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Hot Freaks Subscription

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Guided By Voices started a subscription service during the 2020 pandemic that saw live shows canceled. Weekly emails gave subscribers exclusive music, video, and images. Music was downloadable in MP3 and WAV formats and playable in the Promo Jukebox player. Files were watermarked to prevent people from posting or sharing online. Hot Freaks ended after 53 weeks of emails.

Week 53's email mentioned a total 1,000 tracks for Hot Freaks. This was a count of unique tracks but included "Bunco Men" and "Transfusion" twice (they appeared 3 times) and also included the demos for "Never Abandon Ship", "In Calculus Strategem" and "War Of The Devils" twice since they also appeared on the full release of Before Computers (Styles We Paid For demos). So, removing those brings the total of unique tracks to 995.

The following message was sent to subscribers on May 17, 2021: "As band and management make preparations for touring, we are going to wind down the year of Hot Freaks tomorrow. It's been fun looking back and digging through the archives, but we will be busy planning the future. Perhaps Hot Freaks will return someday, but hopefully we've turned the corner on the pandemic, and we hope that Hot Freaks brought some positivity during a very tough year for everyone."
Record stores may be temporarily closed and live shows may be on hold, but you can keep up with Guided By Voices by joining HOT FREAKS. Every Tuesday, a weekly email will deliver sneak previews of brand new songs, plus rarities, never-before-heard tracks, demos, live concert recordings, rare photos and videos, recording secrets, exclusive swag offers, and many more surprises from deep within the Guided By Voices vaults. A HOT FREAKS subscription is $100 for one year for exclusive access to downloads and streaming content (with easy-to-use apps for phones or computer). Fine print: We kindly ask subscribers not to leak, share, upload, sell, broadcast or podcast the contents of HOT FREAKS. Thanks for your support and stay safe and healthy! $100 (one year subscription)

A 64gb USB flash drive, with Hot Freaks logo in an attractive box embossed with GBV logo was made available for Hot Freaks subscribers to order from Rockathon Records. It includes all of the music (WAVs / MP3s), pictures & text of the 2020-2021 Hot Freaks subscription.

        
Hot Freaks Calculator
Cost Per Track

10 cents

Total Unique Tracks

995

Total Tracks

1005

Image Hot Freaks Release Date Artist Title Year Format # Tracks Label Catalog # Country
Week 53 Bonus 05/17/2021 Guided By Voices Live At Gateway City Arts In Holyoke, MA, 10.13.18 [Live] 2021 Digital 62 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 53 05/18/2021 Guided By Voices Broadcaster House - Part 2 2021 Digital 18 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 52 05/11/2021 Guided By Voices Broadcaster House - Part 1 2021 Digital 23 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 51 05/04/2021 Robert Pollard Carry On Bag II 2021 Digital 13 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 50 04/27/2021 Cub Scout Bowling Pins Eggs, Mother? 2021 Digital 1 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 49 04/20/2021 Robert Pollard Space City Kicks (Roughs) 2021 Digital 18 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 48 04/13/2021 Guided By Voices BBC Radio 1: John Peel Session (1996) [Live] 2021 Digital 5 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 47 04/06/2021 Robert Pollard Full Sun (Dig The Slowness) 2021 Digital 20 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 46 03/30/2021 Cub Scout Bowling Pins She Cannot Know 2021 Digital 1 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 45 03/23/2021 Guided By Voices WXPN World Cafe - July 17, 1997 [Live] 2021 Digital 11 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 44 03/16/2021 Robert Pollard Motivational Jumpsuit (Demos) 2021 Digital 15 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 43 03/09/2021 Robert Pollard Lord Of The Birdcage (Roughs) 2021 Digital 12 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 42 03/02/2021 Robert Pollard Carry On Bag 2021 Digital 13 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 41 02/23/2021 Various Artists Bobby Bare Jr. 2021 Digital 18 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 40 Bonus 02/17/2021 Guided By Voices Frostman 2021 Digital 1 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 40 02/16/2021 Guided By Voices The Grog Shop - Cleveland, Ohio - April 21, 2018 [Live] 2021 Digital 67 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 39 02/09/2021 Various Artists Sunshine Girl Hello 2021 Digital 2 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 38 02/02/2021 Robert Pollard I Sell The Circus (Demos) 2021 Digital 14 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 37 01/26/2021 Various Artists Kevin Daniel March 2021 Digital 12 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 36 01/19/2021 Robert Pollard Before Computers (Styles We Paid For Demos) 2021 Digital 15 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 35 01/12/2021 Various Artists The Batman Sees The Ball 2021 Digital 2 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 34 01/05/2021 Guided By Voices Live At Irving Plaza, New York City, June 14, 1996 [Live] 2021 Digital 45 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 33 12/29/2020 Robert Pollard 1998 Home Acoustic Recording 2020 Digital 20 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 32 12/22/2020 Tsuf/Zohar/Inbal How Loft I Am 2020 Digital 1 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 31 12/15/2020 Guided By Voices Do The Collapse - Part 2 (Band Demos) 2020 Digital 5 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 30 12/08/2020 Various Artists Mark Shue 2020 Digital 12 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 29 12/01/2020 Cub Scout Bowling Pins School School 2020 Digital 1 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 28 11/24/2020 Robert Pollard American Superdream Wow - Part 2 2020 Digital 31 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 27 11/17/2020 Robert Pollard American Superdream Wow - Part 1 2020 Digital 35 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 26 11/10/2020 Various Artists Douglas Scott Gillard - Part 2 2020 Digital 16 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 25 11/03/2020 Various Artists War Of The Devils 2020 Digital 2 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 24 10/27/2020 Robert Pollard Freak Anthem (Revisited) 2020 Digital 12 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 23 10/20/2020 Robert Pollard Freak Anthem Demos 2020 Digital 12 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 22 10/13/2020 Various Artists In Calculus Stratagem 2020 Digital 2 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 21 10/06/2020 Guided By Voices 2019 Rara Avis [Live] 2020 Digital 15 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 20 09/29/2020 Cash Rivers And The Sinners Frankenstein's New Nut Huggers: The Very Best Of Cash Rivers And The Sinners 2020 Digital 36 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 19 09/22/2020 Various Artists Douglas Scott Gillard - Part 1 2020 Digital 17 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 18 09/15/2020 Various Artists Never Abandon Ship 2020 Digital 2 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 17 09/08/2020 Robert Pollard Shaking Hands With A Ghost 2020 Digital 6 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 16 09/01/2020 Guided By Voices Heedfest 2019 [Live] 2020 Digital 74 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 15 08/25/2020 Guided By Voices Kit Kat Acoustic Break 2020 Digital 8 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 14 08/18/2020 Guided By Voices Doses Of Nonchalance: Live At Spaceland, Los Angeles, April 21, 1995 [Live] 2020 Digital 47 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 13 08/11/2020 Robert Pollard Space Gun Demos 2020 Digital 16 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 12 08/04/2020 Cash Rivers And The Sinners "Whatever We Give You" (Is What You Get) 2020 Digital 2 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 11 07/28/2020 Guided By Voices Live from The Metro - Chicago, IL - July 11, 1998 [Live] 2020 Digital 44 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 10 07/21/2020 Guided By Voices 2020: Live From Dayton, Ohio [Live] 2020 Digital 54 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 09 07/14/2020 Robert Pollard Psychopath Timecard (August By Cake Demos) 2020 Digital 17 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 08 07/07/2020 Guided By Voices Live - Sweating The Plague [Live] 2020 Digital 10 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 07 06/30/2020 Guided By Voices Mirrored Aztec - Part 3 2020 Digital 6 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 06 06/23/2020 Robert Pollard Quiz Wednesday (How Do You Spell Heaven Demos) 2020 Digital 15 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 05 06/16/2020 Guided By Voices 2 More New Tracks From Mirrored Aztec 2020 Digital 4 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 04 06/09/2020 Guided By Voices Live From Industry City - Brooklyn, NY - September 27, 2019 [Live] 2020 Digital 66 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 03 06/02/2020 Guided By Voices Do The Collapse - Part 1 (Bob & Doug Demos) 2020 Digital 24 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 02 05/26/2020 Robert Pollard 3 Songs From Soundtrack From Planet Cake 2020 Digital 3 Rockathon Records U.S.A. 
Week 01 05/19/2020 Guided By Voices Transfusion/Bunco Men 2020 Digital 2 Rockathon Records U.S.A.