Polar Bear Club

Polar Bear Club
Polar Bear Club in 2009
Background information
Origin	Rochester and Syracuse, New York, US
Genres	Post-hardcore, punk rock, alternative rock, emo, melodic hardcore
Years active	2005–2014 (hiatus)
Labels	Bridge Nine, Red Leader, Triple Attack, Luchador, Rise Records
Associated acts	Hit the Lights, Roses Are Red, Achilles, Another Breath, Marathon, Standfast, Spark Lights the Friction, Heavy Hearted, Sakes Alive!!, Tamiroff, The Disaster, The Avram, Acoustic Reign
Members	Jimmy Stadt Chris Browne Patrick Benson Tyler Smith Steve Port
Past members	Kevin Mahoney Greg Odom Josh Dillon Bob O'Neil Emmett Menke Tyler Mahurin Erik Henning Nate Morris

Polar Bear Club was an American post-hardcore band from Rochester and Syracuse, upstate New York. Formed in 2005, the band currently consists of vocalist Jimmy Stadt, lead guitarist Chris Browne, Patrick Benson, Tyler Smith, and drummer Steve Port.

Polar Bear Club formed in summer 2005 with its members coming from a variety of upstate New York-based hardcore punk and indie rock bands. Their influences are said to include Small Brown Bike, Third Eye Blind, Silent Majority, Hot Water Music, Jimmy Eat World, The Weakerthans and Lifetime. The band's name comes from a song of the same name by Silent Majority.

Quickly after forming they released a five-song demo CD-R, which has since gone out of print.

Shortly after the release of their well received demo EP, they were noticed by Triple Attack Records, who released their first EP, The Redder, the Better, in May 2006 in conjunction with Luchador Records. The EP received rave reviews by webzines and made a number of year-end "best of" lists, topping the list on Australian radio Triple R's Bullying The Jukebox program. The succuess also garnered the band enough notice for Red Leader Records to sign them in July 2007. This EP is now out of print on CD, but has since been made available for digital download and on 12" vinyl.