PEARS
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = PEARS
| image = PEARS live.jpg
| caption = PEARS live at Riot Fest in Denver, 2015
| origin = New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
| genre = Hardcore punk, punk rock, melodic hardcore
| years_active = 2014-present
| label = Fat Wreck Chords, Anxious & Angry, Gunner Records
| website = {{URL|http://www.pearstheband.com/ }}
| current_members = Zach Quinn
Brian Pretus
Erich Goodyear
Jarret Nathan
| past_members = John Bourgeois
Tim Harman
Alex Talbot
John Komar
Pat Decline
}}
PEARS is an American hardcore punk band formed in 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana.{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/pears-breakfast-premiere/|title=PEARS Are Your New Favorite NOLA Punk Band|work=NOISEY}}
History
The band was formed in early 2014 by Zach Quinn and Brian Pretus, a year after the breakup of their previous band The Lollies. Quinn and Pretus enlisted former bandmate Alex Talbot to play bass and friend John Bourgeois as their drummer. The band played their first show on Mardi Gras Day with Epitaph Records band Off With Their Heads, which gained the interest of Ryan Young.{{citation needed|date=May 2015}} After a short run with two drummers Bourgeois (who recorded Go To Prison) and Tim Harman (who went out on their 1st tour), PEARS enrolled Jarret Nathan of the Philadelphia band Push Ups.
PEARS debut album Go To Prison{{cite web|url=http://www.punknews.org/review/12816/pears-go-to-prison|title=PEARS|work=punknews.org}} was self-released by the band.,{{cite web|url=http://www.anxiousandangry.com/artist/pears/|title=PEARS / Anxious and Angry|author=Anxious and Angry|work=anxiousandangry.com}} and was later released on vinyl through Anxious and Angry records. The band went on United States tours with bands such as Dwarves, Red City Radio, Teenage Bottlerocket, Off With Their Heads, Direct Hit, Lagwagon, and The Suicide Machines; and their first European tour {{cite web|url=http://www.idioteq.com/pears-discuss-arrogant-beauty/|title=PEARS discuss their "arrogant beauty"!|work=IDIOTEQ}} with Red City Radio off the heels of a European release of the record by German punk label Gunner Records {{cite web|url=http://gunnerrecords.com/index.php/artists/pears/|title=Gunner Records » Blog Archive » * Pears*|work=gunnerrecords.com}}
The band is currently signed to Fat Wreck Chords, and released their sophomore album, Green Star, on April 1, 2016. Band members Zach Quinn, Erich Goodyear, and Brian Pretus are also in the band Little Bags.
Discography
=Studio albums=
- Go to Prison (2014, Anxious & Angry; 2015 re-release, Fat Wreck Chords)
- Green Star (2016, Fat Wreck Chords)
- Human Movement (2017, Fat Wreck Chords, split album with Direct Hit!)
- Pears (2020, Fat Wreck Chords)
=EPs=
- ...In Diapers (2014, self-released)
- Letters to Memaw (2015, Fat Wreck Chords)
Videography
- Forever Sad{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_U6vkyc11Q|title=PEARS - "Forever Sad (Demo)" Official Video - YouTube|publisher=youtube.com|accessdate=2016-07-28}}
- Victim to Be{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnB-BKK_yZA|title=PEARS - "Victim To Be" (Demo) (Official Video) - YouTube|publisher=youtube.com|accessdate=2016-07-28}}
- Framework{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJgDcEyePG0|title=PEARS - Framework (Official Live Video) - YouTube|publisher=youtube.com|accessdate=2016-07-28}}
- Breakfast{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOILH-Qz3iQ|title=PEARS - "Breakfast" (Official Video) - YouTube|publisher=youtube.com|accessdate=2016-07-28}}
- Punks in Vegas Sessions{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFuV8FXjvI8oL9J5LD5dUrgmIXBmPjIEl|title=Pears Punks in Vegas Stripped Down Sessions - YouTube|publisher=youtube.com|accessdate=2016-07-28}}
- Green Star {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAHmUnr0Zc4|title=PEARS - Green Star (Official Video) - YouTube|publisher=youtube.com|accessdate=2016-07-28}}
Members
=Current=
- Zach Quinn - Vocals
- Brian Pretus - Guitar, Backing vocals
- Erich Goodyear - Bass, Backing vocals
- Jarret Nathan - Drums
=Past=
- John Bourgeois - drums {{citation needed|date=May 2015}}
- Tim Harman - drums {{citation needed|date=May 2015}}
- Alex Talbot - bass, backing vocals
- John Komar - bass, backing vocals
- Pat Decline - Bass, backing vocals ** {{cite web|url=http://www.bombshellzine.com/2016/03/strung-out-and-pears-tour-rolls-on-this-week/|title=Strung Out and PEARS tour continues this week|publisher=bombshellzine.com|accessdate=2016-07-28}}
- Hayden Pickford - Bass, backing vocals **
- Chris Aiken (Strung Out) - Bass, Backing Vocals **
- Rob Ramos (Strung Out) - Bass, Backing Vocals **
- David Friedman - Bass, Backing Vocals **
References
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External links
- {{Official website|pearstheband.com}}
- {{YouTube|u=PEARStheband|PEARS|suffix='}}
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