Guided by Voices GBV lives again / Robert Pollard / new disc

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  1. starfieldroad

    starfieldroad chew up your love then swallow Thread Starter

    hoping for more tour dates

    And the new GBV live line-up is:

    Robert Pollard with
    Bobby Bare Jr. (guitar),
    Kevin March (drums),
    Nick Mitchell (guitar),
    Mark Shue (bass)


    Guided By Voices have been announced to headline Sled Island Festival on June 25. The prolific Robert Pollard has a fantastic new solo album forthcoming on Fire Records and a strikingly fresh Guided By Voices album in the works, on which he plays all the instruments. A new GBV live line-up - Bobby Bare Jr. (guitar), Kevin March (drums), Nick Mitchell (guitar), Mark Shue (bass)- will be performing with Pollard at Sled Island.

    6.25.16 Calgary, AB - Sled Island Festival*
    * with Peaches, The Sonics, Built To Spill + more
     
    starfieldroad, Feb 16, 2016
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  2. dead of night

    dead of night Senior Member

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    I don't want him to play all the instruments! Surely, he's not a great drummer, bassist, nor lead guitarist.
     
    dead of night, Feb 16, 2016
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  3. starfieldroad

    starfieldroad chew up your love then swallow Thread Starter

    King **** does it all
     
    starfieldroad, Feb 16, 2016
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  4. Rkellner

    Rkellner Forum Resident

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    Pollard may do it all, but there are few things that he does well. Playing guitar, bass, and drums are none of those. I may have over 20 (30?) GBV/Boston Spaceship/Ricked Wicky/Pollard LPs, but I miss Doug Gillard's guitar inventiveness and the interesting songs during the years where he didn't put out an album a month. These new albums (with the exception of Honey Locust which was really great) just sound like more of the same. Telling me that Pollard is now the only contributor in the band does not encourage me.
     
    Rkellner, Feb 16, 2016
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  5. dead of night

    dead of night Senior Member

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    I wonder if Pollard is trying to make a statement: "I am Guided By Voices."
     
    dead of night, Feb 16, 2016
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  6. starfieldroad

    starfieldroad chew up your love then swallow Thread Starter

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  7. Strummergas

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    If you dig a little deeper into the recording credits, you'll see that Bob has played on more GBV recordings than you might have thought; especially during the "classic" years.

    From the "Opinions On Guided By Voices" thread:

     
    Strummergas, Feb 17, 2016
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    elvismcdouglas, Feb 17, 2016
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  9. starfieldroad

    starfieldroad chew up your love then swallow Thread Starter

    starfieldroad, Feb 22, 2016
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  10. mtruslow

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    UTBUTS is a fu***** masterpiece stroke of genius. I like the new song too.
     
    mtruslow, Feb 22, 2016
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  11. starfieldroad

    starfieldroad chew up your love then swallow Thread Starter

    starfieldroad, Feb 26, 2016
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  12. tremspeed

    tremspeed Well-Known Member

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    Never knew (and not 100% sure I believe) he drums on so many UTBUTS tracks. They're really solid performances, why didn't he drum more often?
     
    tremspeed, Feb 26, 2016
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  13. Strummergas

    Strummergas Senior Member

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    I can only speculate, but maybe he never had to nor wanted to drum more often.
     
    Strummergas, Feb 26, 2016
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  14. citizensmurf

    citizensmurf Ambient postpunk will never die

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    Are you saying there is already a thread in GBV, or just providing a link? Surely 2 threads is okay, there is a new Beatles thread every bleeping day.
     
    citizensmurf, Feb 26, 2016
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  15. elvismcdouglas

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    The post just before mine referenced it. Thought I'd make it easier .

    Hey, the more GBV threads, the better!
     
    elvismcdouglas, Feb 26, 2016
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  16. starfieldroad

    starfieldroad chew up your love then swallow Thread Starter

    Tour dates announced for new line-up!

    Tue, April 26 Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom http://tktwb.tw/1SiC7A9
    Wed, April 27 St Louis, MO @ The Ready Room http://ticketf.ly/1TbzsJw
    Fri, April 29 Lincoln, NE @ Vega http://bit.ly/1LWT7FA
    Sat, April 30 Denver, CO @ The Summit Music Hall http://ticketf.ly/1RsfG6Q
    Mon, May 2 Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck http://ticketf.ly/1QtY6mx
    Tue, May 3 Champaign, IL @ The Accord http://bit.ly/1LWT7FA
    Sat, June 25 Calgary, AB @ Sled Island Festival* http://bit.ly/21GQy6U

    * with The Sonics, Built To Spill + more
     
    starfieldroad, Mar 3, 2016
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  17. Bjorn Kjetil Johansen

    Bjorn Kjetil Johansen Vortex Surfer

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    "Of Course You Are" is now on Spotify.
     
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  20. dead of night

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  21. overdrivethree

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    Man - the song isn't bad, but would it kill Bob to do a second or third pass on the lead vocal? "Pitchy" is an understatement.
     
    overdrivethree, Mar 10, 2016
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  22. davidshirt

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    The new GBV song is pretty good. But man, I've really been loving the new Robert Pollard solo album. Start to finish its his best solo effort in a really long time.
     
    davidshirt, Mar 14, 2016
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  23. marc with a c

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    This new single has me really excited. Mammoth!
     
    marc with a c, Mar 15, 2016
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