Guided By Voices - "Tractor Rape Chain" [Live From Austin, TX]

[@JellyBean-jb7em]

"It's up there with Captain Kangaroo". Fuk'n high praise Bob! 😆 Thank you ACL for hosting our rock'n roll brothers, it was glorious.

[@gvs376]

To this day, Pollard denies having ever been to Austin, Texas.

[@GeoffKnoop]

😂

[@bif3578]

It's not an actual PLACE, it's just a TV show.

[@IanRoure]

😂

[@jimplaysric]

Occasionally Pollard has high blood levels in his alcohol system.

[@andyking7621]

I fell drunk just watching this

[@alisonmcsecret]

Love that Bob is dressed for Target

[@mikequinlivan8842]

Hell, I hear the song like it usually sounds. You’re supposed to sing it like you’ve had 15 beers.

[@AndySalinger33]

Yes! That much is true.

[@nickrandles1102]

Lol he’s hammered.

[@Hermiel]

🍺😵🎵Shpeid up shhhlow down on a 🍺 chractor raihp tshain.🎵🍺

[@bif3578]

speed up, slow down, go all around in the end. Sounds like a mission statement.

[@creepycraig73]

We were all shit-hammered. No apologies.

[@MikeSwirled]

FUCK IT!!! 🍻

[@bpbrowning78]

Drunk? Yes. More random than anything a “punk” band has done in 10 years? Yes.

[@derekhodge2289]

Hell yeah, those cans are there for a reason.

[@clintonkotcha7452]

I got up on stage and sang with Bob at a show in Tulsa ok the otherside

[@KissyCrissy]

Fucking Rad, Man

[@Braulios_Penesecou]

"Cobra Verde" line up maybe ruined Mr. Pollard marriage, but it's still the best sounding one.

[@indieguy81]

I think Doug is the only Cobra Verde member in this particular lineup. They were on Mag Earwhig and the subsequent tour but Bob fired them after that, with the exception of Doug.

[@Braulios_Penesecou]

@@indieguy81 Academic

[@indieguy81]

@@Braulios_Penesecou lol I've just been reading a Pollard/GBV biography recently so it's fresh on my mind. Not trying to be a smarty pants.

[@Braulios_Penesecou]

@@indieguy81 sorry it wasnt a critic about you, i was trying to point out that being a band witch such a dense career to know all the facts is almost like study ancient history. BTW what is the tittle on the biography?

[@indieguy81]

@@Braulios_Penesecou I'm actually reading a second one now (because I'm a total fanboy nerd), but it's called Closer You Are by Matthew Cutter. The first one I read is called Guided by Voices: A Brief History, 21 Years of Hunting Accidents in the Forests of Rock and Roll. Jim Greer wrote that one and he spent some time as their bass player in the mid 90s. But they're both excellent books and I highly recommend them! Lots of entertaining stories, and they give an intimate window into Bob's creative and personal life.

[@chrissmith256]

I knew l was drunk when l hopped into my slippers like l would a pair of skates.

[@mfpendle]

I'm guessing that's his "second" beer of the night.

[@darkduds38]

Dude's so wasted lol

[@hankosasuna2099]

GAWJUS

[@thesewerchild2]

I loved this song. I don't anymore

[@Th-tg4zm]

Cmon man it’s one drunk performance

[@angrym0nkeysh0w]

They sound amazing considering he's drunk af

[@salvagemonster3612]

God anyone else remember when Austin used to have great bands and artists on it? Now the druggies and homeless and junkies have taken over with tractor Rape geeeez

[@DAFIZZIF]

Those bands probably wouldn't exist without GBV.

[@ashlylynn4555]

people like you are turning Austin into a glass-tower Google city with no character and no dignity. homeless people and people you call "junkies" have always been here and have been some of the best personalities here. go back to Silicon Valley :)

[@joesafishin]

When SRV passed I’m afraid Austin went with him

[@winterrising8738]

But do they use chain???

[@vxcvxmcrposfdsdfulpdfg]

Guided By Voices is one of the most prolific, enduring bands of all time. You literally dont know what youre talking about you fucking clown