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Biography
Infobox musical artist | | name = Huggy Bear| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = London / Brighton , England| genre = Riot grrrl , art punk , punk rock | years_active = 1991 & ndash; 1994| label = Kill Rock Stars Wiiija Gravity Records | associated_acts = Comet Gain Blood Sausage (band)|Blood Sausage Thee Element of Crime Phantom Pregnancies| website = http://www.killrockstars.com/bands/factsheets/huggybear/ Huggy Bear's U.S. label page| current_members = Niki Elliott Jo Johnson Jon Slade Karen Hill Chris Rowley| past_members = Huggy Bear were an English riot grrrl band, formed in 1991 in London , and based in Brighton .
History
Rising up in tandem with the Olympia, Washington -based riot grrrl movement led by feminist bands such as Bikini Kill ,cite book | first= Paul | last= Du Noyer | year= 2003 | title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music | edition= 1st | publisher= FlameTree Publishing | location= Fulham, London | isbn= 1-904041-96-5 | page= 113 Huggy Bear called themselves "boy-girl revolutionaries," both in reference to their political philosophy and the gender makeup of their band.Cite journal |last=Moakes |first=Gordon |authorlink=Gordon Moakes |year=2008 |title=Huggy Bear: a tribute |journal= The Guardian |publisher=Guardian Media Group |issue=20 October 2008 |url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/oct/20/bloc-party-huggy-bear |accessdate=17 November 2011 Cite journal |last=Pareles |first=Jon |authorlink=Jon Pareles |date=14 October 1993 |title=Pop and Jazz In Review: Huggy Bear |journal=The New York Times |publisher=The New York Times Co. |page= |url= http://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/14/arts/pop-and-jazz-in-review-607393.html |accessdate=19 November 2011
During the course of their existence, they refused to be photographed or interviewed by mainstream press, nor gave their full names once they began releasing records formally. In spite of a major label bidding war, Huggy Bear stayed with indie label Wiiija .
cquote|Our situation was different to the one the American Riot Grrrls were responding to. The Underground music|underground in London had deteriorated totally, there wasn't really much of an alternative . . . ' indie rock|indie ' just became an abstract term for a style of music, not ideas or values, 'cause they were all signing to world music market|major label s. The notion of selling out wasn't important. Punk rock wasn't important. Fanzine s were seen as a sad joke, so we had to explain stuff that might have been obvious to American kids but was alien to young British kids. The reasons for being independent were snorted at. Grrrls: Viva Rock Divas by Amy Raphael Their avant-garde debut Extended play|EP , Rubbing the Impossible to Burst , was released in 1992, and in the same year they began working closely with Bikini Kill as riot grrrl's popularity peaked on both sides of the Atlantic, culminating in a split album on Catcall Records (Huggy Bear) and Kill Rock Stars (Bikini Kill) called Our Troubled Youth/Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah , the names of the Huggy Bear and Bikini Kill sides, respectively. Huggy Bear then released a series of EPs, which were collected on Taking the Rough with the Smooch . No longer featuring Slade on guitar, Huggy Bear released Weaponry Listens to Love in 1994, their first full-length album as well as their final release.Cite web |url= http://www.killrockstars.com/artists/viewartist.php? id=263 |title=Huggy Bear |author=Kill Rock Stars |year=2011 |publisher=Killrockstars.com |accessdate=19 November 2011
On February 14, 1993, Huggy Bear performed "Her Jazz" on the British television program me, The Word (TV series)|The Word . After their set, the band stayed in the studio to watch a report on two American models who called themselves " Shane and Sia Barbi|The Barbi Twins ". Huggy Bear and their fans became upset at this and started shouting at the show's presenter Terry Christian . They were ejected from the studio, and a spokesperson for The Word later said that one of the band's friends had "bit the face of a member of our production team." The performance was given a Melody Maker cover story, the event being compared to the Sex Pistols ' Bill Grundy incident. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ampnet/374323699/ the Melody Maker issue
Later projects
After leaving Huggy Bear, Slade joined I'm Being Good and Comet Gain . Rowley later did some artwork for Skinned Teen . Hill started Phantom Pregnancies, whilst Elliott and Johnson joined Blood Sausage (band)|Blood Sausage . Rowley and Johnson also formed Thee Element of Crime in 1993.
Line-up
Chris Rowley: vocals, trumpet and piano
Jo Johnson: guitar and vocals
Jon Slade: guitar
Niki Elliott: bass and vocals
Karen Hill: drums and piano
Discography
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"Rubbing the Impossible to Burst" 7", SEPT´92, WIIIJA 16(only 2000 pressed):
*Katholic Kunt; High Street Jupiter Supercone // Snail Messenger Loss; Single Bullets
Shimmies in the Super 8 , double 7", 4 songs of Huggy Bear, 2 of Darlin´, 1 of COLM, 1 of Stereolab, 1993, DUOPHONIC (only 800 were pressed):
*Trafalgar Square; Godziller; More Music From Bells; Snow White, Rose Red
"Kiss Curl for the Kid's Lib Guerrillas", 7", DEC´92, WIIIJA 18:
Main Squeeze , miniCD, 94, FELLAHEEN RECORDS Jack 011-2:
*Children Absent From Heaven Says; Red Flipper #2; My Best Kiss
Weaponry Listens to Love , LP/CD, 21st Nov ´94, WIIIJA
Getting Close to Nothing , video fanzine, 19? ?
"February 14th" / "Into the Mission" - one-sided 7" given out at a Brighton gig
References
Reflist
External links
http://tigerbomb.net/ Huggy Bear gig listing
http://wn.com/Huggy_Bear_(band) Huggy Bear videos at World News
DEFAULTSORT:Huggy Bear Category:Musical groups established in 1991 Category:Kill Rock Stars artists Category:English punk rock groups Category:Riot grrrl Category:Music in Brighton and Hove
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