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Guided by Voices
Formed in 1983
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Guided by Voices is an American indie rock band formed in 1983 in Dayton, Ohio. The band had various lineup changes, with singer and songwriter Robert Pollard remaining the group's sole constant. The most well-known lineup of the band consisted of Pollard (lead vocals), his brother Jim (guitar, bass), Mitch Mitchell (lead guitars), Tobin Sprout (vocals, rhythm guitars), Kevin Fennell (drums), and bassist Greg Demos.
Guided by Voices' drew influence from early British Invasion music, garage rock, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, punk rock and post-punk. The band has had a prolific output, releasing 43 full-length albums along with many other releases, and has garnered a dedicated cult following. Originally emerging out of the lo-fi music scene during the 1980s, their songs employed Portastudio four-tracks-to-cassette production methods, and are known for their frequent brevity.
Guided by Voices initially disbanded in 2004. In 2010, the "classic" lineup reunited to perform at Matador Records' 21st anniversary party, subsequently touring and releasing six new albums. GBV broke up a second time in 2014, but Pollard again rebooted the band with a new album and a new lineup in 2016, which continues to the present day.
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Guided by Voices (GBV) est un groupe de rock indépendant américain, originaire de Dayton, dans l'Ohio. Il s'articule autour de la personne de Robert Pollard. Le groupe a connu de nombreux changements de personnel, Pollard seul demeurant en place de 1986 jusqu'à la séparation de Guided by Voices, le 31 décembre 2004, après un concert d'adieu de plus de quatre heures, au cours duquel GBV interprète 63 morceaux, au club Metro de Chicago, Illinois. L'album Bee Thousand est classé 10e par Pitchfork dans sa sélection des 100 meilleurs albums des années 1990. Le morceau Teenage FBI est utilisé dans Buffy contre les vampires.
Le groupe se reforme en 2010, et publie pas moins de six albums dont les deux derniers en date Motivational Jumpsuit et Cool Planet, tous deux publiés en 2014. Mais à la mi-septembre de cette même année, le groupe annonce qu'il se sépare à nouveau. Ils reviennent encore en 2016.
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Discography
Albums
- 1987 Sandbox
- 1987 Devil Between My Toes
- 1989 Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia
- 1990 Same Place the Fly Got Smashed
- 1992 Propeller
- 1992 The Corpse Like Sleep of Stupidity
- 1993 Vampire on Titus
- 1994 Bee Thousand
- 1995 For All Good Kids
- 1995 Alien Lanes
- 1996 Tonics & Twisted Chasers
- 1996 Under the Bushes Under the Stars
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- 1997 Mag Earwhig!
- 1999 Do the Collapse Demos
- 1999 Do the Collapse
- 2001 Isolation Drills
- 2002 Universal Truths and Cycles
- 2003 Earthquake Glue
- 2004 Half Smiles of the Decomposed
- 2012 Let’s Go Eat the Factory
- 2012 Class Clown Spots a UFO
- 2012 The Bears for Lunch
- 2013 English Little League
- 2014 Motivational Jumpsuit
- 2014 Cool Planet
- 2016 Please Be Honest
- 2017 August By Cake
- 2017 How Do You Spell Heaven
- 2018 Space Gun
- 2019 Zeppelin Over China
- 2019 Warp and Woof
- 2019 Sweating the Plague
- 2020 Surrender Your Poppy Field
- 2020 Mirrored Aztec
- 2020 Styles We Paid For
- 2021 Earth Man Blues
- 2021 It’s Not Them. It Couldn’t Be Them. It Is Them!
- 2022 Crystal Nuns Cathedral
- 2022 Tremblers and Goggles by Rank
- 2023 La La Land
- 2023 Welshpool Frillies
- 2023 Nowhere to Go but Up
- 2024 Strut of Kings
- 2025 Universe Room
- 2025 Thick Rich and Delicious
- 2026 Crawlspace of the Pantheon
- Before the Collapse
- The Carefree Kitchens Are A Blast
EPs
- 1986 Forever Since Breakfast
- 1993 Static Airplane Jive
- 1993 The Grand Hour
- 1994 Clown Prince of the Menthol Trailer
- 1994 Fast Japanese Spin Cycle
- 1994 Get Out of My Stations
- 1994 I Am a Scientist EP
- 1995 Tigerbomb
- 1996 Superchunk / Guided by Voices
- 1996 Plantations of Pale Pink
- 1996 Sunfish Holy Breakfast
- 1997 Wish in One Hand...
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- 1999 Plugs for the Program
- 2000 Hold on Hope
- 2000 Dayton, Ohio-19 Something and 5
- 2001 Songs from Isolation Drills
- 2001 Daredevil Stamp Collector: Do the Collapse B-Sides
- 2001 Selective Service
- 2002 The Pipe Dreams of Instant Prince Whippet
- 2003 Nate Farley Session
- 2004 Half Smiles EP
- 2010 The Bushes Under the Stars (bonus Tracks)
- 2013 Down By the Racetrack
- 2013 Glue on Bicycle
- 2018 100 Dougs
- 2018 Wine Cork Stonehenge
- 2019 1901 Acid Rock
- 2019 Umlaut Over the Özone
