“have you heard guided by voices?”
Listening to Guided By Voices gives you a little nerd cred, as you can see in this clip from the U.K. sitcom The IT Crowd, but it’s funny, because Robert Pollard is actually a bit of a jock and I’m not just talking about his famous high kicks on stage.
This current rockstar is a former tri-sport (basketball, football, baseball) varsity athlete and the first person, in the history of Write State University, to throw a NCAA no-hitter.
Bob and other members of GBV even beat The Beastie Boys and Billy Corgan in a basketball game.
For more of Robert Pollard’s sporting life, check out: Guided By Voices History Part 1: 1983-1994
I don’t want to end with sports trivia, so here’s some footage of one of my favorite GBV songs taken during their last Dayton show. The crowd clearly loves this band and sings along to every word.
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