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Great Bear

"hhmmmm... Great Bear"

About Me

CHECK OUT AN INTERVIEW WITH THE BAND IN THE STIMULUS RESPOND MAGAZINE AT WWW.STIMULUSRESPOND.COM .


"...One of London's finest rising talents.."
.. Unearthed Treasures

"...One of the bands to look out this year..."
.. The Independent..

After bursting onto the London live circuit in 2004 with their own very distinctive sound and winning over the hearts and souls of many a young and brave indie gig goer the band have gone from strength to strength. They soon got to work honing their studio skills when asked by several major labels to demo material.
Whilst continuously fine tuning their sound 2006 saw the band moving further a field for gigs. Having demo tracks picked up by University radio stations they soon developed a strong and loyal student following and have played a lot of very lively Student Union gigs around the country and even ventured across the channel for some gigs in France. Radio play soon followed with the demo track “Man of the Moment” winning the unsigned competition on the indie rock station Xfm. Another great track “Turn you loose” was discovered by a keen eared documentary producer at a gig in London and was featured on the sound track to the documentary movie “Shadow Company”. The song 'Mary' was chosen by two separate guest listener djs on BBC six music and somehow even made its way onto Spanish Radio!
The band announced themselves to a larger audience at the beginning of 2007 with the release of debut single ‘Shame’, produced by Placebo and Radiohead producer Phil Vinnal, on their own label Onto the Tracks. The single was launched with an instore gig at Fopp’s flagship store in Central London. The promo video for ‘Shame’ was a force of it's own with it's stark look and intriguing narrative and was loved by fans and the industry alike whilst having been made on a shoestring budget. The band enjoyed being closely involved in the process. ‘Shame’ reached national audiences when it was play listed on BBC 6 and featured on the Steve Lamacq show.
Great Bear are currently working on their debut album and can't wait to get gigging again soon.

CONTACTS:

To contact the band, simply use myspace.

To contact management please e-mail:
greatbearmail "AT" btinternet "DOT" com
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/14/2005
Band Members:

Jack - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Wizza - Lead Guitar
Michael - Bass Guitar
Jack Jr. - Drums,B.Vocals

To download, click a link below

iTunes
wippit .


To order the limited edition 7" vinyl featuring SHAME and FINGERTIPS, click a link below

www.puregroove.co.uk
Rough Trade

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Type of Label: None

My Blog

New Tracks

You may think that things have been all quiet on the GB front recently but in fact we've been hard at work in the studio working on some new tracks.As a little taster of what we've been up to we're go...
Posted by Great Bear on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:47:00 PST

"SHAME" video - Big Thanks!!

Hello Everyone, I hope you have enjoyed the new video for the song 'Shame'The band are very proud of it and would like to thank all involved.The film was devised and directed by Bart Baker a ...
Posted by Great Bear on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 02:07:00 PST

Check out this video: Great Bear 'Shame'

Great Bear 'Shame' Add to My Profile | More Videos...
Posted by Great Bear on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 03:48:00 PST

Single out now, radio play, FOPP instore plus new review!

Well, things are finally starting to get going!The single is now available to download from iTunes and the limited edition vinyl will be in the shops from next week. To download, click here,To support...
Posted by Great Bear on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:27:00 PST

Single launches, video shooting and Celebs!

We've just spent the last couple of days hidden in a warehouse in darkest Stoke Newington standing in a big green room and generally making fools of ourselves in front of a camera. Yep, we've be...
Posted by Great Bear on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:39:00 PST

Interview Blues

It was John Updike who said of interviews; "It rots a writer's brain, it cretinises you. You say the same thing again and again, and when you do that happily you're well on the way to being a cretin."...
Posted by Great Bear on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 04:39:00 PST

Dear Bear Hunters,

Just thought I'd write you a quick note to tell you what we have been up to of late.We have just finished recording our first single with producer Phil Vinnal in a garage in Finsbury Park and are ver...
Posted by Great Bear on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:47:00 PST

Fingertips

Check out the new song on our pageGreat Bear...
Posted by Great Bear on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 07:32:00 PST

New Tracks

We've just finished recording 3 new demos for emi. We will be putting the tracks on the site soon. Let us know what you think.
Posted by Great Bear on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 05:10:00 PST