 2: Electric Boogaloo," "Monkey!!! Knife!!! Fight!!!," and "Lemurs, Man, Lemurs". Despite this light humor, the band's music is quite technical, on the latest album, Menos el Oso, the song names didn't carry the same humorous punchlines as on previous efforts. The name Minus the Bear comes from an inside joke between the band members.
On January 2, 2006 Matt Bayles, keyboardist and producer for Minus the Bear, announced that he was leaving the band in order to focus on record production work. His last performance with the band was on January 28, 2006. Matt Bayles wrote on his homepage that he would be replaced by Alex Rose, an Engineer on Menos el Oso.
The new remix album is to be entitled Interpretationes Del Oso.
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[edit] Band Members
- Jake Snider - Lead Vocals, Guitar
- Dave Knudson - Guitar
- Cory Murchy - Bass
- Erin Tate - Drums
- Alex Rose - Synthesizer, Electronics
[edit] Former Members
- Matt Bayles aka FIMD - keyboards/drum machine
[edit] Notable Guest Appearances
- Amy Blaschke - On Highly Refined Pirates
- Heather Duby - On Menos el Oso and They Make Beer Commercials Like This
[edit] Discography
- This Is What I Know About Being Gigantic (EP 2001, Suicide Squeeze Records)
- Bands Like It When You Yell "Yar!" at Them (EP 2002, Suicide Squeeze Records)
- Highly Refined Pirates (2002, Suicide Squeeze Records)
- They Make Beer Commercials Like This (EP 2004, Arena Rock Recording Co.)
- Menos el Oso (2005, Suicide Squeeze Records)
- This Ain't a Surfin' Movie (IQU remix)/Pony's Last Trick (Notebook remix) Split 7 inch with City On Film (2005, Polyvinyl Record Co.)
- Interpretaciones del Oso (Menos el Oso Remixes) (2007, Suicide Squeeze Records)
[edit] Music videos
- "The Game Needed Me" from Menos el Oso
- "Pachuca Sunrise" from Menos el Oso
[edit] External links
- Minus the Bear official site
- Minus the Bear on MySpace
- Minus the Bear live on Fabchannel
- Minus the Bear Message Board
- Suicide Squeeze official website
- Minus the Bear on PureVolume
- Minus the Bear on Last.fm
- Minus the Bear Lyrics
- Minus the Bear Photos on Flickr
- Arena Rock Recording Co.
- Luckyhorse Industries - Minus the Bear merchandise page
