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For a taste of Minus the Bear’s indie-prog stylings, check
out the following clips on YouTube.com.
Minus the Bear’s “Lies and Eyes”
presents a firsthand look at Dave
Knudson’s melodic approach to
rhythm guitar.
Line 6 DL4 madness abounds in
this live clip of Minus the Bear’s
“Knights”—especially at the 2:36
mark, where Knudson uses a
two-footed, two-pedal tap-dance
approach to trigger stuttering,
synth-like parts.
Watch MTB’s masterfully sparse
interplay in this slow-build atmospheric
jam. By the 2:50 mark,
Knudson has abandoned his
two-footed, loop-triggering approach
and gotten on his knees
to play two DL4s like a keyboard
while singer Jake Snider weaves
in feedback-riddled mayhem with
his Bigsby-equipped Telecaster.