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| From | "Sager, Greg" <greg.sager@bankofamerica.com> |
| Subject | Re: Guided By Voices news |
| Date | Tue, 27 Apr 2004 08:03:28 -0500 |
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 10:09:57 -0600
From: "Will Harris" <NonStopPop@cox.net>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Subject: Re: Guided By Voices news
Message-ID: <000d01c42ba8$ebcf54b0$5f6f6344@reflector>
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...
I suspect that you're right, Will.
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 16:32:31 -0400
From: "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com>
To: audities@smoe.org
Subject: Re: Guided By Voices news
Message-ID: <BAY2-F139IT8uKyruuG00066680@hotmail.com>
And in five years he will be back hawking his wares under the name Guided By
Voices after his solo output gets zero recognition.
Not only do I agree with you, Jaimie, I'll also bet that the hardcore GBV
fans in the Postal Blowfish collective will start laying odds on how long it
takes Pollard to revive the band name.
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 12:33:16 -0500
From: Randall J Paske <rpaske@kc.rr.com>
To: audities@smoe.org
Subject: Re: Guided By Voices news
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20040426122023.01e99380@pop-server.kc.rr.com>
Yes and no. GBV's lineup has been relatively stable for the past five
years, particularly on tour. I imagine that's what Pollard is referring
to. There have been a few changes in that time, but overall I think the
lineup has been less fluid than in the past.
Actually, the rate of attrition in GBV has remained pretty constant. The
only two members of Guided By Voices who were in the band when *Do the
Collapse* was recorded five years ago are Pollard and Doug Gillard.
But I don't suppose there will be huge changes in Pollard's work after he
retires the Guided By Voices name, either.
His basic songwriting style doesn't vary on his solo albums from the GBV
template, but the songs themselves tend to reflect more of the brevity and
lo-fi aesthetic for which the band was once famous than do the latter-day
GBV albums. It'll be interesting to see for which aesthetic he opts once he
jettisons the band name -- the lo-fi, short-song approach of the Fading
Captain Series (his solo work), or the more mainstream, standard production
and song length, approach of the last few GBV albums. Once he's working with
only one brand name rather than two, he'll have a harder time switching
between the two approaches. All the more reason to keep the GBV name alive,
IMO.
Gregory Sager
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