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Honey Bear Records was founded in 1993 with the J Church "Half And Half" 7". Since then, the label has had over 40 releases.
BUY OUR RECORDS! THIS IS HOW! (For international orders, please get in touch first as the shipping is astronomical!)
J CHURCH "Waiting On The Ground" 7" (HB044) $4ppd.
This is a limited reissue of the Australian only EP from 1997 on Spiral Objective. The b-sides are "Ayn Rand Is Dead" and "College Station". First 100 come with badge.
J CHURCH "Palestine" CD (HB041) $12 ppd.
This is a collection of demo and outtake recordings between "Drama of Alienation" and "One Mississippi" including covers of the Mice "Not Proud Of The USA", Archie Shepp "Blase" and tributes to the Jazz Butcher and the Weather Underground.
DFI "s/t" CD (HB040) $12 ppd.
DFI is the solo project of former J Church guitarist, David DiDonato. Somewhere between the Fucking Champs and Ween, this disc includes "Flight of the Bumble-bee" and "Wolf And Passion".
CILANTRO "Sexy Sadie" 7" (HB038) $8 ppd.
This is the second Cilantro 7" and is limited to 20 copies! Only a couple left!
J CHURCH "Meaty Beaty Shitty Sounding" CD (HB026) $12 ppd.
This is the fourth J Church singles collection. Includes five ELO covers, Jesus And Mary Chain, Neil Young, Seam and Grease covers as well as a bunch of other non-LP tracks.NON-HONEY BEAR TITLES:
J CHURCH "Horror Of Life" CD (No Idea Records) $14 ppd.
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J CHURCH "Society Is A Carnivorous Flower" CD (No Idea Records) $14 ppd.
This is the sixth J Church full-length, and the only one featuring two guitar players. Includes the epic title track that makes up half of the record.
J CHURCH "Seishun Zankouku Monogatari" CD (Snuffy Smiles) $14 ppd.
This is the band's fourth Japanese CD and third for Snuffy Smiles. Includes tracks from most of the group's recent split 7"s.
J CHURCH/SOUND ON SOUND split 7" (Underground Communique) $4 ppd.
J CHURCH/THE TANK split 7" (Itchy Korean) $4 ppd.
J CHURCH/OFF WITH THEIR HEADS split 7" (1-2-3-4 Go!) $4 ppd.
J CHURCH/FLAMINGO 50 split 7" (grateful) $4 ppd.
CILANTRO "Empty Soda Can" 7" (Marigold) $3 ppd.

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Member Since: 8/30/2007
Band Website: honeybearrecords.net
Influences: Dischord, Merge, KRS, K, Rough Trade, Fast, Factory, Crass, Corpus Christi, All The Madmen, Spider-Leg, Bluurg, Sarah, Elefant, Postcard, Lazy, etc.
Record Label: Honey Bear Records
Type of Label: Indie

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HISTORY LESSON PART 5: Arbor Vitae

Between the time J Church released their second album, "Prophylaxis" and third, "Arbor Vitae", Allied Recordings had planned to go out of business. The band took a year off while Lance played guitar f...
Posted by Honey Bear Records on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:50:00 PST

HISTORY LESSON PART 4: Punjab Rovers

The eighth release on Honey Bear Records was another limited edition J Church 7". "Alone At Night" was limited to 1000 copies (which nowadays wouldn't really be considered limited at all) with 500 hav...
Posted by Honey Bear Records on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:54:00 PST

HISTORY LESSON PART 3: Unwound

J Church and Unwound went way back. Unwound stayed a weekend with Lance, drinking beer, watching "Faces of Death" and becoming vegetarians for 48 hours. The two bands played together many times and wh...
Posted by Honey Bear Records on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 02:16:00 PST

HISTORY LESSON PART 2: Floyd

Honey Bear Records probably would have stopped after a few singles if it weren't for Floyd. We wanted to do a second J Church 7", but didn't have the money to do more than a small limited edition run....
Posted by Honey Bear Records on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:49:00 PST

HISTORY LESSON PART 1: The Singles Club

Originally, the label was started as a fun, 7" only project between Lance and Mikel. The first record was a 200 only J Church 7" titled "Half and Half". The covers were mostly photocopied and then ind...
Posted by Honey Bear Records on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:27:00 PST

STARTING OVER

Fuck it. I didn't know what the hell I was doing with the old Honey Bear Records MySpace page, so I tossed it and started from scratch. Hopefully this one will make more sense. For more info, check ou...
Posted by Honey Bear Records on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 07:37:00 PST

COMING SOON: J CHURCH LIVE LPs

The next two releases for Honey Bear Records will be two more J Church live LPs. These records are benefits to help Lance pay for his heart and kidney medications as well as his kidney transplant. The...
Posted by Honey Bear Records on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:52:00 PST