Art Bears | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | England |
| Genres | Avant-rock |
| Years active | 1978–1981 |
| Labels | Recommended, Ralph |
| Spinoffs | News from Babel |
| Spinoff of | Henry Cow |
| Past members | Chris Cutler Fred Frith Dagmar Krause |
Art Bears were an English avant-rock group formed during the disassembly of Henry Cow in 1978 by three of its members, Chris Cutler (percussion, texts), Fred Frith (guitar, bass guitar, violin, keyboards) and Dagmar Krause (vocals; previously of Slapp Happy). The group released three studio albums between 1978 and 1981, and toured Europe in 1979.
In 2008 Cutler, Frith and others formed Art Bears Songbook, an Art Bears "review" project that performed at the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville in Quebec, Canada.