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Genre: Experimental / Post punk / Progressive
Location West Philly, Pennsylvania, US
Profile Views: 64517
Last Login: 5/2/2011
Member Since 9/2/2004
Website www.bearisdriving.net
Record Label DIY, PHILLY!
Type of Label Indie
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Bio
.. Bear is no longer an active band. Bear lasted from 2001 until mid-2009. Thanks to all friends and fans for the support - it was a great run. .... You can catch Chris in ..Porktamer..; Corey in ..Upholstery.. and Dan and Erik in ..Wormrider.. ...... .."BiD have figured out how to utilize math not just for befuddling complexity, or the mindless indulgence of arcane virtuosity, but also for split-second showmanship...polyrhythms that actually groove, and tremendously so...." .... --Critical Mass, Philadelphia Citypaper.. .... ..Buy our Album!!!.. ...... ....Click the image, or ....CLICK HERE...... ..Download the Album ....HERE.... .. ..Short Description.. Bear is Driving is progressive, manic, instrumental rock with a ginormous breadth of influence. It's art for art's sake. .... We have shared the stage with ..Don Caballero, Estradasphere, Upsilon Acrux, Dalek, O'Death, Dan Deacon, Barbez, Genghis Tron, Skeletonbreath, Weasel Walter (Flying Luttenbachers) & Marshall Allen (Sun Ra Archestra), McRad, The PoPo, Make a Rising, Capillary Action, ThemRoaringTwenties, Yip Yip, Bad Dudes, Knife the Glitter, Clan of the Cave Bear, Normal Love, Stinking Lizaveta, Snack Truck, Chromelodeon, Pony Pants, Bad News Bats, Input/Output, The Drayton Sawyer Gang, Knotfeeder and many more... We highly endorse, love and often play with amazing local bands like ..Normal Love, Cleric, Infinien, Little Ocean, Northern Liberties, Hulksmash, Voodoo Economics, Algebra of Need, Mega Mega, Bloody Wall of Gore, Ugh God, Drums Like Machine Guns, Towers, Mose Giganticus, Rad Racket, Grandchildren, Padre Pio, Porktamer, The Perfectionists (RIP).. and many more (yell at us if we forgot you)..... ..Long Description.. Bear is Driving is just as much a theory as it is a tangible arrangement of artists, instruments, and the resultant sounds of artist-on-instrument interaction. In the abstract, BiD is an existential approach towards the definition of Art. The music is the language with which we convey our current working definition..... It is our belief that the role of the artist is to create means of expression by drawing from tangible skills (acquired through education, observation, and repetition) and intangible, personal aesthetic guidelines. Ultimately, the artist should invent a means of expression independent of commercial influences. After all, is Art really a product? .... Though we admit that effective art can communicate to the masses, Affective Art should aspire to communicate in innovative ways. Affective Art should be open to the public without pandering. .... Working within the context of this definition, Bear is Driving delivers subliminal messages on the complexities of the human experience. By utilizing the medium of 'instrumental rock,' BiD reflects upon an era where the industrial, communication and information revolutions have effectively alienated all of us in a world where our population grows exponentially. .... Bear is Driving songs shift seamlessly from melodic-math riffs with warm spacey ambiance, to brutal prog-metal riffs with off-meter, dissonant noise/vocal sample loops. Regardless, you will hear an amazing breadth of influences compiled to form a sonic experience YOU HAVE NEVER ENCOUNTERED BEFORE. .... .. -
Members
.. ...... ..Corey.. ....Drums/Cymbals/Woks.... .... ...... ..Chris.. ....Guitar/glock/windchimes.... .... ...... ..Erik......Bass/Bass/Bass.... .... ...... ..Dan......Table of Terror (synth, pedals, kaoss).. .. .... -
Influences
..Music: (alphabetical)..1000, A C, a tribe called quest, agoraphobic nosebleed, ahleuchatistas, algebra of need, animal collective, arrested development, assuck, autechre, bach, battles, ..Bear is Driving.., beatles, beethoven, behold.... the arctopus, birdsongs of the mesozoic, bitter end, black dice, bloodfelch, bloody wall of gore, bone, books, botch, bran flakes, burn the priest, butthole surfers, cancer conspiracy, candiria, cannibal corpse, capillary action, cap'n jazz, captain beefheart, cave in (before antennae), cephalic carnage, charlie murphy, chavez, cheer accident, child abuse, children of bodom, chris watson, chromelodeon, circle takes square, claudia quintet, coalesce, coil, converge, creation is crucifixion, crotchduster, crowpath, cryptopsy, curlew, cynic, dalek, damon che, darkane, dat politics, daughters, deadguy, death in june, deerhoof, depeche mode, dev/null, dillinger escape plan, dilute, discordance axis, dislittlelightomine, dissucks, dj spooky, don caballero, donna summer (the new one, not the disco one), doormouse, dragonforce, duran duran duran, dying fetus, dystopia, dysrhythmia, el dopa, employer/employee, end, (the) end, ennio morracone, enon, ephel duath, esquivel, estradasphere, euphone, excruciating terror, facedowninshit, faith no more, fantomas, faraquet, flying luttenbachers, foetus, fredrik thordendal, friendly bears, fuck with the bull...get the horns, fucking champs, fugazi, george cartwright, genesis, goblin, godspeed you black emperor, gong, goreguts, grandchildren, great kat, grieg, grimple, guapo, guns'n'roses (old), happy the man, hatfield and the north, hella, henry cow, hi red center, holy molar, hokkaido concern, hrvatski, hulksmash, human remains, ion dissonance, ink & dagger, isis, jaga jazzist, jason forrest, jega, jesus lizard, john cage, john coltrane, john mclaughlin, john zorn, joy division, june of 44, kaada, kayo dot, kid 606, kid kilowatt, king crimson, krakatoa, led zepplin, legendary pink dots, lightning bolt, logical nonsense, macabre, magma, make a rising, (electric) masada, man is the bastard, mare, masada, matmos, meat puppets, meatjack, medeski martin & wood, melt banana, melvins, merzbow, miasma & the carousel of headless horses, miles davis, minibosses, ministry, mortal decay, mr. Bungle, muffins, necrophagist, negativland, neurosis, nile, nirvana, nitzer ebb, ojo rojo, origin, orthrelm, owls, parliament, phantomsmasher, piebald, pig destroyer, pink floyd, plow united, pole, pony pants, ..Pjorktamer.., prefuse 73, primus, psyopus, q and not u, queen, radiohead, rasputina, raymond scott, red chord, red rocket, residents, riz ortolani, roots, ruins, rush, sawtooth grin, secret chiefs 3, shining, skinny puppy, slayer, sleepytime gorilla museum, snack truck, soilent green, soundgarden, spazz, spheres, spiral architect, squarepusher, starlight mints, stick men, stinking lizaveta, suffocation, sunny day real estate, sunra, terminal 11, the advantage, the bad plus, the fire theft, the locust, the misfits, the orphans, the oxes, the perfectionists, then ten, thinking plague, thoko loci, time of orchids, tool, type O negative, tomahawk, trio convulsant, univers zero, upsilon acrux, van halen, venetian snares, volta do mar, voodoo economics, washington project, ween, winterkalte, xanopticon, yes, yob, zakir hussein, zappa, zombi -
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Sounds like Bear is Driving. Why don't you listen and decide for your self? .... Of course we're not insulted when people throw around names like Upsilon Acrux, King Crimson, Don Caballero, The Fucking Champs, Yes, Cave In, Dysrhythmia, Stinking Lizaveta, Behold the Arctopus, Volta do Mar, Thinking Plague, Orthrelm etc... to describe us.
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Bio:
Bear is no longer an active band. Bear lasted from 2001 until mid-2009. Thanks to all friends and fans for the support - it was a great run.
You can catch Chris in Porktamer; Corey in Upholstery and Dan and Erik in Wormrider
"BiD have figured out how to utilize math not just for befuddling complexity, or the mindless indulgence of arcane virtuosity, but also for split-second showmanship...polyrhythms that actually groove, and tremendously so...."
--Critical Mass, Philadelphia Citypaper ..
Click the image, or CLICK HERE
Download the Album HERE
You can catch Chris in Porktamer; Corey in Upholstery and Dan and Erik in Wormrider
"BiD have figured out how to utilize math not just for befuddling complexity, or the mindless indulgence of arcane virtuosity, but also for split-second showmanship...polyrhythms that actually groove, and tremendously so...."
--Critical Mass, Philadelphia Citypaper ..
Buy our Album!!!
Click the image, or CLICK HERE
Download the Album HERE
Short Description
Bear is Driving is progressive, manic, instrumental rock with a ginormous breadth of influence. It's art for art's sake.We have shared the stage with Don Caballero, Estradasphere, Upsilon Acrux, Dalek, O'Death, Dan Deacon, Barbez, Genghis Tron, Skeletonbreath, Weasel Walter (Flying Luttenbachers) & Marshall Allen (Sun Ra Archestra), McRad, The PoPo, Make a Rising, Capillary Action, ThemRoaringTwenties, Yip Yip, Bad Dudes, Knife the Glitter, Clan of the Cave Bear, Normal Love, Stinking Lizaveta, Snack Truck, Chromelodeon, Pony Pants, Bad News Bats, Input/Output, The Drayton Sawyer Gang, Knotfeeder and many more. We highly endorse, love and often play with amazing local bands like Normal Love, Cleric, Infinien, Little Ocean, Northern Liberties, Hulksmash, Voodoo Economics, Algebra of Need, Mega Mega, Bloody Wall of Gore, Ugh God, Drums Like Machine Guns, Towers, Mose Giganticus, Rad Racket, Grandchildren, Padre Pio, Porktamer, The Perfectionists (RIP) and many more (yell at us if we forgot you).
Long Description
Bear is Driving is just as much a theory as it is a tangible arrangement of artists, instruments, and the resultant sounds of artist-on-instrument interaction. In the abstract, BiD is an existential approach towards the definition of Art. The music is the language with which we convey our current working definition.It is our belief that the role of the artist is to create means of expression by drawing from tangible skills (acquired through education, observation, and repetition) and intangible, personal aesthetic guidelines. Ultimately, the artist should invent a means of expression independent of commercial influences. After all, is Art really a product?
Though we admit that effective art can communicate to the masses, Affective Art should aspire to communicate in innovative ways. Affective Art should be open to the public without pandering.
Working within the context of this definition, Bear is Driving delivers subliminal messages on the complexities of the human experience. By utilizing the medium of 'instrumental rock,' BiD reflects upon an era where the industrial, communication and information revolutions have effectively alienated all of us in a world where our population grows exponentially.
Bear is Driving songs shift seamlessly from melodic-math riffs with warm spacey ambiance, to brutal prog-metal riffs with off-meter, dissonant noise/vocal sample loops. Regardless, you will hear an amazing breadth of influences compiled to form a sonic experience YOU HAVE NEVER ENCOUNTERED BEFORE.
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Member Since:
September 02, 2004Members:
Drums/Cymbals/Woks
Guitar/glock/windchimes
Bass/Bass/Bass
Table of Terror (synth, pedals, kaoss)
Influences:
Music: (alphabetical)1000, A C, a tribe called quest, agoraphobic nosebleed, ahleuchatistas, algebra of need, animal collective, arrested development, assuck, autechre, bach, battles, Bear is Driving, beatles, beethoven, behold.... the arctopus, birdsongs of the mesozoic, bitter end, black dice, bloodfelch, bloody wall of gore, bone, books, botch, bran flakes, burn the priest, butthole surfers, cancer conspiracy, candiria, cannibal corpse, capillary action, cap'n jazz, captain beefheart, cave in (before antennae), cephalic carnage, charlie murphy, chavez, cheer accident, child abuse, children of bodom, chris watson, chromelodeon, circle takes square, claudia quintet, coalesce, coil, converge, creation is crucifixion, crotchduster, crowpath, cryptopsy, curlew, cynic, dalek, damon che, darkane, dat politics, daughters, deadguy, death in june, deerhoof, depeche mode, dev/null, dillinger escape plan, dilute, discordance axis, dislittlelightomine, dissucks, dj spooky, don caballero, donna summer (the new one, not the disco one), doormouse, dragonforce, duran duran duran, dying fetus, dystopia, dysrhythmia, el dopa, employer/employee, end, (the) end, ennio morracone, enon, ephel duath, esquivel, estradasphere, euphone, excruciating terror, facedowninshit, faith no more, fantomas, faraquet, flying luttenbachers, foetus, fredrik thordendal, friendly bears, fuck with the bull...get the horns, fucking champs, fugazi, george cartwright, genesis, goblin, godspeed you black emperor, gong, goreguts, grandchildren, great kat, grieg, grimple, guapo, guns'n'roses (old), happy the man, hatfield and the north, hella, henry cow, hi red center, holy molar, hokkaido concern, hrvatski, hulksmash, human remains, ion dissonance, ink & dagger, isis, jaga jazzist, jason forrest, jega, jesus lizard, john cage, john coltrane, john mclaughlin, john zorn, joy division, june of 44, kaada, kayo dot, kid 606, kid kilowatt, king crimson, krakatoa, led zepplin, legendary pink dots, lightning bolt, logical nonsense, macabre, magma, make a rising, (electric) masada, man is the bastard, mare, masada, matmos, meat puppets, meatjack, medeski martin & wood, melt banana, melvins, merzbow, miasma & the carousel of headless horses, miles davis, minibosses, ministry, mortal decay, mr. Bungle, muffins, necrophagist, negativland, neurosis, nile, nirvana, nitzer ebb, ojo rojo, origin, orthrelm, owls, parliament, phantomsmasher, piebald, pig destroyer, pink floyd, plow united, pole, pony pants, Pjorktamer, prefuse 73, primus, psyopus, q and not u, queen, radiohead, rasputina, raymond scott, red chord, red rocket, residents, riz ortolani, roots, ruins, rush, sawtooth grin, secret chiefs 3, shining, skinny puppy, slayer, sleepytime gorilla museum, snack truck, soilent green, soundgarden, spazz, spheres, spiral architect, squarepusher, starlight mints, stick men, stinking lizaveta, suffocation, sunny day real estate, sunra, terminal 11, the advantage, the bad plus, the fire theft, the locust, the misfits, the orphans, the oxes, the perfectionists, then ten, thinking plague, thoko loci, time of orchids, tool, type O negative, tomahawk, trio convulsant, univers zero, upsilon acrux, van halen, venetian snares, volta do mar, voodoo economics, washington project, ween, winterkalte, xanopticon, yes, yob, zakir hussein, zappa, zombiSounds Like:
Sounds like Bear is Driving. Why don't you listen and decide for your self?Of course we're not insulted when people throw around names like Upsilon Acrux, King Crimson, Don Caballero, The Fucking Champs, Yes, Cave In, Dysrhythmia, Stinking Lizaveta, Behold the Arctopus, Volta do Mar, Thinking Plague, Orthrelm etc... to describe us.


















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