Do The Collapse - Guided By Voices

One of the Vichy Pollard's finest moments (843 words)
by paranormalhandy - written on 30/04/09, updated on 06/06/09 (Very useful, 35 readings)
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Hugely overlooked major label debut from Dayton, Ohio s indie-rock lo-fi juggernaut that was G Guided By Voices (and more specifically Robert Pollard), "Do the Collapse" was released on TVT in the United States in 1999 (and was also briefly released on UK indie label Creation just prior to its collapse - appropriately enough). Controversially produced by Ric Ocasek, lead vocalist with the Cars (who also produced pop albums for No Doubt, Weezer, and - er - Suicide), this was GbV s attempt at a FM radio-friendly album. It was also my first point of entry with the band: I still remember the extraordinary "tingle" I got down my spine when I first heard the ...