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Lifelong friends. Loud guitars. Way too many pop-punk choruses stuck in our heads. That’s Bear the Bronze — a Buffalo-based cover band blasting the best of the ’90s and 2000s with the energy of a basement show and the volume of a stadium. 

We grew up in Niagara County playing music together since we could barely tune guitars, and we’ve been chasing that perfect live moment ever since. What started as a pandemic recording project in 2020 (and yes, we were originally trying to write originals) quickly turned into a mission to revive the golden era of pop-punk, grunge, alt-rock, and that sweet, sweet guilty-pleasure pop. 

So we grabbed our gear, tuned up the blink riffs, and brought back the songs we were raised on — the ones that made your burned CDs skip and your high school friends scream. 

From Sum 41 singalongs and Fall Out Boy breakdowns to Foo Fighters bangers and alt-rock gems from bands you forgot you loved, every set is packed with crowd-pleasers, scream-alongs, and a whole lot of teenage angst. And yeah — we might sneak in a boy band cover when you’re least expecting it. 

Our band name? That comes from Brian’s golden doodle Bear, who has a bronze coat. 

With over 15 years performing together — in basements, dive bars, arenas, backyards, and everything in between — we’ve built a chemistry that no algorithm can fake. Our stage shows are loud, sweaty, nostalgic as hell, and 100% built to bring people together. 

If you’re planning a party, throwing a wedding, or just want to scream “All The Small Things” at the top of your lungs like it’s 2002, Bear the Bronze is your band.














Brian Naus

Vocals / Guitar














Paul Mitro

Vocals / Guitar














Dan Wyno

Vocals / bass














Mike BonGiovanni

Drums / Vocals

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Upcoming Shows

29
march

batavia Downs

8315 Park Rd, Batavia, NY 14020

12
apr

Culbert's Pub

8735 Buffalo Ave, Niagara Falls NY 14304

26
apr

The ship bar and grill

5612 Tonawanda Creek Rd, Lockport, NY 14094

30
may

mr. Goodbar - Downstairs

1110 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY 14222

31
may

David's 716 Bar & Grill

14
june

33 Speakeasy

3455 Genessee St, Cheektowaga, NY 14225

27
june

foley's

8752 Buffalo Ave, Niagara Falls NY 14304

4
july

4th of July party at Tin Pan Alley

775 Cayuga St, Lewiston NY 14092

26
sept

foley's

8752 Buffalo Ave, Niagara Falls NY 14304

27
sept

private Party

25
oct

3rd Annual Halloween Show at Culbert's Pub

8735 Buffalo Ave, Niagara Falls NY 14304

15
nov

The ship bar and grill

5612 Tonawanda Creek Rd, Lockport, NY 14094

26
nov

foley's

8752 Buffalo Ave, Niagara Falls NY 14304

30
jan

Mr. Goodbar

1110 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo NY 14222

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setlist:

Kryptonite – 3 Doors Down
Dirty Little Secret – The All American Rejects
The Boys of Summer – The Ataris
Fight for your right – The Beastie Boys
All The Small Things – Blink 182
Damnit – Blink 182
First Date – Blink 182
What’s My Age Again – Blink 182
Song 2 – Blur
1985 – Bowling for soup
Machinehead – Bush
The Distance – cake
Higher – creed
Santa Monica – everclear
Dance Dance – fall out boy
Sugar We’re Going Down – fall out boy
Grand Theft Autumn – fall out boy
My Hero – foo fighters
Learn To Fly – foo fighters
Stacy’s Mom – fountains of wayne
The Anthem – good charlotte
Lifestyles of the Rich – good charlotte
Brain Stew – green day
Welcome To Paradise – green day
When I Come Around – green day
Flagpole Sitta – harvey danger
Ohio is for Lovers – hawthorne heights
The Middle – jimmy eat world

Top Of The World – the juliana theory
When you Were Young – the killers
Use Somebody – kings of leon
My Own Worst Enemy – lit
My Friends Over You – new found glory
Absolutely (Story Of A Girl) – nine days
Come as you are – nirvana
In Bloom – nirvana
Smells Like Teen Spirit – nirvana
Acquiesce – oasis
Champagne Supernova – oasis
Evenflow – pearl jam
I’m Gonna Be – the proclaimers
No One Knows – queens of the stone age
Creep – radiohead
Life is a Highway – rascall flatts
Blitzkrkieg Bop – the ramones
Closing Time – semisonic
Cherub Rock – the smashing pumpkins
Black Hole Sun – soundgarden
Interstate Love Song – stone temple pilots
Santeria – sublime
Bouncing Off The Walls – sugarcult
In Too Deep – sum 41
Jumper – third eye blind
Semi Charmed Life – third eye blind
Island in the Sun – weezer
Say It Ain’t So – weezer

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