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became unavailable for touring. The Bears had some initial trouble getting signed to a major record label, but eventually hooked up with
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245:Pony Canyon
191:The Beatles
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171:The Raisins
167:Frank Zappa
154:Rob Fetters
143:avant-garde
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896:Categories
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615:Side Three
583:Salad Days
495:Lone Rhino
375:2007-06-01
351:References
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224:. Belew's
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741:The Bears
732:The Bears
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131:The Bears
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648:Flux III
607:Side Two
599:Side One
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66:art rock
762:Eureka!
642:Flux II
325:Eureka!
286:Eureka!
111:Members
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