By: ESP Ohio Appears on: Starting Point Of The Royal Cyclopean “Lithuanian Bombshells” is definitely a top track from Starting Point Of The Royal Cyclopean for me, but it’s tough to not say that about most of the songs on this album. Robert Pollard’s songwriting is excellent throughout, and the playing by Doug Gillard, Mark […]
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Weakened By A Logical Mind
By: ESP Ohio Appears on: Starting Point Of The Royal Cyclopean “Weakened By A Logical Mind” was one of the first tracks from the lone ESP Ohio album, Starting Point Of The Royal Cyclopean, to really grab my attention, and still remains one of my all-time favorite Robert Pollard tunes. The chorus is so syrupy […]
Tom Tom Small And Wonderful
By: ESP Ohio Appears on: Starting Point Of The Royal Cyclopean A guitar technique Robert Pollard often uses in his compositions is one that I refer to on this site as Open String Drone. It’s a combination of a fretted note (or notes) on one or more strings and an adjacent string played open (without […]
Miss Hospital ’93
By: ESP Ohio Appears on: Starting Point Of The Royal Cyclopean For “Miss Hospital ’93,” Robert Pollard uses a combination of strummed chords, an arpeggio riff, and some open string drone rhythm fills to craft yet another perfect pop song. In this post, we’ll take a look at the guitar tablature for this tune. You […]
Royal Cyclopean
By: ESP Ohio Appears on: Starting Point Of The Royal Cyclopean “Royal Cyclopean” gave us our first preview of the ESP Ohio project, consisting of Robert Pollard on vocals, Doug Gillard on guitar, Mark Shue on bass, and Travis Harrison on drums and as producer. On first listen, I wasn’t sure quite what to make […]
