  minus the bear is an american indie rock band from seattle, washington. founded in 2001, the group features current and former members of botch, kill sadie, and sharks keep moving. their sound has been described as "pele-esque guitar-taps and electronics with sophisticated time signature composition." ==history== minus the bear is an indie rock group which formed in seattle, washington, united states in 2001 and have released five albums and four eps. the band consists of jake snider (vocals, guitar), dave knudson (guitar), cory murchy (bass), alex rose (synths, vocals) and erin tate (drums). on january 2, 2006, matt bayles, keyboardist and producer for minus the bear, announced that he was leaving the band in order to focus all his time on his career as a producer. his last performance with the band was on january 28, 2006. subsequently, he was replaced by alex rose, who previously worked as a sound engineer on the band's second full length album, menos el oso. interpretaciones del oso, an album of remixed songs from their second full length album menos el oso, was released on february 20, 2007 through suicide squeeze records.{{cite web | last = | first = | url = http://www.minusthebear.com/go.php?g=jstyle4l | title = mtb prep new album, remix cd out feb. 20 | wo
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