Guided by Voices

Guided by Voices
Formed: 1985 in Dayton, OH
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Genre: Rock
Styles: Alternative Pop/Rock, Lo-Fi, Indie Rock
Group Members: Kevin Fennell, Tim Tobias, Tobin Sprout, Jim MacPherson, Robert Pollard, Greg Demos, Jim Greer, Eric Payton, Don Thrasher, Dan Toohey, ...View All
Biography: Inspired equally by jangle pop and arty post-punk, Guided by Voices created a series of trebly, hissy indie rock records filled with infectiously brief pop songs that fell somewhere between the British Invasion and prog rock. After recording six self-released albums between 1986 and 1992, the Dayton, ...Read full biography
Bee Thousand
Released: 1994
Label: Scat
Critics' Rating:
The cult of indie rock thrives on the unexpected discovery, and in 1994 Guided by Voices was just the sort of musical phenomenon no one figured was still out there -- 30-something rock obsessives cranking ...Read full review
King Shit and the Golden Boys
Released: 1995
Label: Scat
Critics' Rating:
Although the 19 songs that make up King Shit and the Golden Boys all hover around the two-minute mark, they manage to feel like full songs rather than simply incomplete snippets. It is this knack for pumping ...Read full review
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