By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Alien Lanes Some of the earlier Guided By Voices recordings occasionally sound very “thrown-together,” don’t they? There are several songs on Alien Lanes, for instance, that make me wonder if the band ever actually rehearsed the song or if Robert Pollard just picked up a guitar, started recording, and then […]
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Dead Liquor Store
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Warp And Woof “Dead Liquor Store” features two main guitar parts throughout most of the song: a rhythm guitar to strum the chords and a lead guitar to play the open string drone riffs. These riffs involve a fretted note on the second string with the open first string ringing […]
Holy Rhythm
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Zeppelin Over China “Holy Rhythm” might be one of the heaviest-sounding songs on Zeppelin Over China, at least in terms of guitar tone (as well as drummer Kevin March’s incessant pounding on the toms). To my ears, it sounds like a wall of fuzz that’s at least three feet […]
End It With Light
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Warp And Woof Robert Pollard has a knack for masterfully sequencing his albums and always seems to pick a perfect closing track; “End It With Light” on Warp And Woof is certainly no exception. In this post, we’ll take a look at the chords and guitar tablature to play it. […]
Ghosts Of A Different Dream
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Under The Bushes Under The Stars For the main guitar riff in “Ghosts Of A Different Dream,” Robert Pollard uses a simple, two-note figure that keeps repeating while the bass changes the chords beneath it. The guitar notes are played on the seventh fret of the fourth string and […]
Lord Of Overstock
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Under The Bushes Under The Stars “Lord Of Overstock,” originally appearing on Under The Bushes Under The Stars in 1996, has been in regular rotation in the Guided By Voices set list at live shows since guitarist Doug Gillard rejoined the band in 2016. It even earned a spot […]
The Opposite Continues
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Class Clown Spots A UFO I have to admit that I don’t listen to these “so-called classic line-up” reunion albums as much as I should. Every time I do, though, it reminds me of how many solid tunes Robert Pollard was writing during that era of Guided By Voices. […]
Low Flying Perfection
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: How Do You Spell Heaven “Low Flying Perfection,” for me, is a high point of How Do You Spell Heaven. It’s a perfect example of Robert Pollard’s more “mature” songwriting at play; but also, the dynamics between the louder and quieter parts of the song and the superb vocal […]
Gold Star For Robot Boy
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Bee Thousand Yep, this one is a classic Guided By Voices tune. I only recently realized, however, that it was written in a classic Robert Pollard style as well. Instead of playing this song with traditional, conventional chords, Pollard uses his patented open string drone chords for the rhythm […]
Time Remains In Central Position
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Warp And Woof “Time Remains In Central Position” is a great slow rocker from the Warp And Woof album, with Robert Pollard once again floating the open A major chord shape to various frets to create unique chord voicings. The fifth chord shape is also used, with the fretted notes […]
