“Truth or Bear?”
B.E.A.R. or Bearish Experts in Awesome Riffs
Pizza Bear
Original Release Date: 07/21/2037
Drugs. Powerful, delicious drugs. The good kind, we mean. The life-saving, medically necessary ones. Not those evil ones that will make you see the Universe in a day and stretch time and space to their zenith, only to transport you to the end of an alley, your head between your hooves, retching with the might of a zuurlix in heat. Those types were reserved for the wicked, those led astray from society, with nothing but bad memories and usually a worse father figure. Pizza Bear never knew his parents, for they had passed away during a carjacking, which not only ruined the fine leather seats but also the trajectory of their son. Taken in by his Uncle and living in a basement apartment beneath his pawn shop, Pizza Bear saw all too well the effects of drugs on his community. After hitting a grand slam with Grizzly Bear, Pizza Bear sought to right some of the systemic wrongs of New Bear City, culminating in the masterpiece that is B.E.A.R. or Bearish Experts in Awesome Riffs. Using the power of music, Pizza Bear created a network of community organizations dedicated to getting cubs off the streets and into beats. The wealth he had amassed as a Universal superstar was put to good use, subsidizing new instruments, paying instructors living wages, and keeping the lights on in NBC's historic neighborhoods. Setting aside his own beefs, he welcomed Honey Bear and Beans into his music-centric community, urging them, too, to give back to the city that had carried them on their shoulders. So popular were the classes that waitlists began to choke their website's servers. Pizza Bear needed more money, and fast. Now, B.E.A.R.'s immediacy was not necessarily a cash grab; upon this tasty album are eight of Pizza Bear's most introspective and funky tunes. Inspired not only by the cubs taking advantage of his program, but by the people who were transformed by the willingness of the youngest generation to enact real change. B.E.A.R. is the blueprint to a new New Bear City, one that homogenizes in harmony and lifts up the lowest with strength and without fear. Fuzzy bass lines and almost techno-like melodies show an energy and bravado that Pizza Bear rarely let his fans see. It is confidence and hope, wrapped up once again in the city that refuses to settle into its own gutter, whacked out on the delicious power of drugs. Pizza Bear's musical mentorship classes still exist today, proving that music always rises above the uncertain landscapes...just make sure you can stay on beat.
Side A
New Bear City Blues
Peer Pressure
Truth or Bear?
Zero-Tolerance
Side B
Reading, Righting, and Rhythm
Hey, Beat It!
Over the Counterculture
Once Again, I Am Asking For Your Support