40 years ago, Robert Pollard formed Guided By Voices in Dayton, Ohio. We sat down with the prolific frontman to chart 40 years of history.
, the dozens of records the band has created—across lineup changes, changing cultural landscapes and band hiatuses—have become a treasure trove for me and so many others. Even now, I know that I can still tap into the Guided By Voices catalog and find something worthwhile and new and noisy—and so few acts can offer that same kind of still-growing curiosity and depth.
PM: And Scat records started in Cleveland and had bands like GBV, The Mice and Speaking Canaries, who I really dig. How focal were labels like Scat and Drome in changing the DIY, lo-fi landscape in the state—because even homegrown, beloved acts like the Michael Stanley Band were signed to Epic and EMI.They were important and instrumental in giving bands like ours an opportunity to get their records out to a larger audience, and then maybe go on to a bigger label after that.
PM: A lot of bands I’ve interviewed have talked a lot about how label resources can change the trajectory of a musical destiny. But back in the 1990s there wasn’t Bandcamp or streaming services making AI-generated playlists that help boost musicians into the public eye.
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