Experimental Seattle rock band Minus the Bear formed in 2001. Their songs, sometimes referred to as "math rock" because of their unconventional time signatures, often feature comic titles, including "Just Kickin' It Like a Wild Donkey," "Lemurs, Man, Lemurs" and "Monkey!!! Knife!!! Fight!!!" The band's third full-length album, Planet of Ice, was released in 2007
Fast Facts:
- Members: Dave Knudson, Cory Murchy, Jake Snider, Erin Tate, Alex Rose
- Record Label: Suicide Squeeze Records
- Name comes from an inside joke referencing the TV show BJ and the Bear
- Played at Coachella 2008
Albums
- Highly Refined Pirates (2002)
- Menos el Oso (2005)
- Planet of Ice (2007)
Background
Members of Minus the Bear were previously featured in the Seattle bands Botch and Sharks Keep Moving and the Minnesota collective Kill Sadie. The band - originally comprised of Dave Knudson, Jake Snider, Erin Tate and Cory Murchy - recorded their first six-song EP together, This is What I Know About Being Gigantic, before ever playing a live show.
In 2002, they started an aggressive touring schedule and released their first full-length album, Highly Refined Pirates.
In 2006, keyboardist and sometime-producer Matt Bayles left the band and was replaced by Alex Rose, who had worked on their Menos El Oso album as a sound engineer.
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