The members of Killed By Bears played together in the well respected Portland indie-folk pop band 'Dearest, Crown' until their lead singer/songwriter moved away from Oregon in the fall of 2005. The four remaining musicians decided to stick together, now focusing on the excellent songwriting of guitarist Ryan Martin. With an obvious love of 80s & 90s jangle/power pop, the group found themselves playing more upbeat, driving music. Todd, Leif and Ario used all manner of tactics, including flattery and intimidation, to get Ryan to increase his songwriting output and finish lyrics. They began recording the new songs early in 2006. A new name was chosen, some basement and loft gigs were played - as well as headlining Patsypalooza '06 and '07 at the McKenzie River - and their self-titled album was released to the public in the summer of 2007.
My great step uncle, Cletus Spanker, was Killed By Bears, so I feel your pain. Hope to bang heads with you at The Tonic Lounge on August 1st! Buttrawk 4 Eva!!! (by the way, this picture is how we wooo the ladies)
I appreciate the support - thank you! Your band came to my attention a while back when a friend of a friend originally from your area asked if I had heard about you - I hadn't so I searched and found you. Please take a moment when you can and post a comment or send a message about my recent blog and how you found it - Thanks!
no problem. was just in the mood for some KBB on my page. I wish I was out there so I could go to the show and hear ya live but thanks for telling me about it anyhow and you guys have a great show anyhow! -nae
Big thanks to local radio for the recent airplay! KRVM Radio "Routes & Branches", OPB radio "In House with Jeremy Peterson", and KNRK "Get Local" with Jaime... -R
i have this strong urge to FUCKING SCREAM because i haven't gotten my fix of killed by bears. you guys should really have a concert and have it soon. i would be so sad if i forgot what you sounded like.
Update: Because the song wasn't available for download, I committed a felony and stole it. Now it's number 5 on my iTunes' top 25 played songs ... Tranlsation? When does the record come out?
This is Daniel. I love your material man and I would love to play some shows with you guys maybe both here in Portland and in Corvalis. Let me know when you're in town and we'll figure something out. Later.
ok well my band has 7 songs on paper we just need to get together and practice. but we want to make a demo and remake a song called fairy tails that one of my frieds made because we dont have enough time to do everything that we want. but we are going to start getting together to practice that next we and it is going to pretty much ROCK!!!
