Volcano The Bear formed in 1996 and have since released numerous albums, EPs and singles, and toured extensively throughout the UK, Europe and America.
The band is made up of Clarence Manuelo, Aaron Moore, Nick Mott and Daniel Padden.
Albums include ‘Yak Folks Y’are’ (Pickled Egg 1999), The Inhazer Decline (United Dairies 2000), ‘The One Burned Ma’ (Misra 2000), ‘Five Hundred Boy Piano’ (United Dairies 2002), ‘The Idea Of Wood’ (Textile 2003), ‘Classic Erasmus Fusion’ (Beta-Lactam Ring 2006) and ‘Volfurten’ (Volucan 2006)
“Volcano The Bear have produced some of the finest, wildest British music of the last 10 years on record and on stage.” (The Wire, Jan 2006)
“No one sounds, has sounded or will ever sound quite like Volcano the Bear.”(Losing Today)
“..Its the (band’s) originality that is most striking, and ultimately they sound like nothing else… An inspired use of sonic material”(The Wire, Classic Erasmus Fusion review)
“What Colin Turnbull’s field recordings were to Pygmy music, this music (The Idea Of Wood) could be to a mysterious race of backwoods British dwarves.”(Dusted)
“The most eccentric band in the UK or the world for that matter” (Losing Today)
More information on release etc can be read here.
From ‘The Inhazer Decline’:
From ‘Five Hundred Boy PIano’:
From ‘The Idea Of Wood’:
From ‘Classic Erasmus Fusion’: