Highly Refined Pirates

Minus the Bear | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 19, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Suicide Squeeze
• ASIN: B00006NSFE
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #78,657 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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34 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is Party Music!!! (4.5 Stars), March 16, 2006

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Sunshine the Werewolf (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Highly Refined Pirates (Audio CD)

MINUS THE BEAR - Highly Refined Pirates
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Like many, my introduction to this band was because I heard this guitarist Dave Knudson's new band. (Dave was formerly in a little ol' hardcore band called: Botch)
My initial reaction was shock... Wait! Stop the Presses! This isn't Heavy!
Then I got a grip on myself and actually listened to the CD.... AMAZING!!!
-Honestly if radio stations played music like this I would actually appreciate Pop-Music.

Minus the Bear is filled with amazingly catchy, and skillful, guitar riffs, funktastic bass lines, complex drumming, nice elemental prog-inspired keyboards and a great singer who is also is an amazing lyricist. (See, Get Me Naked: Part II)
They have oodles of talent and are beyond catchy... I ponder my brain everyday wondering why bands like this and Porcupine Tree aren't at the forefront of Mainstream music... and then I remember... Sometimes it is better we keep these gems to real music fans and not companies that will just exploit and ruin them.

Favorite Songs: Get Me Naked 2: Electric Boogaloo, Thanks For The Killer Game Of Crisco Twister, and Women We Haven't Met Yet
-4.5 Stars


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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars yikes! stripes! fruit stripes gum!, April 15, 2003

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"theohioian" (Syracuse NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Highly Refined Pirates (Audio CD)

Yowza this band is good...I saw them with Cursive and they managed to steal the show...no small feat. So anyways...onto the CD. Supercool angular, two hand tapped (but not in metalcore gross style), clean melodic riffing complemented by incredible incredible drum and bass work (sounds heavily influenced by electronica music of all things) with cool lyrics sung by a cooler voice. And a guy that makes ambient noise effects/produces the records. There is no weak point to this band that i can think of. Recommended to fans of indie, pop, hardcore...anything really. Listen to this CD in your car with the windows down!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars almost 8 years later..., December 16, 2009

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brandon "sup3rheroninja" (LA, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Highly Refined Pirates (Audio CD)

and it's only gotten better.

happy to say this album has been a part of my life since then.