And in these last couple of days before the new year, the Seattlites are still cool, but are also very thoughtful.

The guys have contributed their top 10 list for the year in alphabetical order and have also thrown in some memorable honorable mentions. Never ones to leave anyone out, except of course, for those bears.

Minus the Bear's Top 10 of 2007:

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal band AFTER FOREVER has tapped Koen Romeijn from the Dutch metal act DETONATION to handle the "growling" vocals during the group's December 28, 2007 concert at P3, Purmerend, The Netherlands.

Joining them on most dates of the tour will be the Locust, with the Chariot taking their place on some dates. While this may be confusing, try to keep up with us here:

According to the information on Poison the Well's MySpace page, the Locust will appear 1/17-2/02, 2/07 and 2/13, while the Chariot will appear 2/04-2/06, 2/12 and 2/17-2/22.

The Transformers actor, 35, proposed to the 32-year-old singer "recently", according to Duhamel's publicist Ruth Bernstein � but not on Christmas Day (25Dec07).

"I gave my heart, soul, passion, energy, and life for the past year into something I believed in, something that showed me the country, taught me important and huge lessons, something that drug me through the thickest mud ever, but something that gave me memories and the knowledge of the lives I had been able to reach and change for the better to cling to. Something that shaped me into the better person I am today, with the help from my creator above.

It looks set to be a great start for the band in the 2008 with our first gig at The Knitting Factory in Hollywood, California on the 4th of January playing alongside GRAHAM BONNET and the TAZ TAYLOR BAND and also USA band IMAGIKA.

The 64-year-old took ill at his home in Foxrock on Christmas night and died just after 3pm on Boxing Day from a suspected brain hemorrhage.