The Bears From Belle Vue Zoo

by Ian Fourcandles

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Following on the DoDos
germanshepherdrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cheap-thrills
Ian Moss's next band was The Bears From Belle Vue Zoo. Keeping very much in the spirit of The DoDos the band hovered between spiky angular nu wave guitar and r'n'b/funk bass from Jon Rowlinson. Moss was heavily into Northern Soul at the time the vocal style and musical direction was influenced by that experience, however there is a Manc pop element writ into the DNA of these tunes.

The band lasted less than a year and did not gig after these recordings were made.

After the Bears Moss was briefly in a band called Oochikomis they played 2 gigs and he retired on stage at the 2nd "realising I was faking it" . That led to the band "Whipcrackaway" as Moss been playing their solo release ' The Horses Tale ' in Oochikomis. Moss then did nothing more musically until the Stepbrothers album. germanshepherdrecords.bandcamp.com/album/switched-at-birth

Please note these are very raw recordings which have been remastered from MP3 files so they are not the highest fidelity but they do capture the band in all their glory.

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released August 25, 2017

Ian Moss - Vocals
Graham Ellis - Guitar
Jon Rowlinson - Bass
Mike Prendergast. Drums
Debbie.- Keyboards

Recorded by Adam at "Out of the Blue" studios on free time to test his equipment when he moved from Hulme to Ancoats in 1983

Remastered by Space Museum at HalfEdge Studios in 2017

Cover Image - Consul The Chimp at Belle Vue Zoo

A Larry Pants production
IK Moss - Watcher of the Skies

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Ian Fourcandles Manchester, UK

Ian "Moet" Moss is the lead singer of Four Candles and also a member of The Parasite and 2 Lost Souls. He also has collaborated with a wide range of artists as well as being a member of Hamsters and many other bands.

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