Doug Gillard

Doug Gillard

Background information
Born	December 23, 1965 (1965-12-23) (age 46)
Origin	Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Genres	Rock Indie rock Pop
Instruments	guitar, vocals, bass, piano, keyboards, drums, percussion, melodica,
Years active	1982–present
Website	www.douggillard.com

Doug Gillard (born December 23, 1965 in Sandusky, Ohio) is a guitarist and songwriter from Cleveland, 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, Yuji Oniki, My Dad is Dead, The Mice, Bill Fox, Fence Lions, Zest Of Yore, Stewart Pack, Nada Surf, The Oranges Band, and as a solo artist. Gillard attended schools in Elyria, Ohio, but moved to Cleveland after graduating high school. During the late 1980s he was a DJ for WCSB. Gillard has also scored several independent films, including American Cannibal. Gillard presently lives in New York, New York.

Discography

As Doug Gillard:

Cover Songs With Big Heads (self released cassette EP – sold mail order by Scat Records) (1985)

It'll Be Such A Thrill (self released cassette – sold mail order by Scat Records) (1990) - songs from ages 5 to 9.

Malamute Jute (EP - Cushion Records) (1999)

Creative Process 473 (motion picture soundtrack) (2003)

Contains 10 songs for soundtrack written and performed by Doug Gillard plus 3 bonus original songs not on soundtrack.

Salamander (Pink Frost)(2004) distributed by Redeye Distribution, Inc.

Call From Restricted (347 Records)(2008 - digital; 2009 - physical CD).

Contains 13 new songs recorded in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Brooklyn, NY.

External links

Guided by Voices

Robert Pollard Tobin Sprout • Mitch Mitchell • Kevin Fennell • Greg Demos

Former members	Nate Farley • Doug Gillard • Jim Pollard • Chris Slusarenko • Kevin March • Jim Macpherson • Tim Tobias • Don Thrasher • James Greer

Albums	Devil Between My Toes (1987) • Sandbox (1987) • Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia (1989) • Same Place the Fly Got Smashed (1990) • Propeller (1992) • Vampire on Titus (1993) • Bee Thousand (1994) • Alien Lanes (1995) • Under the Bushes Under the Stars (1996) • Tonics and Twisted Chasers (1996) • Mag Earwhig! (1997) • Do the Collapse (1999) • Isolation Drills (2001) • Universal Truths and Cycles (2002) • Earthquake Glue (2003) • Half Smiles of the Decomposed (2004) • Let's Go Eat the Factory (2012) • Class Clown Spots a UFO (2012)

EPs	Forever Since Breakfast (1986) • The Grand Hour (1993) • Static Airplane Jive (1993) • Get Out of My Stations (1994) • Fast Japanese Spin Cycle (1994) • Clown Prince of the Menthol Trailer (1994) • I Am a Scientist (1994) • Tigerbomb (1995) • Sunfish Holy Breakfast (1996) • Plantations of Pale Pink (1996) • Wish in One Hand... (1997) • Plugs for the Program (1999) • Hold on Hope (2000) • Dayton, Ohio–19 Something and 5 (2000) • Daredevil Stamp Collector: Do the Collapse B-sides (2001) • The Pipe Dreams of Instant Prince Whippet (2002)

Box sets	Box (1995) • Suitcase: Failed Experiments and Trashed Aircraft (2000) • Hardcore UFOs: Revelations, Epiphanies and Fast Food in the Western Hemisphere (2003) • Suitcase 2: American Superdream Wow (2005) • Suitcase 3: Up We Go Now (2009)

Compilation	The Best of Guided by Voices: Human Amusements at Hourly Rates (2003) • Crickets: Best of the Fading Captain Series 1999–2007 (2007)

Related articles	Discography • Airport 5 • Boston Spaceships • Circus Devils • Cobra Verde • Todd Tobias

Robert Pollard solo albums	Not in My Airforce (1996) • Waved Out (1998) • Kid Marine (1999) • Motel of Fools (2003) • Fiction Man (2004) • From a Compound Eye (2006) • Normal Happiness (2006) • Standard Gargoyle Decisions (2007) • Coast to Coast Carpet of Love (2007) • Superman Was a Rocker (2008) • Robert Pollard Is Off to Business (2008) • The Crawling Distance (2009) • Elephant Jokes (2009) • We All Got Out of the Army (2010) • Moses on a Snail (2010) • Space City Kicks (2011) • Lord of the Birdcage (2011) • Mouseman Cloud (2012)

Tobin Sprout albums	Carnival Boy (1996) • Moonflower Plastic (1997) • Let's Welcome the Circus People (1999) • Lost Planets & Phantom Voices (2003) • The Bluebirds Of Happiness Tried To Land On My Shoulder (2010)

Airport 5 albums	Tower in the Fountain of Sparks (2001) • Life Starts Here (2002)

Boston Spaceships albums	Brown Submarine (2008) • The Planets are Blasted (2009) • Zero to 99 (2009) • Our Cubehouse Still Rocks (2010) • Let It Beard (2011)

Acid Ranch albums	Some Of The Magic Syrup Was Preserved (2002) • As Forever: A Manifesto Of Fractured Imagination And Wreckless Living (2005) • The Great Houdini Wasn't So Great (2007)

Circus Devils albums	Ringworm Interiors (2001) • The Harold Pig Memorial (2002) • Pinball Mars (2004) • Five (2005) • Sgt. Disco (2007) • Ataxia (2008) • Gringo (2009) • Mother Skinny (2010) • Capsized! (2011)

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