Robert Poss is an American guitarist and music producer. He was the front man and primary composer for

Band of Susans Band of Susans was an American alternative rock No Wave band formed in New York City in 1986 and active until 1996. It originally consisted of Robert Poss (guitar/vocals), Susan Stenger (bass/vocals), Ron Spitzer (drums), with Susan Lyall (guit ...

between 1986 and 1996. He has also collaborated with

Rhys Chatham Rhys Chatham (born September 19, 1952) is an American composer, guitarist, trumpet player, multi-instrumentalist (flutes in C, alto and bass, keyboard), primarily active in avant-garde and minimalist music. He is best known for his "guitar orche ...

and the band

When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water was an American experimental music, experimental psychedelic rock, psychedelic rock music, rock band from New York City active from 1986 to 1996. Their three albums and several EPs consist of exp ...

. He co-founded Trace Elements Records in 1980, which released records from artists such as

Nicolas Collins Nicolas Collins (born March 26, 1954, in New York City) is a composer of mostly electronic music, a sound artist and writer. He received his BA and MA from Wesleyan University, and his PhD from the University of East Anglia. Upon graduating from ...

and

Phill Niblock Phillip Earl Niblock (October 2, 1933 – January 8, 2024) was an American composer, filmmaker, and videographer. In 1985, he was appointed director of Experimental Intermedia,Alan Licht, ''Common Tones: Selected Interviews with Artists and Music ...

Discography

* ''Sometimes'' (1986) * ''Inverse Guitar'' (1988) - with

* ''ManchesterLondon'' (2000) * ''Distortion Is Truth'' (2002) * ''Crossing Casco Bay'' (2002) * ''Frozen Flowers Curse The Day '' (2018) * ''Drones, Songs and Fairy Dust'' (2024)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Poss, Robert American rock singers American rock guitarists American male guitarists American alternative rock musicians Noise rock musicians American shoegaze musicians Living people Band of Susans members Singer-songwriters from New York (state) Guitarists from New York City Year of birth missing (living people) American male singer-songwriters