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Robert Pollard
Robert Pollard performing at SXSW 2006
Robert Pollard performing at SXSW 2006
Background information
Birth name Robert Ellsworth Pollard, Jr. South by Southwest ( SXSW) is a set of interactive, Film, and Music festivals and conferences that take place
Born October 31, 1957 (1957-10-31) (age 50)
Origin Dayton, OH, U.S.
Genre(s) rock
Occupation(s) Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist
Years active 1983–present
Label(s) Matador Records
Merge Records
Fading Captain Series/Luna

Robert Pollard (born October 31, 1957) is a Dayton, Ohio, USA singer-songwriter, who until 2004 was the leader and creative force behind indie rock group Guided by Voices. Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. It is the County seat and largest city of Montgomery County. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Matador Records is an Independent record label, famous for a roster of highly-respected Indie rock artists and bands Merge Records is an Independent record label based in Durham North Carolina. Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. It is the County seat and largest city of Montgomery County. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene Guided by Voices (often abbreviated as GBV) was an American Indie rock band originating from Dayton, Ohio.

With over 1000 songs registered to his name with BMI [1], Pollard is among the most prolific songwriters of his time. Broadcast Music Incorporated ( BMI) is a US Performing rights organization. In 2006 Paste Magazine listed him as the 78th greatest living songwriter [2]. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Paste is a monthly Music and Entertainment Magazine published in the United States by Paste Media Group LLC In 2007 he was nominated for the Shortlist Music Prize [3]. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Shortlist Music Prize is a music award given annually to an album released in the United States within the last year as chosen by a panel of musicians producers and journalists

Contents

Solo career

Pollard began releasing solo records in 1996, alongside regular releases from Guided by Voices. Guided by Voices (often abbreviated as GBV) was an American Indie rock band originating from Dayton, Ohio. These albums were typically recorded with a small group consisting of current or former Guided by Voices members, and they were generally considered to informally be part of the Guided by Voices canon, as that band would regularly perform selections from the solo releases in concert. Guided by Voices (often abbreviated as GBV) was an American Indie rock band originating from Dayton, Ohio. Guided by Voices (often abbreviated as GBV) was an American Indie rock band originating from Dayton, Ohio.

After the dissolution of Guided by Voices in 2004, Robert Pollard launched his official solo career with the release of From a Compound Eye in February 2006. Guided by Voices (often abbreviated as GBV) was an American Indie rock band originating from Dayton, Ohio. From a Compound Eye is a Robert Pollard CD and Double LP released in 2006 Pollard's recent studio work has eschewed the live-band format, instead relying on the multi-instrumental talents of Todd Tobias, who produced several Guided by Voices albums. Todd Tobias is a music producer and musician/ multi-instrumentalist best known for his work with Robert Pollard and his band Guided by Voices. Guided by Voices (often abbreviated as GBV) was an American Indie rock band originating from Dayton, Ohio. In 2006, he resumed touring with a new band informally dubbed "The Ascended Masters", which featured Tommy Keene on lead guitar and keyboards, Dave Phillips on guitar, Jon Wurster on drums, and Jason Narducy on bass, but subsequent to the cancellation of some 2006 dates due to a leg injury, Pollard announced his retirement from touring. Tommy Keene is considered one of the 1980s most critically acclaimed (and commercially ignored singer/songwriters and a prime example of the musical genre of Power pop. Jon Wurster (born October 31, 1966) is a musician from Pennsylvania and has been the drummer for indie rockers Superchunk since 1991 [4] Despite this, Pollard has recently performed two shows in support of his new albums. The first show was on November 31, 2007 in Chicago, IL at The Metro. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The second was on December 1st, 2007 in Newport, KY (across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, OH) at the Southgate House. Newport is a city in Campbell County, Kentucky, United States, at the confluence of the Ohio and Licking Rivers The Ohio River is the largest Tributary by volume of the Mississippi River. After releasing Superman Was a Rocker in January he announced that he would be leaving Merge Records to form Guided by Voices, Inc. Superman Was A Rocker is a Studio album from singer-songwriter Robert Pollard. Merge Records is an Independent record label based in Durham North Carolina. , his own record label that will produce his entire musical library.

In May 2008, Pollard announced his intention to form a new band, to be called "Boston Spaceships", who will also tour in the fall. The new band consists of Robert Pollard, Chris Slusarenko and John Moen, although the live band's line-up also will include Tommy Keene on guitar and Jason Narducy on bass. It is expected that the band's debut album will be released in September '08 and will find Pollard re-visiting some older Suitcase songs (including "Dorothy's A Planet" and "Soggy Beavers") as well as showcasing some brand new material.

Discography

Solo albums:

Side projects

Fading Captain series

During the mid-90's, in addition to GbV albums appearing annually, Pollard's prolificacy typically was vented onto innumerable singles, EPs, compilations and other side releases. Not in My Airforce is Robert Pollard 's first solo album released simultaneously with Tobin Sprout 's Carnival Boy, just as the Waved Out is Robert Pollard 's second solo album released in 1998 on Matador Records. Kid Marine is an album by Robert Pollard, released in 1999 It is the first release of Robert Pollard's Fading Captain Series Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department is an album released by Robert Pollard and Doug Gillard in 1999 Doug Gillard (born December 23, 1965 in Sandusky Ohio) is a Cleveland Ohio Guitarist from Elyria Ohio who has performed Choreographed Man of War is an album by Robert Pollard and the Soft Rock Renegades released in 2001 Motel of Fools is an album by Robert Pollard, released in 2003 Fiction Man is an album by Robert Pollard, released in 2004 The songs recorded for this album were written during the same time as the material for Guided Music for 'Bubble is an album by Robert Pollard, released in 2005 Relaxation of the Asshole is the name of a live comedy album by Robert Pollard. From a Compound Eye is a Robert Pollard CD and Double LP released in 2006 Normal Happiness is an album from Robert Pollard. Like its predecessor it was recorded with Pollard on basic guitar and vocal tracks with instrumental overdubs Normal Happiness is an album from Robert Pollard. Like its predecessor it was recorded with Pollard on basic guitar and vocal tracks with instrumental overdubs Silverfish Trivia is an album by Indie rock singer-songwriter Robert Pollard. Standard Gargoyle Decisions is singer-songwriter Robert Pollard 's fourth release since the break-up of indie-rock band Guided by Voices. Coast to Coast Carpet of Love is singer-songwriter Robert Pollard 's fifth release since the break-up of the Dayton Ohio band Guided by Voices Superman Was A Rocker is a Studio album from singer-songwriter Robert Pollard. Weatherman and Skin Goddess is a limited EP from singer-songwriter Robert Pollard. Robert Pollard Is Off to Business is a Studio album released by singer-songwriter Robert Pollard on June 2, 2008. However, once signed to a major label and constrained to the expectation of producing only a single album per 18 months, Pollard began the self-financed and released Fading Captain Series, a series of releases both under his own name, and a wide variety of pseudonyms. In addition to solo and archival releases, Pollard began collaborating with fellow musicians and friends by mail via a process dubbed "postal rock" - Pollard would receive completed musical backing tracks, and add his own lyrics and vocals. Albums under the Airport 5, Circus Devils, and Go Back Snowball monikers, among others were produced in this fashion. Airport 5 was a musical collaboration project between Guided by Voices 's Robert Pollard and one-time fellow bandmate Tobin Sprout, released through the Circus Devils is a neo-psychedelic rock band founded in 2001 by Robert Pollard, former lead singer and songwriter

In December 2006 Pollard announced that the Fading Captain Series was being concluded with the release of Crickets: Best of the Fading Captain Series 1999-2007, a 50-song "best of" collection spanning from 1999 through 2007 [5].

The bands that used to release works in the Fading Captain Series now release records on other labels, such as The Takeovers' Bad Football coming out on Off Records and the Circus Devils Sgt. Circus Devils is a neo-psychedelic rock band founded in 2001 by Robert Pollard, former lead singer and songwriter Disco coming out on Ipecac Records. Ipecac Recordings is an Independent record label based in Orinda California. In addition the Pollard albums Kid Marine, Motel of Fools and Fiction Man were all released in the Fading Captain Series although Pollard's other solo albums were not.

Acid Ranch: (archival recordings featuring Robert Pollard, Kevin Fennell and Mitch Mitchell)

Airport 5: (Robert Pollard and Tobin Sprout)

Circus Devils: (Robert Pollard and Todd and Tim Tobias)

Go Back Snowball: (Robert Pollard and Mac McCaughan)

Hazzard Hotrods: (Recording of informal 1990 performance by Pollard, Tobin Sprout, Mitch Mitchell, and Kevin Fennell)

Howling Wolf Orchestra: (Pollard and various GbV members)

Keene Brothers: (Robert Pollard and Tommy Keene)

Lexo and the Leapers: (Robert Pollard backed by The Tasties)

Lifeguards (Robert Pollard and Doug Gillard)

The Moping Swans (Robert Pollard, Greg Demos, Jim MacPherson and Tony Conley)

Nightwalker (pseudonym for archival GbV recordings)

Phantom Tollbooth:

Psycho and the Birds: (Todd Tobias supplementing Pollard solo demos)

The Takeovers: (Robert Pollard and Chris Slusarenko)

Other Record Labels

When Pollard announced that the Fading Captain Series was being concluded he also announced that he was starting up a new record label, then called Record Company Records [6] but later re-titled as Prom is Coming [7], which is named after a song off his first solo album Not in My Airforce. Airport 5 was a musical collaboration project between Guided by Voices 's Robert Pollard and one-time fellow bandmate Tobin Sprout, released through the Tobin Sprout is an American musician best known for his contribution as a band member of Indie rock group Guided by Voices (GBV Circus Devils is a neo-psychedelic rock band founded in 2001 by Robert Pollard, former lead singer and songwriter Sgt Disco is the fifth studio album released by psychedelic-rock band Circus Devils on August 28 2007. Superchunk is an Indie rock band from Chapel Hill North Carolina, consisting of singer/guitarist Mac McCaughan, guitarist Jim Wilbur, bassist Phantom Tollbooth was a Post punk band from New York City. Purveyors of psychedelic/ jazzcore damage PT played from 1984 to 1988 releasing albums on Not in My Airforce is Robert Pollard 's first solo album released simultaneously with Tobin Sprout 's Carnival Boy, just as the The first (and thus far only) release on Prom is Coming was Silverfish Trivia. Silverfish Trivia is an album by Indie rock singer-songwriter Robert Pollard.

In spring 2007 Pollard began a singles collection called the Happy Jack Rock Records Single Series in which one 7" record was released per month for 12 months starting June 22, 2007. All the records featured an A-side from Bob's dueling Merge releases that year (Standard Gargoyle Decisions & Coast To Coast Carpet Of Love) and a non-album B-side. 1,000 of each 7" was pressed [8].

Pollard's latest album Superman Was a Rocker was the first LP released on Happy Jack Rock Records (although the vinyl version of Circus Devils' "Sgt. Superman Was A Rocker is a Studio album from singer-songwriter Robert Pollard. Disco" had been released on the same label in 2007).

In 2008 Pollard announced the forming of yet another new label Guided By Voices Inc. , named after his former band Guided by Voices. The first album release on Guided by Voices Inc. will be Robert Pollard Is Off To Business, to be preceded by the 12" EP "Weatherman And Skin Goddess".

EAT and Town of Mirrors

In the fall of 2003 Pollard released EAT, a literary magazine consisting of original poems and collages by Pollard. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. A literary magazine is a Periodical devoted to Literature in a broad sense As of October 2007 EAT is on its fourth issue [9]. October events and holidays Children's Book Week ( England) - First Week of October National Day ( China People's Republic Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Pollard's collage art is featured on many Guided by Voices albums (notable exceptions being the two released on TVT Records). TVT Records was an American Record label founded by Steve Gottlieb who initially launched the label from his New York City apartment in 1985 with the release

Robert Pollard's collages have been collected and will be published in Town of Mirrors: The Reassembled Imagery of Robert Pollard, due out in sometime in 2008. Town of Mirrors will feature roughly 150 collages, 20 of which were created specifically for the book's release.

Side projects mentioned by Pollard that have not yet happened

Personal life

Pollard was a fourth grade school teacher for several years prior to the release of Bee Thousand in 1994. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry Bee Thousand is the seventh album by American Indie rock band Guided by Voices released on June 21, 1994. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) In James Greer's book Guided by Voices: A Brief History: Twenty-One Years of Hunting Accidents in the Forests of Rock and Roll he states that songs such as "Gold Star For Robot Boy," "Teenage FBI" and "Non-Absorbing" were inspired by his days of teaching.

During high school Pollard was a tri-sport varsity athlete. His most notable athletic achievement was throwing the first no-hitter in the history of Wright State University. In Baseball, a no-hitter (also known as a no-hit game, or colloquially a no-no) refers to a game in which one of the teams prevented the other from getting Wright State University is a public University in Ohio, US The university uses Dayton as its postal address (3640 Colonel Glenn Highway Dayton Pollard has stated that during a Lollapalooza, he and the other guys in GBV beat The Beastie Boys and Billy Corgan in a basketball game. Lollapalooza is an American music festival featuring Alternative rock, hip hop, and Punk rock bands Dance and Comedy performances William Patrick Corgan Jr (born March 17, 1967 in Elk Grove Village Illinois) is an American Singer, Songwriter, He also stated that Kim Deal and Kelley Deal were cheering for them during the game and that Steve Drozd was riding on a bicycle during the game [10]. Kimberly Ann Deal (born June 10, 1961) is an American Singer, Songwriter and Musician, best known as the bassist of the Kelley Deal (born June 10, 1961, in Dayton, Ohio, United States) is the lead guitarist of The Breeders and the Steven Gregory Drozd (born June 11, 1969, Houston, Texas) is a Multi-instrumentalist and Drummer for The Flaming

Much of the inspiration for Pollard's work has come from time spent hanging out with his high school friends from Dayton, a group he calls "The Monument Club" [11].

He has two children (Erica and Bryan) with his ex-wife Kim and wrote a song about each, with "Your Name is Wild" being about his daughter and "My Son Cool" being about his son [12]. He re-married in 2007 [13]. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

External links

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