Suitcase 2: American Superdream Wow

Suitcase 2: American Superdream Wow
Box set by Guided by Voices
Released 2005
Recorded 1978-2005
Genre Rock, Lo-fi, indie rock
Label Fading Captain Series
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Guided by Voices chronology
Half Smiles of the Decomposed
(2004)
Suitcase 2
(2000)
Guided by Voices Box Set chronology
Hardcore UFOs
(2003)
Suitcase 2
(2005)

Suitcase 2: American Superdream Wow is the second box set of 100 unreleased songs by Guided by Voices. As with the first Suitcase box set, each song is credited to a fictional band name. For this set's artwork, fictional artwork, album covers, and ephemera associated with some of the acts was created.

The mastering process for this set involved a cassette-deck and a consumer-model standalone CD Burner operated by bandlead Robert Pollard himself, and the transfer process left a handful of tracks marred by digital audio glitches.

The subtitle "American Superdream Wow" comes from lyrics from the song "Denied" on From a Compound Eye [1].

Pollard later created a band called Boston Spaceships, which appears as a song on this collection.

Track listing

Fictitious bandnames do not appear in italics. Continuing from the previous Suitcase: Failed Experiments and Trashed Aircraft, the discs are numbered 5-8 and the songs 101-200.

Disc 5:

  1. "The Plague" - This Ream – 1:34
  2. "Terror Of Living" - Rocket Head – 2:38
  3. "Ragged Enzymes" - The Golden Pickle – 0:29
  4. "Hey John, Bees" - Your Charming Proposal – 1:08
  5. "Wim Dials" - Searing Tonight – 1:52
  6. "Billy Ray Human" - Somewhere Sometime – 3:04
  7. "Milko Waif" - If You Think It's Easy – 1:00
  8. "Wig Stomper" - His Spacetruck Is Strange – 2:11
  9. "Child Of Joe" - Tin Can Laughter – 2:55
  10. "7 Feet Of Sunshine" - Sacred Space – 2:07
  11. "Bore Co." - Soul Flyers – 3:07
  12. "Throne" - Gods Of Richard – 1:32
  13. "Scott Joy" - It's Only Up To You – 2:19
  14. "Ax" - Dancing With The Answers – 4:06
  15. "Devron Zones" - Waiting For Your Touch – 1:44
  16. "Milko Waif" - Soggy Beavers – 0:45
  17. "The Bug-Eyed Mums" - Invisible Train To Earth – 1:53
  18. "Seraphim Barf" - Stingy Queens – 3:20
  19. "Karma Yeah" - Something For Susan In The Shadows – 2:18
  20. "Heavy River" - Sinister Infrared Halo – 4:05
  21. "Herkimer Mohawk" - Happy At The Drag Strip – 2:08
  22. "Apes In The Window" - Arms – 2:03
  23. "Yummy Ropes" - Solid Gold Animal Collection – 1:46
  24. "Some Are Bullets In Dreams" - Beach Towers – 4:24
  25. "Bleep Bleep F*ck" - Cosmic Clown – 1:05

Disc 6:

  1. "Timid Virus" - I Am Decided – 2:12
  2. "Mutts U.K." - Tainted Angels With Butter Knives – 2:24
  3. "Brainbow" - What About The Rock? – 6:43
  4. "Scott Joy" - Pack Of Rolling Papers – 0:26
  5. "The One Too Many" - Telephone Town – 2:41
  6. "The Pukes" - Hey, I Know Your Old Lady – 0:48
  7. "Dale Frescamo" - Headache Revolution – 1:19
  8. "Stumpy In The Ocean" - Every Man – 2:16
  9. "Milko Waif" - Alibible – 1:37
  10. "Ben Zing" - I Can't Help But Noticing – 2:20
  11. "Red Faced Rats" - Mannequin's Complaint – 2:09
  12. "U B Hitler" - Zarkoff's Coming – 1:35
  13. "Acid Ranch" - Supersonic Love Funky Love Gun – 2:18
  14. "The Bad Babies" - Perch Warble [Studio Version] – 1:28
  15. "Scott Joy" - You're Not The Queen Anymore – 1:24
  16. "Throne" - Ivanhoe – 1:01
  17. "Herkimer Mohawk" - How Can You? – 1:53
  18. "Shoot'em" - The Lodger Carried A Gun – 2:47
  19. "Modular Dance Units" - Metro XVI – 1:47
  20. "Milko Waif" - My Dream Making Machine – 1:22
  21. "Usually To Death" - Mustard Man – 4:18
  22. "Wheels Pig Harvey" - Alone In Time – 1:10
  23. "The Plexigrall Bee-hive" - Dusty Bushworms [Different Version] – 3:22
  24. "Wheels Pig Harvey" - Free It – 1:14
  25. "Christopher Lightship" - Are You Faster? [Demo] – 3:42

Disc 7:

  1. "The Fake Organisms" - A Proud And Booming Industry [Different Version] – 2:25
  2. "We Too Bark" - Two Or Three Songs – 2:20
  3. "Milko Waif" - Little Games – 1:03
  4. "Ax" - Daughter Of The Gold Rush – 4:58
  5. "Leon Lemans" - Color Coat Drawing – 3:48
  6. "Silent Knife" - Learning To Burn – 1:32
  7. "Howling Wolf Orchestra" - A Minute Before The Evil Street – 1:00
  8. "The Needmores" - I'd Choose You – 3:55
  9. "Wavo" - You're Killin' Me – 1:40
  10. "Lectricalroo" - Old Friend – 2:05
  11. "Devron Zones" - She Don't Shit (No Golden Bricks For Me) – 0:51
  12. "Milko Waif" - I Have A Hard Heart – 0:53
  13. "The One Too Many" - Shoddy Clothes – 4:08
  14. "The Plague" - Sordid Forst – 2:08
  15. "The Needmores" - Shake It Out – 2:01
  16. "The Accidental Texas Who" - Cowboy Zoo – 1:45
  17. "Peter Built Bombs" - Soul Barn – 3:16
  18. "Modular Dance Units" - Phase IV (Rise Of The Ants) – 3:22
  19. "Burial Wind" - Piece – 1:09
  20. "Sucko" - Lonely Town – 2:46
  21. "Wavo" - Do Be – 1:02
  22. "Academy Of Crowsfeet" - Boston Spaceships – 2:44
  23. "Scott Joy" - Drugs & Eggs – 2:32
  24. "Stumpy In The Ocean" - That Ain't No Good – 2:31
  25. "Alvin Haisles" - Immediate Frozen Lookalikes – 0:43

Disc 8:

  1. "7 Feet Of Sunshine" - Madroom Assistance – 2:31
  2. "Man of Dimension" - Praying Man vs. Bo Diddley – 1:59
  3. "Alvin Haisles" - Nerve Gas – 0:47
  4. "The Fun Punk 5" - Do The Ball – 1:21
  5. "Peter Built Bombs" - The Issue Presents Itself – 2:52
  6. "The Banana Show" - Leprechaun Catfish Fighter – 0:29
  7. "Leon Lemans" - Child – 3:12
  8. "Howling Wolf Orchestra" - Invisible Exercise – 2:00
  9. "Carl Goffin" - All Around The World – 1:39
  10. "Alvin Haisles" - Late Night Scamerica – 1:51
  11. "Stumpy In The Ocean" - A World Of My Own – 2:50
  12. "Milko Waif" - She's The One – 0:56
  13. "7 Dog 3" - Daddy's In The State Pen – 1:58
  14. "The One Too Many" - Cox Municipal Airport Song – 2:25
  15. "Gene Autrey's Psychic" - Scare Me No. 3 – 1:18
  16. "Manimal" - Grope – 2:33
  17. "God's Little Lightning Bolt" - Heavy Crown – 2:13
  18. "Wim Dials" - So Roll Me Over – 1:12
  19. "The Inbrids" - Home By Ten – 2:38
  20. "Milko Waif" - Come Make My Shadow – 1:39
  21. "The One Too Many" - Paper Girl [Different Version] – 1:46
  22. "Yummy Ropes" - Jimmy's Einstein Poster – 0:50
  23. "Hot Skin Apartment" - My Only Confection – 1:45
  24. "Otim Grimes" - Groundwork – 2:59
  25. "The Fun Punk 5" - Bye Bye Song – 2:47