YMMV / Guided by Voices

• Archive Panic:
  • Pollard has written more than 1,000 songs and has released more than 100 albums between Guided by Voices, his solo career and his many side-projects.
  • Guided by Voices alone have well over 30 studio albums. That's already a sizable output, but it doesn't include the dozens of EPs, singles and demo box-sets they've put out.
• Attention Deficit Creator Disorder: Pollard is not only in GBV and has a solo career, but is in several other side projects like Boston Spaceships and Circus Devils. And that's not getting into Tobin Sprout's and Doug Gillard's solo careers.
• Write What You Know: Some of Pollard's songs are inspired by his experiences as a fourth-grade teacher, like "Gold Star for Robot Boy", "Teenage FBI" and "Non-Absorbing". "Your Name Is Wild" and "My Son Cool" are about his daughter and son, respectively. "Substitute 11" is apparently based on one of Pollard's recurring nightmares, about passing out drunk in the middle of class.