House of GVSB explained

House of GVSB
Type:	studio
Artist:	Girls Against Boys
Cover:	Girls_Against_Boys_House_of_GVSB.jpeg
Studio:	Water Music, Hoboken, NJ
Genre:	Post-hardcore indie rock
Length:	40:11
Label:	Touch and Go
Producer:	Ted Niceley
Prev Title:	Super-fire
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	Disco Six Six Six
Next Year:	1996

House of GVSB is the fourth studio album by American post-hardcore band Girls Against Boys, released in 1996 by Touch and Go Records.^[1]

Recording

House of GVSB was recorded in September 1995 at Water Music studios in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States.^[2]

Reception

House of GVSB has been generally well received by critics. It is the band's bestselling album, with over 70,000 copies having been sold worldwide by May 1998.^[3]

Ned Raggett of AllMusic wrote, "House of GVSB saw the band continuing its winning streak, and while arguably it contained no real surprises after the powerful one-two punch of Venus Luxure [No. 1 Baby] and Cruise Yourself, it still showed the quartet at the top of its considerable game."

Accolades

Year	Publication	Country	Accolade	Rank	class=unsortable
1996	Spin	United States	"Albums of the Year"	5	^[4]
1996	Rock de Lux	Spain	"Albums of the Year"	15	^[5]
1996	Kerrang!	United Kingdom	"Albums of the Year"	20	^[6]
1996	Magic	France	"Albums of the Year"	25	^[7]
1996	Rock Sound	France	"Albums of the Year"	26	^[8]
1996	Sounds	Germany	"Albums of the Year"		^[9]
2000	LAS Magazine	United States	"90 Albums of the 90s"	42	^[10]
2006	Rock Sound	France	"Top 150 Albums of Our Lifetime"	126	^[11]
"*" denotes an unordered list.

Personnel

Adapted from the House of GVSB liner notes.^[12]

Girls Against Boys

• Alexis Fleisig – drums
• Eli Janney – keyboards, bass guitar, backing vocals, engineering, mixing
• Scott McCloud – lead vocals, guitar
• Johnny Temple – bass guitar

Production and additional personnel

• Dom Barbera – additional mixing
• Greg Calbi – mastering
• Wayne Dorell – additional engineering
• Rich Lamb – additional engineering
• Ted Niceley – production
• Mike Rippe – engineering
• Ken Tondre – Roland TR-808

Notes and References

1. Greg . Kot . Greg Kot . Girls Against Boys . . 2007 . July 9, 2015.
2. Web site: Girls Against Boys Celebrating 25th Anniversary of Their 'House of GVSB' Album with Reissue and Tour. Music in Motion Rocks. Gethin. Rick. August 10, 2021. January 9, 2022. https://archive.today/20220109092543/https://www.musicinmotioncolumbus.com/?p=6622. January 9, 2022. live.
3. Bambarger . Bradley . May 2, 1998 . Girls Against Boys Put On 'Freak' Show With Their Geffen Debut . . 110 . 18 . 16, 19 . 0006-2510.
4. Spin - Albums of the Year . 2010-03-19. Spin.
5. Web site: Rock de Lux - Albums of the Year . 2010-03-19. Rock de Lux.
6. Kerrang! - Albums of the Year . 2010-03-19. Kerrang!.
7. Web site: Magic - Albums of the Year . 2010-03-19. Magic.
8. Rock Sound - Albums of the Year . 2010-03-19. Rock Sound.
9. Sounds - Albums of the Year . 2010-03-19 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716095859/http://home.rhein-zeitung.de/~tommi.s/mes95.htm#1996k . 2011-07-16 .
10. Web site: 90 Albums of the 90s . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20010427072159/https://lostatsea.net/LAS/archives/features/music/90of90s/ . April 27, 2001 . 2010-03-19 . LAS Magazine.
11. Rock Sound - Top 150 Albums of Our Lifetime . 2010-03-19. Rock Sound.
12. House of GVSB . House of GVSB . . 1996 . booklet . . Chicago, Illinois.