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Guided By Voices

Guided by Voices (GBV) is an American indie rock band formed in 1983 in Dayton, Ohio. It has made frequent personnel changes but always maintained the presence of principal songwriter Robert Pollard. 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. Noted at first for its lo-fi aesthetic and Portastudio four-tracks-to-cassette production methods, Guided by Voices' music was influenced by early post–British Invasion garage rock, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, punk rock and post-punk. The band has had a prolific output, releasing 35+ full-length albums along with many other releases, and has garnered a dedicated cult following. Their songs are known for their frequent brevity and for ending abruptly or intertwining with homemade sound effects.

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.

Albums

1987 Devil Between My Toes
1987 Sandbox
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
1997 Mag Earwhig!
1999 Do the Collapse
1999 Do the Collapse Demos
2001 Isolation Drills
2002 Universal Truths and Cycles
2003 Earthquake Glue
2004 Half Smiles of the Decomposed
2012 The Bears for Lunch
2012 Class Clown Spots a UFO
2012 Let's Go Eat the Factory
2013 English Little League
2014 Cool Planet
2014 Motivational Jumpsuit
2016 Please Be Honest
2017 How Do You Spell Heaven
2017 August By Cake
2018 Space Gun
2019 Warp And Woof
2019 Zeppelin Over China
2019 Sweating the Plague
2020 Mirrored Aztec
2020 Surrender Your Poppy Field
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
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