Tunes For Bears To Dance To

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Tunes For Bears To Dance To was a short-lived five-piece screamo band from Miami, Florida. They were active from the beginning of 2002 until the end of 2004.

Members:

Colin Smith - Guitar
Rick Smith - Drums
David Smith - Vocals, steel drums
Eric Hernandez - Bass
Mike Young - Second vocals

Biography:

Tunes For Bears started off as a four-piece noisecore band "created with the intention of pissing people off", with Colin on guitar, Rick on drums, David on vocals/steel drums, and Eric on bass. However, after a noisy and chaotic first few shows got a positive reaction from the audience, they decided to take it seriously: Tunes added Mike on second vocals and recorded a demo of brand new material.

The demo showed a completely new direction in the songwriting. The band was influenced both by 90s noise rockers like Helmet and The Melvins, but also by more recent post-hardcore bands like The Spirit Of Versailles, Jeromes Dream, and Yaphet Kotto. With all the influences infused together, Tunes created a sound entirely of their own.

By 2003, Tunes For Bears was a fully functional five-piece band playing live frequently in the South Florida area. In the summer of 2003, Tunes recorded their debut full-length CD entitled "Asking In Askance". In 2004, Tunes released a self-titled 7" as well as a split 7" with Jesse Washington. After their August 2004 tour, vocalist Mike Young decided to move to Baltimore. Before leaving, he recorded two last tracks with the band (one being a Helmet cover) that were never released.

Tunes For Bears continued to play as a four-piece band for a short period of time at the end of 2004. Four more new songs were written and recorded; two of which ended up on the split with El Minotaur, one of which was only played live a couple times, and one that ended up being re-written and used for Colin and Eric's new band Capsule.

Associated bands:

Colin and Eric started I Love U (which became Capsule)
Rick joined Torche
David started Shitstorm along with Rick

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Swim Back Mr. Fish

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Isn't Life a Grand ol' Fuck

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Joel

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Paradise is Very Nice

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promiscuous purple

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