FeedBearforce1 Bear Band Breaks Up
Written by NetBear on November 12, 2009 – 5:40 pm -Today the management of Bearforce1 announced that the bear band has disbanded. The band’s web site reflected the news with the graphic below. It looks like this year won’t be a beary hairy Christmas.
Two years ago Bearforce1 set the blogosphere on fire with their “Bear Band” tribute to 80’s disco, spawning a new internet meme and thousands of Bearforce1 video parodies and imitators. Everybody was doing the Bearforce1 dance.
At a time where smooth boy band images were the norm, the Bearforce1 video was unapologetic about showing-off hairy, bearded band members shaking their moneymakers with their shirts off. The video began with a now clichéd woman announcer saying, “Viewers of a weak disposition might want to turn away now.”
Everyone around the world was doing the Bearforce1 dance.
And just in case you didn’t ever see the original Bearforce1 video, here it is memorialized for all to enjoy. HOO HA!
Here’s Bearforce1 doing Shake That Thing.
Last year’s Christmas Is Here was their last single.
Thanks for the fun, Bearforce1! We’ll miss you.
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18 Comments on “Bearforce1 Bear Band Breaks Up”
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By Chris on Nov 13, 2009 6:07:49 AM | Reply
THANK GOD!! They were such a joke in the US. They turned the bear community into a punchline of a bad joke. Good riddance to bad music and a stupid concept.
By Freddy on Nov 13, 2009 10:32:23 AM | Reply
I have to go with Chris on this one. I am sure personally they are good guys, but with so many real Bear identified musicians and songwriters out there, this just seemed like a marketing ploy by comparison and seemed to miss the point entirely
By CollaredCougar on Nov 13, 2009 3:36:06 PM | Reply
I’m a little upset. Yes, they were silly, but I felt that they were the Village People of the Bear community. Fun, but not dangerous.
By Mark on Nov 13, 2009 5:04:41 PM | Reply
WoW! Ya’ll missed the whole point of their antics. The vids were pure fun and an absolute hoot to watch.
Chris and Freddy need to step out into the real world to see what REAL men look like. I’ll take one of those bears any day over some little limp wristed, sunkissed boy-bitch.
By d0minick on Nov 13, 2009 5:47:08 PM | Reply
I LOVE these dudes. Sad to see them go tho. Only came overseas once as far as I know.
They will be missed.
By Peter Rivendell on Nov 14, 2009 3:46:18 PM | Reply
They were BAD.
By Marco on Nov 14, 2009 5:02:03 PM | Reply
Well Chris, better gonna watch Boyzone etc! Here in Amsterdam we are still PROUD of the guys!!!!
Guys, Thanks!!!
By Chris on Nov 15, 2009 10:44:42 AM | Reply
Amsterdam can have them.
By Chris on Nov 15, 2009 10:45:54 AM | Reply
Don’t get me wrong, several of them are hot, but I think the whole concept was LAME. Glad the group broke up.
By Dairyqueen on Nov 15, 2009 12:59:18 PM | Reply
Long live Stars on 45!
By Colicub on Nov 15, 2009 8:30:12 PM | Reply
Well, thank f*ck for that.
That was the worst practical joke played on the bear community that I can remember. May they go the way of all shitty aimless pop.
By Tomgemab on Nov 16, 2009 7:20:23 AM | Reply
A friend of mine once said about them: “I don´t see much bear and even less force”. I could never disagree with that.
They were playing at an event I was attending and actually made me leave. For all I know these guys are totally awesome human beings, but their music was simply embarassing. And none of them are hot. Not a combination that will get me to watch and listen.
By Ed C. on Nov 16, 2009 11:58:17 AM | Reply
I will always enjoy the campy videos! Anybody who took them seriously needs to get a sense of humour
By Sultmhoor on Nov 18, 2009 9:53:05 AM | Reply
lol eurotratsh
By Matt T on Dec 20, 2009 5:45:53 AM | Reply
Loved these guys! This is a sad day for the bear community
Hopefully another bear band will form soon and continue to break the tradition of twinks crowding the stage. And for all the nawsayers out there, they weren’t a joke. They were guys having fun and also really helped to expose the bear community to the rest of the world.
By PatPat on Dec 23, 2009 2:13:02 AM | Reply
That’s such a shame. Their songs are so entertaining.
They were guys having fun. For all the haters, you should get yourself sense of humour. and have a laugh. That what it’s all about!
By mg on Jan 27, 2010 4:33:40 PM | Reply
kamp is kamp More of this to get my mind of payments ore my car to be payed,