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.
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