The Bears (band)
The Bears are an American power pop band formed in 1985 in Cincinnati, Ohio. It features the distinctive avant-garde guitar playing of Adrian Belew, the band's most prominent member. In addition to guitarist, vocalist and producer Belew, the Bears consists of guitarist/vocalist Rob Fetters, drummer/vocalist Chris Arduser, and bassist Bob Nyswonger. Band history Fetters, Nyswonger and Arduser are all former members of the Raisins, a Cincinnati-based band that was a local success in the early 1980s. In 1983, the Raisins, who then consisted of Fetters, Nyswonger, Rick Neiheisel (keyboards, vocals) and Rick "Bam" Powell (drums, vocals), recorded an eponymous album, produced by Belew. Belew's friendship with the Raisins dated back to the mid-'70s, when he crossed paths with them as a member of a band named Sweetheart before being discovered by Frank Zappa. ''The Raisins'' album, which was released on the small Cincinnati-based label Strugglebaby, produced a local No. 1 hit, "Fear ...
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line with Kentucky. The city is the economic and cultural hub of the Cincinnati metropolitan area. With an estimated population of 2,256,884, it is Ohio's largest metropolitan area and the nation's 30th-largest, and with a city population of 309,317, Cincinnati is the third-largest city in Ohio and 64th in the United States. Throughout much of the 19th century, it was among the top 10 U.S. cities by population, surpassed only by New Orleans and the older, established settlements of the United States eastern seaboard, as well as being the sixth-most populous city from 1840 until 1860. As a rivertown crossroads at the junction of the North, South, East, and West, Cincinnati developed with fewer immigrants and less influence from Europe than Ea ...
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Larrie Londin
Ralph Gallant (October 15, 1943 − August 24, 1992), better known by the stage name Larrie Londin, was an American drummer and session musician. According to journalist James Byron Fox, "If not the best known, Larrie is one of the most listened to drummers in the world. He played on more hit records during his career than any other drummer, with the exception of the legendary session drummer Hal Blaine, and his work covers the complete musical spectrum." History Early life Larrie Londin began playing drums at the age of 15, and was largely self-taught. Londin initially planned to be a singer, and had an early recording contract with Atlantic Records, but decided to stay loyal to the band The Headliners and signed with Motown under the VIP label.UncreditedTCB Band - Larrie Londin; Elvis Presley Music. Retrieved August 14, 2012 and 2012-08-20. Londin's first professional drumming engagement was in Norfolk, Virginia, in a club where he was a cook and dishwasher. One night, the e ...
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1985 Establishments In Ohio
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches ''Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is elected president of Brazil by the Congress, ending the 21-year military rule. * January 20 – Ronald Reagan is privately sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. * January 27 – The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is formed, in Tehran. * January 28 – The charity single record " We Are the World" is recorded by USA for Africa. February * February 4 – The border between Gibraltar and Spain reo ...
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Musical Groups From Cincinnati
Musical is the adjective of music. Musical may also refer to: * Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance * Musical film and television, a genre of film and television that incorporates into the narrative songs sung by the characters * MusicAL, an Albanian television channel * Musical isomorphism, the canonical isomorphism between the tangent and cotangent bundles See also * Lists of musicals * Music (other) * Musica (other) * Musicality Musicality (''music-al -ity'') is "sensitivity to, knowledge of, or talent for music" or "the quality or state of being musical", and is used to refer to specific if vaguely defined qualities in pieces and/or genres of music, such as melodiousness ...

Musical Groups Reestablished In 2001
Musical is the adjective of music. Musical may also refer to: * Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance * Musical film and television, a genre of film and television that incorporates into the narrative songs sung by the characters * MusicAL, an Albanian television channel * Musical isomorphism, the canonical isomorphism between the tangent and cotangent bundles See also * Lists of musicals * Music (other) * Musica (other) * Musicality Musicality (''music-al -ity'') is "sensitivity to, knowledge of, or talent for music" or "the quality or state of being musical", and is used to refer to specific if vaguely defined qualities in pieces and/or genres of music, such as melodiousness ...

Musical Groups Disestablished In 1989
Musical is the adjective of music. Musical may also refer to: * Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance * Musical film and television, a genre of film and television that incorporates into the narrative songs sung by the characters * MusicAL, an Albanian television channel * Musical isomorphism, the canonical isomorphism between the tangent and cotangent bundles See also * Lists of musicals * Music (other) * Musica (other) * Musicality Musicality (''music-al -ity'') is "sensitivity to, knowledge of, or talent for music" or "the quality or state of being musical", and is used to refer to specific if vaguely defined qualities in pieces and/or genres of music, such as melodiousness ...

Musical Groups Established In 1985
Musical is the adjective of music. Musical may also refer to: * Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance * Musical film and television, a genre of film and television that incorporates into the narrative songs sung by the characters * MusicAL, an Albanian television channel * Musical isomorphism, the canonical isomorphism between the tangent and cotangent bundles See also * Lists of musicals * Music (other) * Musica (other) * Musicality Musicality (''music-al -ity'') is "sensitivity to, knowledge of, or talent for music" or "the quality or state of being musical", and is used to refer to specific if vaguely defined qualities in pieces and/or genres of music, such as melodiousness ...

American Power Pop Groups
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Rise And Shine (The Bears Album)
''Rise and Shine'' is a studio album by the American band the Bears, released in 1988. The band supported the album with a North American tour. It was digitally recorded and mixed at Royal Recorders in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, in November and December 1987. It was mastered at Sterling Sound, in New York City, by Ted Jensen. Critical reception The ''Sun-Sentinel'' wrote that "''Rise and Shine'' has a much harder instrumental edge than ''The Bears'' ... Belew's guitar stands up and roars on the dance-groove running through 'Rabbit Manor,' and on 'Complicated Potatoes,' a lyrically silly song with unexpectedly vicious guitar riffs." The ''Chicago Tribune'' argued that the band traded "bouncy good humor for serious concerns and simple upbeat melodies for a more angular, oblique approach." The ''Richmond Times-Dispatch'' opined that "the necessity of arranging around curious progressions, meter and lyrics leaves the group little room to sound relaxed." Track listing # "Aches and P ...
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The Bears (album)
''The Bears'' is the debut studio album by the rock band The Bears, released in 1987. The cover art was created by Mort Drucker. Critical reception AllMusic wrote that "the tunes are tight, smart pop gems, distinguished from so many other bands by the wild antics of Belew's guitar." ''The Washington Post'' called the album "a little too precious and labored ever to attain the unforced grace of good old rock 'n' roll." ''Trouser Press'' wrote: "Challenging, muscular, tuneful, idiosyncratic and accessible, ''The Bears'' ... is a superlative record." ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' remarked that the album "invoked comparisons with Squeeze and XTC, and for good reason." Track listing # "None of the Above" (Adrian Belew, Bob Nyswonger, Chris Arduser, Rob Fetters) # "Fear Is Never Boring" (Fetters) # "Honey Bee" (Belew) # "Man Behind the Curtain" (Belew, Nyswonger, Fetters) # "Wavelength" (Belew) # "Trust" (Nyswonger) # "Raining" (Belew, Nyswonger, Fetters) # "Superboy" (Bel ...
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Side Three
''Side Three'' is the fifteenth solo album by Adrian Belew, released in 2006. The album features contributions from various other musicians including Tool's Danny Carey on drums, Primus' Les Claypool on bass guitar and a single guest appearance by Belew's King Crimson bandmate Robert Fripp. Track listing All songs written by Adrian Belew. # "Troubles" – 3:14 # "Incompetence Indifference" – 5:02 # "Water Turns to Wine" – 3:47 # "Crunk" – 1:17 # "Drive" – 3:27 # "Cinemusic" – 1:37 # "Whatever" – 3:18 # "Men in Helicopters v4.0" – 3:07 # "Beat Box Car" – 4:30 # "Truth Is" – 1:34 # "The Red Bull Rides a Boomerang Across the Blue Constellation" – 4:34 # "&" – 3:18 Personnel Musicians * Adrian Belew – vocals, guitar, instrumentation * Robert Fripp – flute guitar (track 3) * Les Claypool – bass (tracks 7-8) * Danny Carey – drums (tracks 7-8) * Mel Collins – saxophone (track 9) * The Prophet Omega – voice * Martha Belew – telephone message Tech ...
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Side Two
''Side Two'' is the fourteenth solo album by Adrian Belew, released in 2005. It was recorded in his home studio and he played all the instruments himself. It is part of a series of albums. The other three are ''Side One'', ''Side Three'' and ''Side Four''. This album features the song "Dead Dog On Asphalt", inspired by the event (and Belew's cover painting of said event) mentioned below. Cover artwork Previously, Adrian Belew was driving his truck and nearly hit a dog, when another ended up in front of him and couldn't get away. He had always wanted to be a painter, but never had something that he was inspired to paint. After dragging the dead dog off the road, he decided that he knew what he should paint. The result of this is the album's cover: resembling a 'dead dog on asphalt' (the opening track). Track listing All songs written by Adrian Belew. # "Dead Dog on Asphalt" – 4:05 # "I Wish I Knew" – 3:19 # "Face to Face" – 3:03 # "Asleep" – 5:23 # "Sex Nerve" – 3 ...
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