Guided By Voices - I Am A Scientist

Here’s a personal testimonial: Dayton’s Guided By Voices cured my completism.

Before GBV, if I really liked a band, I’d feel compelled to collect their entire recorded works to that point. The first time I heard “I am a Scientist”, I knew I’d need everything GBV ever recorded. It was perfect. It was the right song at the right time. Then, I learned just how many albums they already had, not to mention how many singles and EPs. It seemed like everyone I knew was the friend of a friend of someone who had an ultra-rare 7-inch single or cassette. They were so prolific, no one had everything. It was impossible to collect everything, unless you were Bob Pollard himself.

If you’re more tenacious than I, I wish you luck and recommend comparing your GBV collection to the Guided By Voices Database (GBVDB).

For no particular reason, let’s call this GBV Week, here at Fuck Yeah, Ohio. We’ll be back with more Lo-Fi goodness on Wednesday.