The Bear Quartet -
Personality Crisis
Imported from Sweden by Listening Post Music
One of Sweden's most critically acclaimed and innovative band, The Bear
Quartet
Was formed in the town of Lulea in 1989. The original members were Matti
Alkberg (guitar and vocals), Jari Haapalainen (guitar), Peter Nuottaniemi
(bass), Johan Forsling (guitar) and Magnus Olsson (drums). Madly brilliant
demo tapes was passed on from music lover
to music lover and played loud on cheap cassette decks, and the band was
hyped by various music critics even before they had recorded as much as
a single.
They were not signed until the spring of 1992. It was A West Side Fabrication
who realized The Bear Quartet's amazing potential. The first album, Penny
Century was released in the fall. Then drummer Magnus quit (why is it
always the drummer?) and Urban Nordh became the guy beating the
skins.
The Bear Quartet's creativity seems endlessly flowing and they
recorded two beautiful albums, Cosy Den and Family Affair and the EP Revisted
before they took an involuntary break in the spring of 1995 when Jari
and Urban moved to Stockholm, and Johan left the band. Later that year
the fourth album; Everybody Else is released as well as two EPs It Only
Takes A Flashlight To Create A Monster and Flux Detail. The Bear Quartet's
creativity was far from exhausted and they started working on the next
album, Holy, Holy. It's not until now that the band consciously slows
down. They manage to stay away from the rehearsal space for two months.
When they go back in they work differently; without a goal and without
a deadline.
Imported from Sweden by www.listening-post.com. Also check out Moby
Dick, Gay Icon, Saturday
Night and Angry Brigade by Bear Quartet.
Price - $17.00
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