Minus the Bear "Bands Like It When You Yell "YAR" At Them" COLOR:Puget Sound somewhere at the crossroads between

somewhere at the crossroads between TYPE O NEGATIVE

Many of the songs were composed on piano marking a bigger departure from his work with Drive-By Truckers than prior solo efforts

and the Pharcyde

never fully materialized

Minus the Bear "Bands Like It When You Yell "YAR" At Them" COLOR:Puget Sound somewhere at the crossroads betweenThere was real early buzz around Minus the Bear. After 2001s This Is What I Know About Being Gigantic, they issued Bands Like It When You Yell YAR! At Them, a promo CD built to tee up Highly Refined Pirates with album cuts, an interlude, an exclusive song, and a demo. What should have been a throwaway sampler stuck around. Handed out at shows in a cardboard slipcase, it became a fan favourite, later reissued in 2004 as a proper jewel case EP after