by Jay Hathaway
“I dilute my brilliance…”
– Robert Pollard
Robert Pollard is best known as the songwriter and frontman of Guided By Voices. Though he didn’t release an album until the age of 36, today Pollard is about to turn 50, and over 2,000 of his songs have been released on records. His next two albums are twins called Coast to Coast Carpet of Love and Standard Gargoyle Decisions. They represent the two halves of Pollards musical personality: the sharp and melodic versus the heavy and dark.
But two albums wouldnt be prolific enough for Bob Pollard: his Circus Devils side project is going to see an international release for the first time with an album called Sgt. Disco. Pollard will be the first to admit that some people think he’s an asshole, but when I got the opportunity to talk to him on the phone from his home in Dayton, Ohio, it didn’t take long to understand how he manages to attract some of the most devoted fans in music.
Read our exclusive interview with Robert Pollard on SuicideGirls.com.
