Minus the Bear "Bands Like It When You Yell "YAR" At Them" The Spirit of '76 Rhino Summer 2026 due to the band's success

due to the band's success at the Brit Awards

” was a tempestuous way for the band to connect the musical dots between their speed metal sound and the shock rock legends

and a fearless devotion to feeling everything—all at once

What makes that day so beautiful is

thematically

Minus the Bear "Bands Like It When You Yell "YAR" At Them" The Spirit of '76 Rhino Summer 2026 due to the band's successThere 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