Robert Pollard (born October 31 1957) is a Dayton, Ohio singer-songwriter, who until 2004 was the leader and creative force behind indie rock group Guided by Voices. During his high school years, he was a successful basketball and baseball player. Pollard was a fourth grade schoolteacher until 1994, when Guided by Voices first broke into the national consciousness with the release of the album "Bee Thousand". With over 900 songs registered to his name with BMI, …

Tobin Sprout is an American musician best known for his contribution as a band member of indie rock icons Guided by Voices (GBV). Tobin Sprout's solo career has garnered him critical praise for his songwriting skills and musicianship. A self taught musician from an early age, he played with and was a major collaborator to the Dayton, OH rockers, employing a 4-track and home studio skills, contributing to the unique lo-fi sound of GBV.

Doug Gillard (born December 23, 1965 in Sandusky, Ohio) is a Cleveland, Ohio based guitarist from Elyria, Ohio who has performed with bands and artists such as Death Of Samantha, Gem, Cobra Verde, Guided by Voices, Richard Buckner, Children's Crusade, Starvation Army, and as a solo artist. During the late 1980's he was a DJ for WCSB. Gillard has also scored several independent films, including American Cannibal.

Todd Tobias (born 1967, Akron, Ohio) is a music producer/ engineer and musician best known for his work with Robert Pollard and his band Guided by Voices. Other projects include Circus Devils (also with Robert Pollard), and "Clouds Forming Crowns" with brother Tim Tobias (also an ex- Guided by Voices bassist). Other bands Tobias has worked with include The Celebrity Pilots" and "Coffinberry.

John "Mitch" Mitchell (born 25 December) is a guitarist, songwriter, and producer who was in the original Guided by Voices lineup from 1983 to 1996. Mitchell currently performs with Mitch Mitchell's Terrifying Experience.

Tommy Keene is considered one of the 1980s most critically acclaimed (and commercially ignored) singer/songwriters and a prime example of the musical genre of Power Pop. Originally hailing from Washington D.C., his 1984 EP "Places That Are Gone" became one of the year's top selling independent releases. The EP garnered a four-star review in Rolling Stone, and was voted the #1 EP in the following year's Village Voice Pazz & Jop Poll.

Matt Sweeney is a guitarist, vocalist, and producer who has worked with various groups, including 90s bands Skunk and Chavez. He has also played in Billy Corgan's band Zwan, filled in on bass for Guided by Voices, and collaborated with Will Oldham on their group effort 2005 album, "Superwolf" as well as their single "I Gave You". Sweeney's work has taken him across a variety of musical genres.

Jim Macpherson (born June 23, 1966) is a United States percussionist who has played with well-known rock acts, including Guided by Voices, The Breeders,The Moping Swans, The Raging Mantras, Killjoys and The Amps. Jim also played in Kattie Dougherty's and bassist Sharon Gavlick's project band Real Lulu, among a collection of featured Dayton, OH drummers. At the end of Guided by Voices 2000 European tour, Jim left the band to spend more time with his family.

Greg Demos is a Dayton, OH lawyer and musician who has performed with Guided by Voices, in which he wore a pair of striped white pants, and occasionally played bass. He has also performed with Bevil Web and Three-Dream Bag, and has been known to suffer periodically from bad lawyer-wig.

Kevin Fennel was a frequent drummer for Guided by Voices between 1983-1996. He left the band somewhat acrimoniously in 1996 while suffering from various health problems. Though thought to have coined the phrase "Guided by Voices is the devil", supposedly sincerely, he had apparently reconciled enough to perform at the band's final Dayton, OH performance in 2004. He did not, however, appear at their final concert overall in Chicago, 12/31/04.

Pennsylvania native Jon Wurster has been the drummer for indie rockers Superchunk since 1991. Wurster has recorded and/or performed live with artists like Jay Farrar, Robert Pollard, Rocket from the Crypt, Ryan Adams, R.E.M., Guided by Voices, Marah, Alejandro Escovedo, Chris Stamey and Peter Holsapple, The Minus 5 and Charlie Daniels. Currently he is touring as a member of The Mountain Goats. Wurster is one half of the Scharpling and Wurster comedy team.

Michael Seifert is a multi-platinum award winning producer, writer, arranger and recording engineer based in Cleveland, Ohio. Michael’s credits include work for internationally known artists including Tori Amos, Fountains of Wayne, Gerald Levert, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Too Short, 8 Ball & MJG, UGK, Chuck Mosley (Faith No More), Guided by Voices, J. Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.), blues legend Robert Lockwood Jr., Happy Rhodes, Kate Voegele, and others.

Thaxter Elliott Douglas III (b. 31 October, 1957), better known as Thax Douglas, is an American poet based out of Chicago, Illinois. Due to his close relationship to the city's music scene, he is often referred to as a "rock poet." For many years, Douglas has been a fixture at Chicago-area shows, reading poems directly inspired by the music of bands as introductions for their performances. Many of these poems have been compiled in Douglas's books.

Michael Marcus Hearst is an American composer, multi-instrumentalist and writer. His musical instruments include claviola, theremin, guitar, piano, drums and bass. He earned a degree in music composition from Virginia Commonwealth University. He has been a founding member of the bands Schwa, Fashion Central, Maud Gonne, Anon, and One Ring Zero. One Ring Zero’s acclaimed album, "As Smart As We Are", …

Brian Lisik is an Akron, Ohio, USA-based writer, singer, guitarist, and former frontman of late '90s pop-punk band The Giants of Science. Lisik's debut full-length solo CD, "Baggage," was released on Cherokee Queen Records in July 2004. The CD was produced by Eddie Tomecko (Bone Thugs and Harmony;Don Dixon) and mastered by Bernie Grundman alumnus Erik Wolf (Delbert McClinton; John Prine;En Vogue).

Jaime Legato is one of the more diverse musicians in popular music. He is perhaps best known as a founding member of Giant Jerk, one of the leaders of the American-based improvisational folk movement of the mid-1990s. Legato was born in Toledo, Ohio, on January 24th, 1971. He and his younger brother, Shirc (b.1972), were classically trained in piano and violin respectively. They formed many rock bands together in their early years, …

Brian Hubble (born 1978 in Virginia) is an American painter, illustrator and practitioner of anti-art happenings. He is best known for his Outsider Art approach with dark collage illustrations for such publications as the "New York Times", "Harper's Magazine", "M.I.T. Technology Review" and "Psychology Today". In 2004, he collaborated with Yoko Ono through "The Stranger", …

Aaron Blitzstein is an American television writer. He has written for shows including the Emmy nominated "The Late Show with David Letterman", "The Andy Milonakis Show", "Crank Yankers" and the FX series, "The Riches". He was also a contributing writer and Vice President of Creative at World Championship Wrestling. Prior to writing, he was part of the management team at Gold Mountain Entertainment that oversaw the careers of musical artists including Sonic Youth, …

Richard Karn Wilson is an American television actor. Karn is best known for his role as Al Borland, the sidekick of Tim Allen's character, on the sitcom "Home Improvement" (1991–1999). In 2002, Karn replaced Louie Anderson as host of the game show "Family Feud". In 2002, Karn also made an appearance in The Strokes' music video for "Someday", …

Becki Pipette (also known as RiotBecki born Rebecca Louise Stephens on July 30 1982) is a singer with the band The Pipettes. Brighton-born Becki, who normally stands stage left, is the Pipette with darker blonde hair, glasses and nose ring (she is often described as looking like a librarian).

Supie T (also known as Dan Smiley, or Superstar Dan Theman) is an eccentric musician from Cleveland. He has achieved a moderate level of success, most notably recordings on several albums solo (acapella) and with and with his own backing band, "The Getdown Airwaves". However, he is probably best known for his portrayal in the 1996 Robert Banks documentary "Can't Get a Piece of Mind", which illuminates a disturbing portrayal of the singer, …