Suitcase 2: American Superdream Wow

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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 .

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

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