What is Bear Claw?

Bear Claw is a 3 piece rock band from Chicago, IL consisting of Rich Fessler - bass & vocals, Rob Raspolich - bass, and Scott Picco - drums & vocals. The band started in the summer of 2002 after the demise of the late Hello Operator. Bear Claw has been playing regularly around Chicagoland and the midwest since then and has recently signed with Sick Room Records of Chicago. A full length was recorded at Electrical Audio with Steve Albini in May of 2004 and that album entitled "Find the Sun", was released in October of 2004 on Sick Room Records.

So what the hell does it sound like?

hmm...usually people who have never seen us before say something like "Two Basses, What the hell is with that"? "That can't rock"? Well, we beg to differ! Bear Claw has been described by Ryan Duncan (our friend and label mastermind behind Sick Room Records) as "A three, piece rhythmically powered, rock and roll juggernaut! This music is like a wild bird, beating it's wings on the bars of the cage". We couldn't have said it better. Bear Claw strives to have the listener feel the music as well as hear it. Its dynamic and possesses a sense of power that is unique in its instrumentation and song structure. So now that we said a whole lot of nothin, why don't you head on over to the audio page and listen for yourself?