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“Hardcore UFOs” by Guided By Voices
From the album Bee Thousand (1994)
“Hardcore UFOs” by Guided By Voices appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2024. It was first released in 1994 on the album Bee Thousand. Its best result is #535 on The Best Opening Tracks of All Time.
Robert Pollard wrote both the words and the music for "Hardcore UFOs", which turned up in June 1994 on Bee Thousand, the seventh Guided by Voices album and a Scat Records release. Back then the Dayton, Ohio outfit barely counted as a band in the usual sense: whoever from a loose circle of friends could make it to a hastily called session got to play, and Pollard thought of the whole enterprise as more of a songwriters' guild than a group.
Bee Thousand drew on British Invasion rock and on punk, and once it was out Guided by Voices became one of the best-known names tied to lo-fi, the scene defined in part by its rough, low-fidelity recordings. Other labels started calling, and the band moved to Matador for the next record.
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 535 | KEXP | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time | 738 |
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