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| From | "Will Harris" <NonStopPop@cox.net> |
| Subject | Re: Guided By Voices news |
| Date | Mon, 26 Apr 2004 10:09:57 -0600 |
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> Does this strike anybody else as odd? Guided By Voices has had half of the
> population of Dayton in its ranks at one time or another over the band's
> two-decade lifespan, and the only constant has been Pollard. Not to
> denigrate the contributions of his many cohorts, particularly Tobin Sprout
> in the mid-nineties and Doug Gillard in the band's current incarnation,
but
> GBV has essentially evolved into being Pollard's alter ego. It's just a
> little hard to grasp why he feels the need to no longer be a "gang leader"
> when the "gang" basically consists of him and anybody else who happens to
be
> in the room at the time.
Probably for the same reason that Roddy Frame decided to finally break away
from the Aztec Camera name and just release solo albums. I suppose that, at
some point, one wonders, "Why am I hiding behind this group name when nobody
knows who *I* am?" Not that his fans don't know...but casual folks might
recognize the name Guided By Voices but NOT Robert Pollard...
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