Christopher Bear (born July 19, 1982) is a drummer and multi-instrumentalist member of the

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-based indie-rock group

Grizzly Bear The grizzly bear (''Ursus arctos horribilis''), also known as the North American brown bear or simply grizzly, is a population or subspecies of the brown bear inhabiting North America. In addition to the mainland grizzly (''Ursus arctos horri ...

. Bear joined the group with singer

Ed Droste Edward Droste (born October 22, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, formerly of the rock band Grizzly Bear. The group began as the solo effort of Droste with the release of 2004's '' Horn of Plenty'', originally released on Kanin ...

for contributions on their first record, '' Horn of Plenty''. He also contributed to

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's self-titled EP in 2004. Bear worked with fellow Grizzly Bear bandmates

Daniel Rossen Daniel Raphael Rossen (born August 5, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the indie rock band Grizzly Bear, with whom he has recorded four studio albums. Ross ...

and Chris Taylor on Rossen's project

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, contributing drums to their sophomore album, ''

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''. In addition to his continuing work with Grizzly Bear, Bear was briefly a member of

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. Bear continues developing his independent career most recently working on arranging soundtracks for the

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series ''

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''. Bear has also performed live and recorded drums with the band

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, and contributed drums and percussion on 9 out of 15 tracks on the 2020 album ''

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'' by

Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes is an American indie folk band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 2006. The band consists of Robin Pecknold (vocals, guitar), Skyler Skjelset (guitar, mandolin, backing vocals), Casey Wescott (keyboards, mandolin, backing vocals), Ch ...

. Bear also records under his solo project Fools. He released his first solo album Fools' Harp Vol.1 in May 2020. Bear would once again work with Grizzly Bear bandmate Daniel Rossen on his debut solo album, which he confirmed through his Instagram page in April 2021.

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