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Closer You Are
The Story of Robert Pollard and Guided By Voices
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- On Sale
- Aug 21, 2018
- Page Count
- 368 pages
- Publisher
- Da Capo
- ISBN-13
- 9780306825767
Price
$27.00Price
$35.00 CADFormat
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- Hardcover $27.00 $35.00 CAD
- ebook $17.99 $22.99 CAD
- Audiobook Download (Unabridged)
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Robert Pollard has been a staple of the indie rock scene since the early ’80s, along with his band Guided By Voices. Pollard was a longtime grade school teacher who toiled endlessly on his music, finding success only after adopting a do-it-yourself approach, relying on lo-fi home recordings for much of his and his band’s career. A prolific artist, Pollard continues to churn out album after album, much to the acclaim of critics and his obsessive and devoted fans. But his story has never been faithfully told in its entirety. Until now.
Author Matthew Cutter is a longtime friend of Pollard and, with Pollard’s blessing, he’s set out to tell the whole, true story of Guided By Voices. Closer You Are is the first book to take an in-depth look at the man behind it all, with interviews conducted by the author with Pollard’s friends, family, and bandmates, along with unfettered access to Pollard himself and his extensive archives.
Robert Pollard has had an amazing and seemingly endless career in rock music, but he’s also established himself as a consummate artist who works on his own terms. Now fans can at long last learn the full story behind one of America’s greatest living songwriters.
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"This authorized biography of Bob Pollard is a blast...[Cutter] has captured the raucous and squalling voice of a powerful American songwriter."Publishers Weekly
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"Essential for fans of GBV, lovers of '90 indies rock, and proud Ohioans."Library Journal
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"The author's lively writing captures the arc of indie-rock's mainstreaming...A well-crafted, intimate portrait of an unlikely, all-American rock-'n'-roll life."Kirkus
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"Essential reading for all fans of Guided By Voices, as well as anyone interested in the history of American indie rock."Dangerous Minds
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"The first proper, objective,...definitive Guided by Voices biography."Psychobabble
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"Cutter's entertaining new biography of "Uncle Bob," Closer You Are, does an excellent job telling the story of the all-American-boy-turned-alternative-rock-god who's much more complex than his brash, boozy stage persona would indicate."NPR
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"Closer You Are does a great job in making the unlikely success story of an elementary school teacher who accidentally becomes the first lo-fi icon an engaging read, even for non-devotees."PopMatters
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"A raucous read."Spectrum Culture
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"Closer You Are is a solid rock bio, and fans of GBV and indie rock will love it."-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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"A boisterous chronicle of one of indie rock's least probable but most luminous and unremitting stars."Arts Fuse
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