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The Royal Bear

About Me

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Our E.P. is in stores now! Available at Silver Platters as well as our Cd Baby page: www.cdbaby.com/theroyalbear - tracks also available on itunes!
"Young and Angry". A tender ballad moment with Rain. This was shot a while ago at the Croc.
BAND LORE:
The Royal Bear was founded on the concept that rock music can be fun, danceable, and catchy. They understand and are not afraid to use pop hooks, drawing inspiration from pop's past. They write songs with interesting, melodic riffs and vocal melodies that you can't help but hum to yourself.

The Royal Bear wants to wake up the sometimes-sleepy Seattle music scene. Audience members have claimed that at first they are not sure if they want to rock out, or dance. A joyous mix of the two usually results.
PRESS:
"The Royal Bear's debut ep is ideal. It's got four songs on it filled with a juicy wallop of flickering guitar work and New Romantic rhythm – add to this synths and pensive vocals, then shake it up and let it have its way. At its heart it's dance music.
- Dagmar Patterson, Dagmarsieglinde.com
"...their sound definitely claims some classic rock gods as influences. But they also employ equal parts 80s dance pop and some interesting post punk guitar lines."
- Matt Ashworth, NadaMucho.com
"...the Seattle band is perfecting their collective sound of pop, dance and rock. The Royal Bear’s catchy lyrics and ’80s style beats are intended to break up the sometimes dormant crowds and get people moving. With influences like Joy Division and AC/DC, The Royal Bear is sure to please even the toughest ears."
- Weekly Volcano

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/09/2006
Band Members: Rain - vocals / guitar / keys
Robbie - guitar
Ian - bass
Brian - drums

Influences: Robbie - anything 80's that makes me dance, OMD, new order, duran duran, the police, the lovemakers, guns n' roses, piebald, sparta, coheed and cambria, AFI, scorpions, the promise ring, death cab, saves the day, the smiths
Rain - influenced by low pressure systems
Brian - Aenima/Lateralus, OK Computer, Pinback, The Lonesome Crowded West and the Moon & Antarctica, Blue Album + Pinkerton, My Morning Jacket, the 80s, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Rubberneck, Architecture in Helsinki, Sparta... also: Bonham, Peart, Gadd.
COLLECTIVE INFLUENCES - new order, joy division, devo, bowie, the cars, ac/dc, duran duran, psychedelic furs, guns n' roses, cure, only ones, wire, ..etc.

Sounds Like: neenu-neenu neenu-nee neenu-nee nee nu-nu... diddly-diddly-diddly deeew!!
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

EP in stores now!

The moment is here: the release of our debut EP. Never in the history of rock has an album taken so long to finish. Actually, choosing an album cover took a long time. Well worth it though.   ...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:44:00 GMT

update on our new video

hey everyone. we just got back from l.a. to deal with some record label stuff. we took some time to shoot some video for 'pins in my heart' while we were down there. we were struggling with the produc...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:53:00 GMT

Almost ready...

Hey dudes - keep your panties on! we're almost done with the recording! sit tight for now and warm up your necks for some serious rocking out!   xoxoxo TRB
Posted by on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:41:00 GMT

Studio/Kissing Brian

Hello friends. We're kinda still working on that studio thing. We're about halfway done recording our EP. The reason it's taking awhile: it's gonna be amazing. Right? Cool. Thanks for coming to our sh...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:30:00 GMT

studio time

Hey kiddies, TRB has booked studio time in February. So we're layin' low for now. We think it's gonna sound really rad cause we're importing a ton of really good coke for the sessions. Plus Attercop S...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 18:20:00 GMT

bear vs croc

thanks to all who attended our show at the croc last week. we had a rad time rockin with everybody. we're excited to be progressing as a band. more shows are coming our way and in the meant...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 20:21:00 GMT

the royal bear emerging from hibernation

The Royal bear has been in hibernation: writing, searching for band members, practicing. We are ready for shows now. Our demo songs on our page are a bit rough given the resources we have at the momen...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 15:34:00 GMT