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Dayton, Ohio, United States (1983 – 2004, 2010 – present)
Noted at first for its lo-fi aesthetic and typically Portastudio four-tracks-to-cassette production methods, Guided by Voices’ music revealed influences from post-British Invasion garage rock, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, punk rock and post-punk. The band also garnered much attention for its prolific output, with a seemingly endless stream of releases. Most songs are in the two-minute range, but many are even shorter; often they end abruptly or are intertwined with odd and homemade sound effects.
Formed in Dayton, Ohio in the early 1980s, Guided by Voices began their career as a bar band working the local scene. As lineups and day-jobs shifted, however, Pollard moved the band towards a studio-only orientation. Guided by Voices’ recording career began with a stream of self-financed, independent releases. With only a few hundred copies of each album being pressed, these tended to circulate only among the band members’ family and friends.
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Chadipoo
Prolific up the butt!
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Wazaawolf
@MamaLuigi: Just because it isn't strange it's a strange GBV title. So you're right.
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no-genius
@MamaLuigi nope, I think "Standing in a Puddle of Flesh" still wins
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MamaLuigi
Could "Birds" be the weirdest GBV song title?
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mattmacneil
Yeah, if they waited 2 years and took the best 4 songs from each 2012/2013 album, THEN they could have made a really insane stand out reunion album.
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DarthStench
here's my review of English Little League: http://inyourspeakers.com/content/review/207-guided-voices-english-little-league-05022013
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Groves89
Class Clown Spots a UFO was a really great album though
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lucascgc
I think we can now pretty much compile one really great album out of the material released since the reunion.
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goldengriffin90
english little league is the best gbv album of 2013 [2]
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mattmacneil
english little league is the best gbv album of 2013
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goldengriffin90
English Little League is fantastic. At first, the only songs that really stood out were the 5 singles they released, but I'm loving more and more songs each listen. Not sure where I'd rank it overall, but it's growing on me more and more.
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dubyawhy
I'm currently in an obsession-phase with GBV, and I can't help but wonder why this band isn't that popular. It seems like the type of band that would get a HUGE following. Like Pink Floyd or some shit.
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sttuart
best band in the whole wide world.
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devahan
big tour!
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mattmacneil
tour plzz
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romulo_visionx
i dont understand how gbv have so few listeners
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willpesh
Vote for GBV and help bring them to London! https://detour-ldn.songkick.com/artists/202006
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PartySanCTG
v You're not the only one. My dad tried a bit of my GBV collection, and he noticed the whole Beatles/Who influence right away.
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naotas_forehead
Funnily enough, I thought they were a British band for the longest time. They just sound like one.
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mattmacneil
true V
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