Polar Bear (American band)

For other uses, see Polar bear (disambiguation).

Polar Bear was an American alternative rock band that was active in the late 1990s, formed and led by bassist Eric Avery.^[1]

Polar Bear
Origin	Los Angeles, California
Genres	Alternative rock
Years active	1995–2000
Labels	Man's Ruin Records
Past members	Eric Avery, Harold "Biff" Barefoot Sanders III, Dani Tull, Andy Troy

History

After the 1991 break-up of Jane's Addiction, Eric Avery and guitarist Dave Navarro formed the band Deconstruction,^[2] which released its sole album in 1994. After that project ended, Avery formed Polar Bear with drummer/programmer Harold "Biff" Barefoot Sanders III, formerly of Ethyl Meatplow.^[3] Guitarists Dani Tull and Andy Troy also contributed to the band. They released two EPs in 1996 and 1997, and the full-length album Why Something Instead of Nothing? in 1999.^[4]

Discography

• Polar Bear (EP, 1996)
• Chewing Gum (EP, 1997)
• Why Something Instead of Nothing? (1999)