August 4, 2008

Band Names Are Becoming Un-Bear-able

its_a_bear.jpgThemes in band names will never go away. Remember back in the 90s, and all the hardcore bands with one word names; Strife, Integrity… and ummm.. there’s others I’m sure. And what about the cool bands in today’s scene that are named after books? Hah!

But how many ‘bears’ do we need in the scene? Not many, I say.

With that, here’s three bands with some sort of “bear” in their name and I rank them as I feel fit.

And Thats How You Wrestle A Bear.jpg 3. And Thats How You Wrestle A Bear: It’s one dude from New York that plays some pretty sharp emo-tastic rock and roll that the kids seem to dig these days. Radio-friendly tunes filled with sugary sweet wit – someone should sign him so he can then form a full band and sound like everyone else. Note to dude: if you have ‘bear’ in the name of your band you need to work on your profile photo. I suggest adding some blood, sunglasses or a necklace made out of chicken bones.
minus_the_bear.jpg 2. Minus The Bear: Their name pops up many “bands I like lists” on all the cool social networking sites. I’ve never been much of a fan, but they’ve been around forever, and I couldn’t rank a one-man-band in front of them. The messed up hair makes ‘bear’ part of their name a little easier to stomach.
i_wrestled_a_bear_once_bear.jpg 1. I Wrestled A Bear Once: Yea, you knew this was coming. They signed to Century Media not too long ago, and we interviewed them back in April. They’re brootal, their bio photo actually looks like they’re having fun, and I sort of actually believe that one of them may have actually wrestled a bear once.

Photo of real bear by Tambako the Jaguar.

45 Responses to “Band Names Are Becoming Un-Bear-able”

  1. On 08/4/08 12:12 PM, magnumforce2006 said:

    Even though they’ve broken up, shame on you for ignoring Bear vs. Shark.

    They were so kick ass.

    Grizzly Bear is also awesome.

  3. On 08/4/08 12:25 PM, flinkebernt said:

    You also forgot Grizzly Bear which are quite good actually

  5. On 08/4/08 12:35 PM, matthew said:

    not counting my beloved bear colony,
    panda bear (animal collective) is my personal favorite.

  7. On 08/4/08 1:10 PM, buddy said:

    pixel panda out of kansas city

  9. On 08/4/08 1:40 PM, Seth Werkheiser said:

    I didn’t ignore Bear vs. Shark, I just don’t like them.
    And Grizzly Bear gets enough press. Plus I don’t like them.
    So there.

  11. On 08/4/08 1:58 PM, Sean Cannon said:

    seth just laid the smack down!

  13. On 08/4/08 2:15 PM, George said:

    So Seth, what’s your reason for leaving out Bear Colony?

  15. On 08/4/08 3:59 PM, brett said:

    What about Polar Bear Club?

    Best band in music right now.

  17. On 08/4/08 4:22 PM, Seth Werkheiser said:

    Brett, you mean besides Paramore, right?

  19. On 08/4/08 6:05 PM, smick said:

    Bear Vs. Larger Bear.
    they broke up four years ago, but their myspace is still active. i like ‘em.

  21. On 08/4/08 6:09 PM, rojas said:

    Bear With Me My Lover…best Tejano death metal ever.

  23. On 08/4/08 8:43 PM, Shanetera said:

    Aesisino and Brujeria are the best Hispanic bands out there. Thank you (Dino Carerez).

  25. On 08/4/08 9:32 PM, magnumforce2006 said:

    Bear With Me My Lover…best Tejano death metal ever.

    Lol, I’m checking them out.

  27. On 08/4/08 9:35 PM, rojas said:

    Shanetera….um, really? the best “Hispanic” metal ever? wow…you know how wrong that whole statement is..that’s like saying Pantera is the best white metal band ever…see how ridiculous that sounds..

    and for the record, Tejano death metal…yeah, doesn’t exist.

  29. On 08/4/08 11:49 PM, The 1/3 said:

    That sounds ridiculous, but mostly because Pantera isn’t very good.

  31. On 08/5/08 3:21 AM, rojas said:

    The 1/3 says: “That sounds ridiculous, but mostly because Pantera isn’t very good.”

    Rojas says: “You’re full of shit.”

    At 220am, it was the most appropriate response I could give.

  33. On 08/5/08 4:39 AM, matthew said:

    pantera wasnt very good…..at sucking.

  35. On 08/5/08 4:51 AM, Jamison said:

    Seth, I think you meant to say Bearamore.

  37. On 08/5/08 9:05 AM, Sean Cannon said:

    jamison, FTW!

  39. On 08/5/08 1:43 PM, beautiful is life said:

    wheres dr jones?

  41. On 08/5/08 2:03 PM, Sean Cannon said:

    now that’s the question of the day.

  43. On 08/7/08 2:50 AM, daniel said:

    Polar Bear Club rules.

    My band played with that bear wrestlin’ band and they were fucking terrible. that is all.

  45. On 08/7/08 4:08 PM, Howard said:

    Big Bear. Poo Bear. Sky Bear. Zoo Bear.
    Let’s Wrestle.
    Bearback.
    The Extreme Wrestling Collective.
    Bearsuit.
    Sons, Brothers & Wrestlers.
    Bearhawk.
    The Young and the Wrestlers.
    The Beard.

  47. On 08/7/08 6:45 PM, sammy said:

    Bear Me That Beer

  49. On 08/7/08 7:59 PM, rojas said:

    Somebody should name their band The Bear. You can then name your first album “Polar” and have a picture of a polar bear overdosing on crack.

    Put an ad out in Spin and you’re gonna sell some records…I guarantee.

  51. On 08/7/08 11:49 PM, Paul A Harper said:

    Baby Bear. Its just catchy.

  53. On 08/22/08 1:53 PM, brooks said:

    matthew is funny…beary funny

  55. On 08/22/08 5:47 PM, Seth Werkheiser said:

    I can’t bear to read any more of these comments.

  57. On 08/23/08 7:25 AM, Howard said:

    Some of them bear consideration, Seth. If you bear many children, you really should love them all. How could they bear the scorn?

  59. On 08/23/08 3:30 PM, Pimp dude said:

    I cant bear to eat a bear

  61. On 08/23/08 4:32 PM, Seth Werkheiser said:

    You guys are bear-ly on point.

  63. On 12/30/08 3:37 PM, David said:

    I’m surprised someone else knows who Pixel Panda is. Weren’t that good. But seemed like nice guys. My old band was pretty good friends with ‘em.

  65. On 04/15/09 1:04 PM, NO MORE BEARS said:

    The word Bear has no place in any band name let alone every single band I hear about. It’s trendy and ridiculous. The only band that has any right is Grizzly Bear, it works for them, but other than that get a little more creative for God’s SAke you are supposed to be artists and the whole point of that is being O-RIGINAL. Peace

  67. On 04/15/09 2:24 PM, Jay DiNitto said:

    Original doesn’t mean good.

  69. On 04/16/09 9:00 PM, Shawn Bradley said:

    El Oso with orig lineup best bear band ever

  71. On 04/17/09 12:16 AM, matthew said:

    yeah, because hip and original band names are super important, and no great band has ever had a silly name… good point, bro!

  73. On 09/25/09 11:17 AM, alan pasch said:

    ok im totally with seth on this there are way toooo many bands with a bear n their names

    however most of the bands are fickin brutal

  75. On 10/24/09 11:12 AM, Ben said:

    You left out “Nuisance Bear” – I think they formed in Alaska but the last I hear they were doing gigs in Cambridge.

  77. On 10/25/09 1:18 PM, MikeyS said:

    best thread ever!!!!!!

  79. On 10/26/09 5:01 PM, Noah said:

    You also forgot polar bear club. Very good band.

  81. On 05/1/10 12:51 AM, sharon said:

    Seabear!

  83. On 05/1/10 3:28 PM, brad said:

    sunbears anybody – gotta love them.

  85. On 05/1/10 9:23 PM, Paul said:

    WTF I guess they’re running out of names

  87. On 05/1/10 9:41 PM, Paul said:

    @ The 1/3

    Rojas makes a pretty good argument regarding Pantera.

    I did some research turns out you’re full of shit

  89. On 05/1/10 10:02 PM, Paul said:

    So if the 90′s band names were one word and now the bands have to have the word bear in the name if it’s not a named after a book anybody got any guesses on what’s next I’m guessing math yx=4 (badass)

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