Suitcase 2: American Superdream Wow is the second box set of 100 unreleased songs by Guided by Voices

Guided by Voices

Guided by Voices is an American indie rock band originating from Dayton, Ohio. Beginning with the band's formation in 1983, it made frequent personnel changes but always maintained the presence of principal songwriter Robert Pollard...

. 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

Robert Pollard

Robert Pollard is an American rock musician and singer-songwriter who is the leader and creative force behind indie rock group Guided by Voices, who disbanded in 2004, only to reform in 2010...

 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

From A Compound Eye

From a Compound Eye is a Robert Pollard CD and double LP released in 2006. Though Pollard had already released several albums under his own name, this album, being the first released after the 2004 dissolution of his longtime vehicle Guided by Voices, was considered to be the official commencement...

http://www.gbvdb.com/track.asp?track=Denied&version=&live=False.

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

Suitcase: Failed Experiments and Trashed Aircraft

Suitcase: Failed Experiments and Trashed Aircraft is a four-CD box set released by Guided by Voices in 2000. Named for the reputed literal Suitcase in which bandleader Robert Pollard allegedly stored his hundreds of unreleased tapes, the set is a trawl through decades worth of material from...

, 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