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Robert Pollard
Sign in to saveAlso known as Robert Ellsworth Pollard Jr., Robert E. Pollard Jr.
American singer and songwriter
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Peerage of Great Britain and Ireland
- Big Data for Beginners
- Last Hereditary Maven
- Mogo and the General's Lady
- Battle for PoleStar
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Film & TV
Dayton, OH
Robert Pollard is best known as the driving force behind indie-rock band Guided by Voices as well as his massively prolific output of songs and collage art for many other projects.
Known for
- Guided By Voices: The 40th Anniversary Concerts2023
- Thank You Very Much For Absolutely Nothing2021
- Guided by Voices World Tour 20202020
- Robert Pollard: The Devil Went Home and Puked2009
- Guided by Voices: Live from Austin TX2007
- Guided By Voices: The Electrifying Conclusion — Performer2005
- Guided By Voices: The Who Went Home and Cried2004
- Beautiful Plastic2003
- Guided By Voices: Some Drinking Implied2002
- Dean Quixote — Guided by Voices / Vocals2001
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- Listeners
- 75,599
- Total plays
- 2,001,597
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Robert Pollard (born October 31, 1957) is a Dayton, Ohio singer-songwriter, who is the leader and creative force behind indie rock group Guided by Voices. During his high school years, he was a successful basketball and baseball player. Pollard was a fourth grade schoolteacher until 1994, when Guided by Voices first broke into the national consciousness with the release of the album Bee Thousand. With over 1300 songs registered to his name with BMI, Pollard is among the most prolific songwriters
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Dayton
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- indie rock
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Matador Records
- Image
- 2014 Robert Pollard (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Robert Pollard
- date of birth
- 1957-10-31
- Commons gallery
- Robert Pollard
- start of work period
- 1975-00-00
- birth name
- Robert Ellsworth Pollard
- name in native language
- Robert E. Pollard Jr.
- different from
- Robert Pollard
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
Sources (2)
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Robert Pollard, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
