Willard's Wormholes

The Bears (1987)
Adrian Belew’s Follow Up To Revolver

After playing the hired hand behind Zappa, Bowie & Talking Heads, Adrian Belew finally got himself a power pop band together to dish out a stirring, hyper-pop version of The Beatles, circa 1966/Revolver. Though no stranger to pop melodicism – injecting plenty into Cing Krimson for the last 25 years – Belew sounds so at home with The Bears that it’s unfortunate the unit didn’t mine this vein beyond two original albums, this one and 1988’s Rise and Shine. After those dusty cut-outs found a new market on Ebay, The Bears reunited in 2001 for two studio CDs (Car Caught Fire, EUREKA!) and a live release (Live) that were both loads of fun, but couldn’t possibly match the sheer exuberance of this fab debut. Most of The Bears stuff is long out of print, and going for collector’s prices, but I did see a live Bears DVD over at Amazon.


None Of The Above
Fear Is Never Boring
Honey Bee
Man Behind The Curtain
Wavelength
Trust
Raining
Superboy
Meet Me In The Dark
Figure It Out