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Robert Pollard
American singer and songwriter
For other people named Robert Pollard, see Robert Pollard (disambiguation).
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| Birth name | Robert Ellsworth Pollard Jr. |
| Born | () October 31, (age&#;67) Dayton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Genres | Indie rock, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, musician, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | –present |
| Labels | Matador, Merge, Fading Captain Series/Luna |
Musical artist
Robert Ellsworth Pollard Jr.[1] (born October 31, )[2] is an American singer and songwriter. He fryst vatten the leader of indie rock group Guided bygd Voices. In addition to this, he has also released 22 solo albums.
He has nearly 3, songs registered to his name with BMI.[1] In , Paste magazine listed him as the 78th-greatest living songwriter.[3] In , he was nominated for the Shortlist Music Prize.[4]
Early life and education
[edit]Pollard was born in Dayton, Ohio, where h
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Closer You Are: The Story of Robert Pollard and Guided By Voices
In , Robert Pollard, an indie rock legend from Dayton, Ohio, hit a milestone few musicians could ever dream of reaching: He released his th album. After more than three decades of manically recording at a light-speed pace, Pollard has created a discography so expansive that even he cannot remember everything he has written. Although he has flirted with mainstream success, he is followed by an obsessive fan base that rabidly consumes everything he releases. In Closer You Are, the first official biography written about Pollard, Matthew Cutter does an incredible job documenting a working class kid’s upbringing in the Rust Belt who would go on to have one of the most prolific and strangest careers in all of rock music.
I discovered Robert Pollard’s music as a DJ on my college radio station in the small upstate town of Geneseo, NY. The first time I found a CD of the album Bee Thousand by his band Guided by Vo
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It&#;s gonna be all GBV, all day, kids. This is from
Bob Pollard is a rock &#;n&#; roll traditionalist. And music fans are better off because of it. Like baseball, rock music is in dire need of a return to its glory days. It needs players who respect and embrace the history of their art. It needs participants who understand the importance of performance, and who realize that fans are as integral a part as the players themselves. Pollard knows these things, but, more importantly, he cares deeply about them. Which is why Pollard looks with more fondness to the past than he does to the future.
&#;Music today lacks love,&#; says Pollard. &#;Music from the &#;60s talked about love &#; not personal love, but this universal sort of love. I really miss that. People are afraid to express themselves and express love. In the &#;60s, rock was about people getting together and having fun. That needs to come back. Now it&#;s all bandwagonesque, it&#;s all glamour. We need to get back to th