Guided by Voices

Released 12 albums and counting, not including the countless related solo albums and multitudes of EPs and singles.

Used to favour lo-fi sounds but now hang around with big-time producers like Ric Ocasek.

Recommended albums: Bee Thousand, Alien Lanes, Vampire On Titus. But you can't go too wrong with any of them.

Update: 2001 album Isolation Drills, produced by Rob Schnapf, is among GbV's best.

Fun facts about GBV:

• Started in 1986 in Dayton, Ohio
• Founded by Robert Pollard, Mitch Mitchell, Dan Toohey, Kevin Fennell, and Tobin Sprout
• Over 40 musicians have been part of the band over the past 14 years, including Greg Demos, Jim McPherson, Doug Gillard, Cobra Verde (another Dayton band), Jim Greer, Jim Pollard, Tim Tobias, and Nate Farley
• Discography includes 12 "studio albums" (for lack of a better term since most of their albums have been recorded on 4 and 8-track machines), 4 demo/rarity compilations, 4 live albums, 19 EPs, and an infinite amount of singles and compilation tracks
• the band was able to beat the beastie boys in a game of basketball