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Friendly Bears

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About Me

Friendly Bears began playing together in Fall '00 (under the name Osos Amistosos) as a trio. In their 5-year existence, they have been able to emerge from their free-jazz roots into a style of new avant-rock music that represents strong foundations in punk, classical, metal, and jazz music.
The Bears released their debut EP, a split 12" record with Philadelphia's Infidel?/Castro! on the Ricecontrol and Epicene Sound Systems in '02. The compositions are an infusion of hardcore energy and melodic counterpoint.
In July of '05 Friendly Bears released their debut full-length record on Brooklyn's Pralaya Records, "On Oceans, Light, and Sleep" which is rooted in their older style, but also augmented by new sounds, ideas, and instrumentation.
Also in existence is a split 7" record ("The Streamwinner 7") with Asheville, North Carolina's Ahleuchatistas (made possible by Angura Sound and SAID Records). Please visit www.friendlybears.net for more info/sounds.
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Member Since: 10/13/2004
Band Website: myspace.com/friendlybears
Band Members: Tim Byrnes, Matt Filler, Rich Bennett, Andrew Greenwald
Influences: Shudder to Think, Bartok, Stereolab, Jeromes Dream, Komeda, Pat Metheny Group, Alban Berg
Record Label: Pralaya Records, Epicene Sound Systems,Ricecontrol
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Do you have some money that you want to spend on making a Friendly Bears CD? Click here!

Hello record labels and patrons!Friendly Bears would like to re-release our vinyl releases on CD. The sum of our vinyl releases is 2 records& A Split Experience split 12" with Infidel? Castro! (Riceco...
Posted by Friendly Bears on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 08:43:00 PST

You can befriend Tim Byrnes on MySpace now! It's a music page, not some boring personal page!

Hey fans!You can befriend Tim Byrnes on MySpace! www.myspace.com/timbyrnesThe page is under serious construction, but you can get in on it if you want! There won't be music up on it until after Dece...
Posted by Friendly Bears on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 09:07:00 PST

Andrew and Tim tour-action with Toby Driver and Mia Matsumiya

Friendly Bears fans--This winter, Andrew and Tim from Friendly Bears are hitting the road with Toby Driver and Mia Matsumiya of Kayo Dot. How exciting! It's going to be a cross-country blitzkrieg, f...
Posted by Friendly Bears on Sat, 21 Oct 2006 08:51:00 PST

Are we anyone's "favorite" band?

So I'm wondering if Friendly Bears is anyone's "favorite" band. I would find something like that hard to believe, especially when there is such great hip-hop, metal, indie-rock, post-punk, Kraut-roc...
Posted by Friendly Bears on Sat, 29 Apr 2006 10:29:00 PST

March News

Friendly Bears are about to start recording their next full-length album. We are extremely excited to deliver to the masses a body of work that we hope will be more challenging, dynamic, and progressi...
Posted by Friendly Bears on Mon, 27 Feb 2006 03:11:00 PST

Sorry that we are not playing any shows

Hello Friendly Fans    We are sorry that we are not playing any shows in the next few months...I know that it is an eyesore to look on someone's MySpace page and see "no shows" listed in the...
Posted by Friendly Bears on Mon, 19 Dec 2005 08:53:00 PST

Two free mix CDs!

Hey y'all! This is Tim from Friendly Bears...I've got these two mix CDs that I think are pretty cool (no Friendly Bears stuff on them, though). One is called "Cathedral, Under Water" and the other...
Posted by Friendly Bears on Wed, 07 Dec 2005 10:06:00 PST

Tour Chronicle (Summer 2005)

What is it like to go on tour with an independent, underground band that plays a genre of music that is hard to classify? This chronicle of our 2005 summer tour may answer some of those questions. ...
Posted by Friendly Bears on Wed, 07 Dec 2005 10:00:00 PST

Sign up for our newsletter at friendlybears.net

Hello! You can sign up for the Friendly Bears newsletter at friendlybears.net. Go to the "Contact" section, and follow these directions carefully: 1.Enter your email address in the space provided...
Posted by Friendly Bears on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Interview with a Swedish magazine

Hello! There is an interview with Friendly Bears posted on blaserad.com. Blaserad is a great magazine based out of Stockholm, Sweden. Peace FB
Posted by Friendly Bears on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST