Oh, how life tends to change. Many of you know me as "Bear"
the crazy metal dude from Radio X, the all around elitist fuck, professional
asshole. Then again a lot of you simply know me as the laid back dude who just
wants to have a good time. Well, now I've gone and become a professional dirt
bag. In August of 2006, I made a life changing move and obtained my Class
A CDL. In December 2007, I'm making another one and coming off the road after 15 months with Prime Inc. I'm looking to go local and eventually get out from behind the wheel. Currently back to process serving and job searching.
For those of you who may just be coming across this now I've been a jack of
all trades for years. I have extensive experience in radio and live pro
audio applications. I worked for someone contracted within the Miss USA
system. In 2003 I was ran the stage sound for Miss Upper Peninsula USA,
and in 2004 (we did 2 separate pageants) I was the delegate information
specialist (I did all the busy work, form design, data processing) and did all
the music arrangement as well as did the stage sound. While working for
the same companies (under my longtime boss, friend and mentor) I also was a
wedding DJ, and did other various pro audio applications for conferences, radio
give-aways, live music, and more. I love that work, but its just very
difficult to make any kind of real living in those fields up here.
I've also worked in both commercial and not for profit radio. Definitely preferring the latter. I was at WJPD during the end of their glory days (before the utterly useless and clearly proven ineffective Northern Star Broadcasting took over). I enjoyed my time there, and I have a lot of issues with the higher ups for Northern Star Broadcasting and I won't go into detail here, but its nice to know that I was just a "dumb college kid" and still right. Now my time at WUPX was great. I served as Metal Director from 2001-2003 then again in both 2004 & 2005. I served as Events Coordinater in 2002 where I booked events and concerts, including one of the most successful shows to occur during my time at Radio X, The Superior Massacre featuring Summon (Lansing, MI), 137 (Rochester, NY), Dumah (Wassau, WI), Eternal Silence (New London, WI), Domain Malevolence (RIP) (Ishpeming, MI), and Blatant Disarray (Raleigh, NC). I also, with the help from a lot of friends, helped to bring Thrash 'n Trash Tuesday back into its glory after a few year hiatus (it never went away, but it had a hard mainstream curve for many years). That programming in fact has been around since 1991, the longest running programming block on the station. Unfortunately, even with all my contacts and friends from the industry over the years I just haven't been able to put something together to work inside it on my terms. I refuse to sacrifice my integrity to work in the industry, you will never see this man hawking Hammerfall as the newest and greatest thing.
My last little foray before I embarked on my new career was in professional assholism. Now you may wonder what this entailed, but the best way to put it is I got paid to do things to people I didn't want done to myself. I was the senior bouncer at The Matrixx Nightclub in Marquette. Read some of my blogs if you want to get an idea of the kind of insanity I experienced/witnessed in my time there. I was also a process server, which basically meant I gave people subpoenas, divorce papers, etc. Sometimes I was more of just an official courier delivering things that needed to be delivered in a somewhat formal manner. Again you can check my blogs to see some of that insanity as well.
All this brings me to today. I love tattoos, as you can see from my survey below and my pictures I have a few. I'd like to get a better collage of my work, but that will be for another time as my time at the moment is quite limited. I'm a huge fan of horror movies along with having a serious passion for heavy metal. Over time I have intentions to run my own record label and finance live metal productions. As I said earlier I couldn't work into the industry on my own terms, with finances I can do it. I'm a cigar smoker, craft beer fan, and I also have a love for both premium whiskey's and wines.
AOL Instant Messenger: Amon Bear
Yahoo: PerpetualWinter
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Andrew "Bear" Tyler
Birthday: 02/12/1980
Birthplace: Ishpeming, MI
Current Location: Ishpeming, MI
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
Height: 6'9"
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right
Your Heritage: Half Scandinavian, Half Colonial American
The Shoes You Wore Today: "Engineer" Boots
Your Weakness: Hot chicks, fine wine, good cigars
Your Fears: Heights, Unavoidable Accidents Involving My Truck
Your Perfect Pizza: Cudighi (an italian sausage), mushrooms, lots of cheese (unless its a Congress Pizza)
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Get back involved more with the music scene and fall into some old ways
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: Fuck...
Thoughts First Waking Up: Time for some forearm thrust
Your Best Physical Feature: Calves
Your Bedtime: Late/Early enough for 11:59 AM to legitimately be a god awful early hour in the morning
Your Most Missed Memory: Making money, but the economy helped take that away from me. I also really miss my childhood dog Buddy who I didn't get to say good-bye to.
Pepsi or Coke: Coke
MacDonalds or Burger King: Fuckin' fast food... Culver's, What-a-Burger, Hardee's, Arby's (oh the life on the road)
Single or Group Dates: Fuck I can't remember the last time I was on a real "date."
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Lipton
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee: Nothing like a good full bodied coffee roast, but great espresso is always a plus.
Do you Smoke: cigars...
Do you Swear: Like a trucker ;-)
Do you Sing: Would love to get back in practice, but I enjoy being behind the scenes too
Do you Shower Daily: Yep, now that I'm no longer a grungy ass trucker.
Have you Been in Love: Nope
Do you want to go to College: I dislike college, but I need to finish the shit up.
Do you want to get Married: Someday probably, if not married serious co-habitation.
Do you belive in yourself: Yeah, why would you go on if you didn't?
Do you get Motion Sickness: I'd be pretty fucked considering I've gone through periods where I was moving 20+ hours a day.
Do you think you are Attractive: Yeah
Are you a Health Freak: No, but being on the truck is definitely changed me. I saw guys out there and think, man I could easily be that way and its not cool. I mean I can still see my feet (I have big ones ;-)), and I don't want to see what 500 lbs is like.
Do you get along with your Parents: My parents are some of my best friends in the world. I am truly blessed.
Do you like Thunderstorms: Yeah, love watching a good one roll in across Superior.
Do you play an Instrument: Not really, I can dabble with a handful though, and played a bunch back in the day.
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: Yes, however I generally don't drink to get drunk. I drink for taste, getting drunk is just a side effect.
In the past month have you Smoked: Cigars baby
In the past month have you gone on a Date: Naw, I honestly have other concerns at the moment.
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: Yeah, for the area.
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: Nope
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: Nope, but I'd like to find some good sushi. It's been a while.
In the past month have you been on Stage: Nope
In the past month have you been Dumped: Nope
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: Nope
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: Nope
Ever been Drunk: Yep...
Ever been called a Tease: Nope
Ever been Beaten up: Yep
Ever Shoplifted: Yep
How do you want to Die: in my sleep
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: A Porn Producer :-D
What country would you most like to Visit: Sweden/Finland/Norway
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Blue
Favourite Hair Color: Blonde
Short or Long Hair: Long
Height: below 6'3". I'm tall but girls over that height sorta scare me.
Weight: That can vary, but "This ride has a weight limit" it just fluctuates from woman to woman.
Best Clothing Style: Goth ;-) Really, as long as they are comfortable I don't care.
Number of Drugs I have taken: Marijuana, Mushrooms, Methadone, Percaset, and a handful of other randomness
Number of CDs I own: 1000+
Number of Piercings: 0
Number of Tattoos: 12, An Inverted Cross/Rooster Claw on my right ankle, the demon on my right calf, the word "Unsaved" in my "tramp stamp" location, a bear on my right bicep, a Thor's Hammer on my left bicep, an inverted cross into goat's head on my left bicep, a flaming inverted cross trident on my left bicep, an album sized bloody pentagram with the Norse rune "Uroz" on my upper back, flaming pentagram with skull and cross bones on left ankle, devil playing guitar right wrist, Route 666 left wrist, two gargoyles holding a pentagram left arm (pics of some in my pics)
Number of things in my Past I Regret:
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