Singer/songwriter originally from County Down Northern Ireland, but now based in South East London. His work is best described as Van Morrison meets Nirvana.
****UK SONGWRITING CONTEST 2007 SEMI-FINALIST*****
++++WWW.OVERPLAY.CO.UK Play and Rate Competition Runner-up++++
Bear cites his main influences as Bob Dylan, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley, Nirvana and The Rolling Stones.
'Great Songwriting and a great voice'. (Michael Hoffman- Head of Turmic Records)
'Bear has a wonderfully rich voice and lovely songwriting style'. (Dave Grenfell- Head of Feedme Music)
'A strong voice and keen sense of dynamics'. (Dave Chislett- Matchbox Recordings)
Bear is currently working on new material showcased during his slots at 'Sound Cafe', 'West One Four' and 'The Buzz Bar'. One track will soon be featured on 'The White' the UK's top standard industry format compilation.
Bear's song Insomniac has been included on 2 international unsigned artists compilations 'Unsung Heroes'(Chromium Records) and 'Close Encounters of the Indie Kind'(Matchbox Recordings) as featured in NME.
'Insomniac' also received 'Honourable Mentions' from all judges in the finals of VH1's 'Song of the Year' competition, whilst the track 'Change Your Mind' was a runner-up in the 'Adult Contemporary Music' section. Both tracks have also reached the Top 20 in the American Idol Underground listener charts.(www.idolunderground.com)
Bear's music has been played on various Internet radio stations such as 'Incognito', 'Streaming Radio', 'RedStarUk' and regional commercial radio in Northern Ireland. 'My Libertine' is featured in the www.outrageradio.com New Music Podcast Vol. 18.
Bear Holland now has non-exclusive worldwide digital distribution via Turmic Records: download 'The Second Coming EP' now at www.turmicrecords.com/artists/BearHolland.htm
***BUY BEAR HOLLAND 'THE SECOND COMING EP' THROUGH I-TUNES AND NAPSTER***
(Still seeking a recording contract)
All songs copyright asholland 2003-6
Alright Bear, we’re at ‘Borderline’ Supporting Beatsteaks, on Thursday 18th October & Headlining our own a show at ‘Camden Barfly’ on Wednesday 24th October, These are our last London shows until spring 2008
Click here to visit our blog where you can hear audio of each track and read what other people said about the album
Buy 'Black Water' from these shops or get it from your usual supplier:
Click here to visit our blog where you can hear audio of each track and read what other people said about the album
Buy 'Black Water' from these shops or get it from your usual supplier:
This sunday 10th June StokeFest, Clissold Pk, Stoke Newington, London. N16. Free. Claire and her happy little trio will be playing the Raison D'etre stage at the festival at 12.30pm. It's a fairly early gig as it's an all day event. Really hope you can make it.
Also Thursday 14th June @ The Electroacoustic Club, THE SLAUGHTERED LAMB
34-35 Great Sutton Street
London
EC1V 0DX £5/£4 NUS On stage 8.15pm
Ciao BEAR HOLLAND come va?
Sono passata per augurati una Buona Giornata!!!
ROCK ON 'CAUSE YOU HAVE... "NOTHING TO LOSE"!!!
A kiz from... HeLL
Hi BEAR HOLLAND this is HeLLeR from Italy!!!
Just stopping by 4 saying: Have A Nice Day!!!
ROCK ON 'CAUSE YOU HAVE... "NOTHING TO LOSE"!!!
A kiz from... HeLL
Andrew
Glad to hear that Ned was dependable as ever and got blocked. I have set up shop in Chester once more, Perhaps permanently?
And no, that is not my child, it is however my lovely god-daughter.
Big up and respect to you and ja wife!
Hey! Hope you are doing well.....what a rainy weekend!!?! I'm in London now.......about to start the tour. I don't know if you are playing a show on June 24th or not, but i thought i'd let know that i'm playing in London on that night at the Half Moon Putney. Tommy Allsup, who played with Buddy Holly, will be with me that night.......he is 75, and full of stories.....he is the guy that flipped the coin with Ritchie Valens for the seat on the plane. Anyway, i hope you are doing well, and i hope to get to meet you on the night. Sincerely, Kevin Montgomery
enoch hotties wont let you know how they feel about size.
I know from personal experience, I will tell you about a secret that enoch has made me promise to never ever tell anyone, but since he has not called me in three weeks after standing me up, I am going to break the promise and tell you how he went from having a tiny thing and in three months he is now about nine inches and get this, it is still getting bigger. He has been secretly taking grow packs from this site, copy and paste the address into your browser to see them.DOTADE.COM
I found out when I was at his house, three saturdays ago, we were getting ready to go to the mall, so while he was in the shower, I went in his room, sneeked under his bed and found a box with packs in it, there was like seven full packs and three empty ones, all ordered from DOTADE.COM I was laughing at first but then when he came in the room and caught me looking at them, he freaked out and made me sware to not ever tell anyone about them, especially girls from school or work that he has been dating for the past while, now that I think of it, he has been rather busy with all the popular girls around here, when just last year he was the shyest when it came to girls.
I just never put two and two together until he explained it all to me, I did see his johnson and yes, it is huge, pronostar huge, the thickest and longest one I ever seen.
I know this sounds really shallow, but I am considering ordering 6 packs from the website at DOTADE.COM for you know who.. he does not have a web page, so he is not gonna see this. They guarentee that the packs will work on any man, or they give you your money back, living proof that they do work on any guy, seeing is believing.DOTADE.COM
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Hey! Hope you are doing well. I'm in Key West right now......playing at the Hogsbreath......lost the voice last night, but with the help of a steroid shot....we will see what happens tonight!!?
Anyway, i'm hitting it hard in June and July.....in June i'll be on the road with Tommy Allsup of Buddy Holly fame. I made a little video about the tour and put it on youtube. You can see it here. July will find us in Key West for the Songs in the Sun festival. I've booked Shurman, Howard Livingston, and Danny White for the special concert on the water. It will be a party, and i'm inviting you now! I made a video for the festival as well. You can see it here. Anyway, take care and i hope you are doing well........Sincerely,
Kevin Montgomery..
omg i'm goin crazy right now...i am so overjoyed...i received a FREE $500 Gift Card to Macy's in the mail this evening...i've noticed all these offers going around for free gift cards, but when i saw the Macy's one i couldn't restrain myself and completed one...it took me 2 mins and I ACTUALLY GOT IT IN THE MAIL! act quick and grab one before they stop offering it, i'm gunna get more
star27 EP '1, 2, begin now', BBC 6music Single of the Week, is released today on Caroline True Records and you can buy it NOW on iTunes for just �3.16 (or 79p per track) by clicking HERE
(if link doesn't work open iTunes and search store for 'Star27' or if you prefer to use Napster.com click here or even try hmvdigital.com)
buy this week to push star27 towards the UK charts!
we thank you again and again for your continued support.
star27 debut EP release - '1, 2, begin now' - steve lamacq single of the week - available to download from 14th May 2007 from (All these for UK / USA ) itunes, MP3.com, Amazon.com, emusic.com, Napster.com, Sony Connect, audiolunchbox.com, hmvdigital.com, and fnacmusic.com (France), listen.jp (Japan)
Hi BEAR HOLLAND this is HeLLeR from Italy!!!
I'm a singer, and I love doing this, on the stage and in studio...I was born in a rearshall room...I think this could be called DESTINY...
I've done a new single and a new video, called NOTHING TO LOSE and posted in my profile www.myspace.com/hellernet...This song means a lot for me, because I think this life is the one opportunity to make our dreams come true...And if we'll realize our wishes we won't lose anything...
Music is the reason why I feel alive everyday!!! Check out the song and the video and comment them!!!
As someone said: "It's only rock'n'roll... but I like it!!!
A kiz from... HeLL
