Seattle-based dance-punk-rock-ish five-piece with two full-lengths to their name to date (2006).

Minus The Bear are:
Dave Knudson - guitar
Cory Murchy - bass
Jake Snider - vocals, guitar
Erin Tate - drums
Alex Rose - keyboards
Matt Bayles - former keyboard player, left early 2006

The band's albums, so far, are Highly Refined Pirates (2002, Suicide Squeeze US, Undergroove UK) and Menos El Oso (2005, likewise).

Releases

• Planet Of Ice - album, out 10/09/2007 on Undergroove Recordings. 1 review (read/post)
• Interpretaciones Del Oso - album, out 26/03/2007 on Suicide Squeeze. 1 review (read/post)
• Menos El Oso - album, out 27/09/2005 on Undergroove Recordings. 1 review (read/post)
• Highly Refined Pirates - album, out 09/08/2004 on Undergroove Recordings. 1 review (read/post)

Past events

• Thu 20 Dec at London Astoria 2 formerly Mean Fiddler. 1 review (read/post)
• Tue 18 Dec at Colchester Arts Centre. (post review)
• Mon 17 Dec at Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms. (post review)
• Sat 15 Dec at Oxford Academy. (post review)
• Fri 14 Dec at Birmingham Barfly. (post review)
• Thu 13 Dec at Manchester Academy 3 (formerly Hop & Grape). (post review)
• Wed 12 Dec at Glasgow King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. (post review)
• Tue 11 Dec at Leeds Cockpit. (post review)
• Mon 10 Dec at Sheffield Corporation. (post review)
• Sun 09 Dec at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms. (post review)
• Sat 08 Dec at Milton Keynes The Pitz at Woughton Centre. (post review)
• Fri 07 Dec at Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach. (post review)
• Thu 06 Dec at Yeovil Orange Box. (post review)
• Wed 06 Dec at London Islington Academy. 1 review (read/post)
• Tue 05 Dec at Manchester Satan's Hollow. (post review)
• Mon 04 Dec at Bristol The Cooler. (post review)
• Sun 03 Dec at Sheffield Corporation. (post review)
• Wed 29 Nov at Glasgow Nice N Sleazy's. (post review)
• Tue 28 Nov at Leeds Cockpit. (post review)
• Mon 27 Nov at Exeter Cavern. (post review)
• Sun 26 Nov at Cambridge The Soul Tree. (post review)
• Sat 25 Nov at Oxford Zodiac / Academy 2. (post review)
• Wed 02 Nov at London Camden Underworld. 1 review (read/post)
• Wed 20 Oct at London Camden Underworld. 1 review (read/post)

News

• 19/05/2008: Minus The Bear offer an additional reissue
• 03/09/2007: Minus The Bear name album tracks
• 31/08/2007: Minus The Bear tour update: full dates confirmed
• 17/08/2007: Minus The Bear: UK dates confirmed for December
• 19/07/2007: Minus The Bear's Planet of Ice set for September release
• 06/07/2007: Coachella line up leaks onto the net
• 06/12/2006: Follow the Bear: Seattle's Minus get remixed
• 25/10/2006: This Et Al: tour dates and album forthcoming...
• 14/06/2006: Murder City one-off: acclaimed (and rather defunct) punks announce show
• 01/09/2005: Follow the Bear... to Leeds, Belfast, Lincoln...

Features

• 02/05/2008: DiS @ Coachella: Prince, Portishead and The Verve? Pigs might fly...
• 24/04/2008: Math-Rock Family Tree: exploring the roots of Foals
• 13/11/2007: Cub Scouting with the Bear: UK duo question Seattle prog-punks
• 29/10/2006: The Weekly DiScussion: How do you DiScover new music?
• 08/08/2006: The Tuesday DiScussion: Deafened by Death From Above? Submit your own indie mixes...

Links

• Minus The Bear - official site

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