The Bears - The Ritz, NYC. 1985

The Bears - The Ritz
November 22, 1985
New York, NY.
Soundboard @flac

The Recording:

Master:soundboard > unknown house cassette deck (dolby off)
Copies:master cassette > 7.5 ips reel to reel
            teac reel to reel > sony sbm-1 > HHB CDR recorder

The Players:
Adrian Belew: vocals & guitar
Rob Fetters: vocals & guitar
Chris Arduser: vocals & drums
Bob Nyswonger: bass

The Set List:
01-intro music >
02-Man Behind The Curtain
03-Meet Me in the Dark
04-Band Intros
05-Superboy
06-Another Time
07-Heart As Big As An Artichoke
08-Trust
09-None of the Above
10-Wavelength
11-The Rail Song (w/ audience source patch)
12-Kiss It Goodbye (audience source...incomplete)
13-Raining (audience source)
14-Robobo's Beef
15-Wiser Idiots
16 -Honey Bee
17 -The Momur / encore break
18-Nobody Knows
19-Nobody's Fool

 

This show was graciously provided by Tommy Mariano! All thanks go to him!

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The Bears - self titled {Out of Print}

The Bears - self titled

Studio recordings @320

{Out of Print}

The Bears were 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.

Adrian Belew is, without question, one of America's must under-rated guitar heroes. Besides being a sideman to the stars (King Crimson, David Bowie, Talking Heads), Belew also had a quartet with a group of friends called The Bears (formerly The Raisins). The managed to get a deal with a subsidiary of IRS Records and issued two fine CD's of power-pop, all colored with Belew's distinctive personal guitar style. Unfortunately this disc has been out of print for some time now.




Adrian Belew Power Trio
(Check out that little girl's bass chops!)

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