Well, Guided by Voices have disbanded. From a technical standpoint, they were probbaly the closest contemporaries to THe Fall as in--extremely prolific, tons of band members, tons of "questionable" releases. Robert Pollard is the same age as MES, but The Fall have been around much longer. Still, in terms of musicians who have new albums out each year, I think that leaves MES pretty much the last person standing in his age group.

Eh? When did this happen?

I thought GBV were the US Fal in the sense that nowadays it's just Pollard and he hires and fires the band to suit himself. So why does he need to "disband"?

Oh I see (have now visited www.gbv.com). All a bit unnecessary if you ask me. Hope they play Doncaster on the next tour.

Rarely am I as sad about anything as I am about this. But, like Mark E., if you're seeing Robert "Bob" Pollard, you're seeing Guided by Voices (the Greatest Band eVer). I just hope Bob is alright.

Long live rock!
~ZOO

This is the Guided By Voices thread. Let's get things started with a little cover band fun:

http://www.myspace.com/thegirlguides

''Rockin'' ^_^

Come on, we had a Guided by Voices thread and it only lasted 4 posts?

I've been on a GBV kick lately, is anyone else out there a huge fan?

Me

To me, there is no great GBV record- at least half of everything is unlistenable. Yet I have it all, and there are so many stunning songs, so many....

:confused:

Alien Lanes?
Bee Thousand?

:confused:
oh, really?

Guided By Voices An Earful o'Wax LP Germany Record - Side A
Guided By Voices An Earful o'Wax LP Germany Record - Side B
Guided By Voices Back To The Lake 7" Single U.S.A. Record
Guided By Voices Bee Thousand [ReIssue] 3 LP U.S.A. Record (Side C)
Guided By Voices Bee Thousand [ReIssue] 3 LP U.S.A. Record (Side F)
Guided By Voices Bee Thousand [ReIssue] 3 LP U.S.A. Record (Side A)
Guided By Voices Bee Thousand [ReIssue] 3 LP U.S.A. Record (Side B)
Guided By Voices Bee Thousand [ReIssue] 3 LP U.S.A. Grand Hour Record Label (From Inside Of Album)
Guided By Voices Bee Thousand [ReIssue] 3 LP U.S.A. Record (Side D)
Guided By Voices Bee Thousand [ReIssue] 3 LP U.S.A. Record (Side E)
Guided By Voices Benefit For The Winos [Live, Bootleg] 2 LP U.S.A. Record
Guided By Voices Briefcase (Suitcase Abridged: Drinks And Deliveries) LP U.S.A. Record - Side A
Guided By Voices Briefcase (Suitcase Abridged: Drinks And Deliveries) LP U.S.A. Record - Side B
Guided By Voices Brighton Rocks [Live] 7" Single United Kingdom Record
Guided By Voices Bulldog Skin 7" Single United Kingdom Record
Guided By Voices Chasing Heather Crazy 7" Single U.S.A. Record - Side A
Guided By Voices Chasing Heather Crazy 7" Single U.S.A. Record - Side B
Guided By Voices Cheyenne 7" Single U.S.A. Record
Guided By Voices Clown Prince of the Menthol Trailer 7" EP United Kingdom Record - Side 1
Guided By Voices Clown Prince of the Menthol Trailer 7" EP United Kingdom Record - Side 2
Guided By Voices Crying Your Knife Away [Live, Bootleg] 2 LP U.S.A. Record - Side 2
Guided By Voices Crying Your Knife Away [Live, Bootleg] 2 LP U.S.A. Record - Side 3
Guided By Voices Crying Your Knife Away [Live, Bootleg] 2 LP U.S.A. Record - Side 4
Guided By Voices Crying Your Knife Away [Live, Bootleg] 2 LP U.S.A. Sleeve - Recording Details
Guided By Voices Crying Your Knife Away [Live, Bootleg] 2 LP U.S.A. Record - Side 1
Guided By Voices Daredevil Stamp Collector: Do The Collapse B-sides 12" EP U.S.A. Record
Guided By Voices Dayton, Ohio-19 Something and 5 7" EP U.S.A. Record Front
Guided By Voices Dayton, Ohio-19 Something and 5 7" EP U.S.A. Record Back
Guided By Voices Devil Between My Toes LP U.S.A. Record - Side 1 (Buckeye Side)
Guided By Voices Devil Between My Toes LP U.S.A. Record - Side 2 (Briar Side)
Guided By Voices Devil Between My Toes [ReIssue] LP Germany Record
Guided By Voices Do The Collapse LP U.S.A. Record
Guided By Voices Earthquake Glue LP U.S.A. Record - Side 1
Guided By Voices Earthquake Glue LP U.S.A. Record - Side 2
Guided By Voices Everywhere With Helicopter 7" Single U.S.A. Record
Guided By Voices Fast Japanese Spin Cycle 7" EP U.S.A. Record - Side A
Guided By Voices Fast Japanese Spin Cycle 7" EP U.S.A. Record - Side B
Guided By Voices For All Good Kids [Live, Bootleg] LP U.S.A. Record - Dragon Side
Guided By Voices For All Good Kids [Live, Bootleg] LP U.S.A. Record - Wolf Side
Guided By Voices For All Good Kids [Live, Bootleg, Repressing] LP U.S.A. Record - Dragon Side
Guided By Voices For All Good Kids [Live, Bootleg, Repressing] LP U.S.A. Record - Wolf Side
Guided By Voices Forever Since Breakfast 12" EP U.S.A. Record
Guided By Voices Get Out Of My Stations 7" EP U.S.A. Record - This Side
Guided By Voices Get Out Of My Stations 7" EP U.S.A. Record - That Side
Guided By Voices Half Smiles Of The Decomposed LP U.S.A. Record (Side 1)
Guided By Voices Half Smiles Of The Decomposed LP U.S.A. Record (Side 2)
Guided By Voices Hold On Hope 7" Single United Kingdom Record - Side A
Guided By Voices Hold On Hope 7" Single United Kingdom Record - Side B
Guided By Voices I Am A Tree 7" Single U.S.A. Record Front
Guided By Voices I Am A Tree 7" Single U.S.A. Record Back
Guided By Voices Isolation Drills LP U.S.A. Record
Guided By Voices Jellyfish Reflector [Live, Bootleg, Bonus Tracks] 2 LP United Kingdom Record Side 3
Guided By Voices Jellyfish Reflector [Live, Bootleg, Bonus Tracks] 2 LP United Kingdom Record Side 4
Guided By Voices Jellyfish Reflector [Live, Bootleg, Bonus Tracks] 2 LP United Kingdom Record Side 1
Guided By Voices Jellyfish Reflector [Live, Bootleg, Bonus Tracks] 2 LP United Kingdom Record Side 2
Guided By Voices King's Ransom: Happy Motherfuckers and Sad Clowns [Live, Bootleg] 2 LP + 7" U.S.A. Record
Guided By Voices Mag Earwhig! LP U.S.A. Record Side 1
Guided By Voices Mag Earwhig! LP U.S.A. Record Side 2
Guided By Voices Motor Away [Mispressing] 7" Single U.S.A. Record
Guided By Voices Motor Away 7" Single U.S.A. Record
Guided By Voices My Kind Of Soldier 7" Single U.S.A. Record
Guided By Voices Plantations Of Pale Pink 7" EP U.S.A. Record
Guided By Voices Propeller #135 LP U.S.A. Record - Side A
Guided By Voices Propeller #135 LP U.S.A. Record - Side AA
Guided By Voices Propeller #348 LP U.S.A. Record - Side A
Guided By Voices Propeller #348 LP U.S.A. Record - Side AA
Guided By Voices Same Place The Fly Got Smashed LP U.S.A. Record - Side 1
Guided By Voices Same Place The Fly Got Smashed LP U.S.A. Record - Side 2
Guided By Voices Sandbox LP U.S.A. Record
Guided By Voices Sandbox LP U.S.A. Record - Side A
Guided By Voices Sandbox LP U.S.A. Record - Side B
Guided By Voices Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia LP U.S.A. Record - Side 1
Guided By Voices Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia LP U.S.A. Record - Side 2
Guided By Voices Static Airplane Jive [ReIssue] 7" EP U.S.A. Record
Guided By Voices Sunfish Holy Breakfast 12" EP U.S.A. Record Side 1
Guided By Voices Sunfish Holy Breakfast 12" EP U.S.A. Record Side 2
Guided By Voices Surgical Focus 7" Single U.S.A. Record
Guided By Voices The Cum Engines (Featuring The Cannot Changes) - Live At The Athens Time Change Riots [Live, Bootleg] LP U.S.A. Record
Guided By Voices The Grand Hour 7" EP U.S.A. Record
Guided By Voices The Grand Hour [Repressing] 7" EP U.S.A. Record
Guided By Voices The Grand Hour [Repressing] 7" EP U.S.A. Record
Guided By Voices The Official Ironmen Rally Song 7" Single U.S.A. Record
Guided By Voices The Pipe Dreams Of Instant Prince Whippet 12" EP U.S.A. Record
Guided By Voices Tigerbomb 7" EP U.S.A. Record - Side A
Guided By Voices Tigerbomb 7" EP U.S.A. Record - Side B
Guided By Voices Tonics & Twisted Chasers LP U.S.A. Record - Side A
Guided By Voices Tonics & Twisted Chasers LP U.S.A. Record - Side B
Guided By Voices Under The Bushes Under The Stars LP + 12" U.S.A. Record
Guided By Voices Universal Truths And Cycles 7" Single U.S.A. Record
Guided By Voices Universal Truths And Cycles LP U.S.A. Record
Guided By Voices Vampire On Titus [Repressing] LP U.S.A. Record - Swirl Vinyl Pressing
Guided By Voices Vampire On Titus LP U.S.A. Record
Guided By Voices Wish In One Hand... [Repressing] 7" EP U.S.A. Record
Guided By Voices Wish In One Hand... 7" EP U.S.A. Record

me

glad i saw them even once in 2002 :)

btw,
your avatar exopsychic?

:rant:

Erm, they're only my second favourite group of all time. I have to say though that I wasn't really upset that Pollard disbanded GbV when he did - it had all been a bit downhill since he got rid of the "classic" line-up.

My obsession with them has diminished a bit over the years but for most of the 90s and the 00s I bought or taped everything - Pollard solo, Tobin Sprout solo, all the side-projects, you name it. Some shady characters even sent me a couple of "for-your-ears-only" tapes of unreleased material (there are MANY great unheard songs that didn't appear on Suitcase). Haven't kept up with Pollard for a few years now, though. :(

:confused:

Propeller?
Same Place The Fly Got Smashed?
Tonics And Twisted Chasers?
Under The Bushes, Under The Stars?

:zip:

My favorite ever album is Alien Lanes. The Circus Devils album was the best album of last year. GbV was, hands down, the best band of the nineties, even though it was all downhill after the classic line up.

I have been listening to a playlist with lots of GbV. This morning in the show, two GbV tunes came up:

"How Loft Am I?": magical, wonderful.

"Not Behind The Fighter Jet": this track shows how losing the classic lineup sucked the juice right out of the band. Sloppy, tired, weak (as opposed to sloppy, electrifying and impossibly catchy).

I've only got 3 or 4 of their albums but they are fantastic. I saw them on their mission accomplished tour (2003?) and it was a great show.

My old band was supposed to open for them once but Pollard cancelled the show after he threw out his back.

For all you GbV fiends -

get the infamous To Trigger A Synapse tape here plus another fan-compiled bootleg collection here. Most of those tracks are NOT on the Suitcase box sets! ^_^

"BUG HOUSE": 'Broadcastor House' in Miniature and Under Glass



Fantastic compilation of various GbV radio sessions - you can get it here.

:applaud: :applaud: :applaud:

Thank you very much, FV.

I have to admit, though, that i am still catching up with the "classic" GBV catalogue. :ohdear:

There's just so much stuff - it's impossible to keep up with Pollard. I still haven't heard most of the recent-ish side projects myself... Last one I got was I think the first(?) Airport 5 album (just Bob & Tobe - beautiful!)

20. Ringworm Interiors by the Circus Devils

19. Official Ironmen Rally ep by GbV

18. Bee Thousand by GbV

17. Sandbox by GbV

16. Devil Between My Toes by GbV

15. Clown Prince Of the Menthol Trailer by GbV

14. Sunfish Holy Breakfast by GbV

13. Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Dept. by Robert Pollard

12. Hold on Hope ep by GbV

11. Isolation Drills by GbV

10. Ask Them by Lexo & the Leapers

9. Vampire on Titus by GbV

8. Fast Japanese Spin Cycle by GbV

7. Tonics & Twisted Chasers by GbV

6. Propellor by GbV

5. Tigerbomb 7" by GbV

4. Same Place the Fly Got Smashed by GbV

3. Carnival Boy by Tobin Sprout

2. Under the Bushes, Under the Stars by GbV

1. Alien Lanes by GbV

ON EDIT: Just misses:

Wish in One Hand 7"; Static Airplane Jive; Waved Out; King S**t And the Golden Boys; Waved Out.

Now, I'll really have to think about that one. :lol:
My #1's the same as yours though. Great to see a top 5 placement for Same Place The Fly Got Smashed! :applaud:

best album of all time!

Here it is:

1. Guided By Voices: Alien Lanes
2. Guided By Voices: Same Place The Fly Got Smashed
3. Guided By Voices: Propeller
4. Guided By Voices: Tonics And Twisted Chasers
5. Guided By Voices: Wish In One Hand 7"
6. Tobin Sprout: Carnival Boy
7. Guided By Voices: Bee Thousand
8. Guided By Voices: Under The Bushes, Under The Stars
9. Guided By Voices: Tigerbomb EP
10. Guided By Voices: The Grand Hour EP
11. Tobin Sprout: Moonflower Plastic (Welcome To My Wigwam)
12. Tobin Sprout: Popstram 7"
13. Guided By Voices: Vampire On Titus
14. Guided By Voices: To Trigger A Synapse (bootleg tape)
15. Guided By Voices: King Shit And The Golden Boys
16. Guided By Voices: Sunfish Holy Breakfast
17. Guided By Voices: Devil Between My Toes
18. Guided By Voices: Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia
19. Guided By Voices: Sandbox
20. Robert Pollard: Waved Out

Just missed the cut - Static Airplane Jive, Lexo, the first Airport 5, the first Suitcase, Not In My Airforce, Hazzard Hotrods, Fast Japanese Spin Cycle, the Nightwalker album, Jellyfish Reflector, Speak Kindly and Isolation Drills. Phew!

:zip:

Aye.

"Bottle Of The Ghost Of Time". It doesn't get much better.

No, it really fuckin doesn't. I knew a guy (lawyer at one of my law firms) who used to play with Dan Toohey.

Dan Toohey was in Fig.4 with Sprout in those pre-GbV days, wasn't he? It's funny how both Fig.4 and very early GbV sounded so much like Murmur-era REM...

But better. I like Murmur better than I used to, and have always loved Rcknng, but I can never get too gung ho on them because i know they have been topped (nonsexually, of course). "Discussing Wallace Chambers" leads the way. then "pendulum" srsly ups the ante. then "#2 in the model home series" blows it all away. REM is way back in the rearview mirror at that point! It is like The Beatles outpacing Gerry & The Pacemakers.

Definitely!

You picked 3 songs I really, really love too.

Yeah, your posts are defo making me wish we could get drunk and lissen to GbV 2gether. "Jabberwocky" is a double shot!

:beer:

1. Alien Lanes / Bee Thousand

Since i haven't heard more than ten GbV/related records, i won't bother to continue my list. :P

It is silly, but sometimes I like to think of GbV records in terms of: which Fall record would this be?

Usually it doesn't work, but some comparisons I do see are:

Under the Bushes Under the Stars = WAFWOTH

Self Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia = Bend Sinister

Isolation Drills = COTC (TRNFLP)

Do the Collapse = Shit-Work -_-

No, i can't make it work, most definitely. :(

This is pretty true. The only difference is that Do The Collapse had a couple of good songs that were somewhat ruined by bad performance and production. Shift Work just didn't bring the tunes.

1. Bee Thousand
2. Waved Out (RP solo)
3. Under the Bushes
4. Carnival Boy (Sprout)
5. Blues & Boogie Shoes (Keene Brothers)
6. The Electrifying Conclusion
7. Demons and Painkillers
8. Alien Lanes
9. Do the Collapse (there's only really In Stitches that's shit)
10. Calling Zero (Go Back Snowball)

Harder than it looks. I haven't played any of these for ages.

1) Under the Bushes Under the stars (version w/Tiger Bomb ep+ )
2) Bee Thousand (Directors Cut)
3) Alien Lanes
4) Earthquake Glue
5) Waved Out
6) Propeller
7) Vampire on Titus
8) Isolation Drills
9) Ringworm Interiors/Harold Pig Memorial (Circus Devils - tie)
10) Universal Truth and Cycles (weak album with some great songs)
11) Not In My Airforce
12) Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Dept
13) Crickets: Best of the Fading Captain Series 1999–2007

That's about as many as I can bothered thinking about.
I thought Fiction Man was a steaming turd.
Useful d/base here - http://www.gbvdb.com/home.asp

Or some mp3s here
http://www.gbvdb.com/bughouse.asp

Mercury - Austin, TX, U.S.A. [Live]
http://www.gbvdb.com/album.asp?albumid=1263