title: Choreographed Man of War
Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department
Robert Pollard Is Off to Business
The Crawling Distance
Robert Pollard (American football)
Weatherman and Skin Goddess
Kid Marine
Elephant Jokes
Nic Offer
Robert Pollard
sentences: Choreographed Man of War is an album by Robert Pollard and the Soft Rock Renegades, released in 2001.
 The album features Robert Pollard (vocals, guitar), Greg Demos (bass), and Jim Macpherson (drums).
Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department is an album released by Robert Pollard and Doug Gillard in 1999.
 For the album, Gillard recorded instrumental tracks for songs Pollard had written (along with contributing four instrumentals of his own), to which Pollard later added vocals.
Robert Pollard Is Off to Business is 10th studio album released by singer-songwriter Robert Pollard on June 2, 2008.
 This is the first LP release from Robert Pollard's new record label "Guided by Voices Inc".
 All instrumentation on the album was performed by producer Todd Tobias.
 Many of the songs on the album were over three minutes in length, which is unusual for a Pollard release.
The Crawling Distance is 11th studio album released by singer-songwriter Robert Pollard on January 20, 2009.
 Similar to many of Pollard's releases since "Fiction Man" in 2004, all instrumentation on the album was performed by producer Todd Tobias.
 "The Crawling Distance" has a 64/100 score on metacritic and thus was Pollard's lowest rated album on the site, until 2011's "Space City Kicks" which has a 62.
 
Robert Pollard (born June 28, 1981) is a former American football defensive end.
 Pollard attended Texas Christian University on a football scholarship and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology in 2003.
 Afterward, he signed with the San Diego Chargers as a free agent (2004), then the Seattle Seahawks (2005–2006) of the National Football League before injuring his knee, ending his NFL career.
 After spending 2007 recovering from the injury, Pollard signed with the Dallas Desparados of the Arena Football League and played for a year before the entire arena football league was put on hiatus the following year.
Weatherman and Skin Goddess is a limited EP from singer-songwriter Robert Pollard.
 Only 1,000 CDs and 500 12 inch LPs were put into production and were made available exclusively on Pollard's website.
 Released on April 15, this marks the first release from Robert Pollard's record label Guided by Voices Inc.
Kid Marine is 3rd album by Robert Pollard, released in 1999.
 It is the first release of Robert Pollard's Fading Captain Series.
 Pollard has stated that the album is about Jeff "Kid Marine" Davis, the person pictured on the cover .
 Robert told Mojo magazine, "My personal favorite, a weird record, almost a concept album, about the typical Ohio male and what he does - drink, watch television, eat pizza.
 It got mixed reviews, there are people who hate it and others who think it's our best record and I'm on their side.
 I just love the songs.
 It feels like one piece, like it all fits together.
 I like the cover and I like the
Elephant Jokes is the 12th studio album released by singer-songwriter Robert Pollard on August 11, 2009, and the 8th full-length album to be released by Pollard (along with several EP's and singles) since the break-up of his band Guided by Voices in 2004.
 Unlike recent Pollard albums, Todd Tobias does not play all the instruments on "Elephant Jokes", as Pollard plays some guitar on this album.
Nic Offer (born 1972) is a New York City-based musician.
 He is best known as the vocalist of the dance/punk band !!!
, which he helped form in Sacramento, California in 1996.
 Offer also played bass and keyboards for the electronic band Out Hud from 1996 until 2005.
Robert Ellsworth Pollard Jr. (born October 31, 1957) is an American musician and singer-songwriter who is the leader and creative force behind indie rock group Guided by Voices.
 In addition to his work with Guided by Voices, he continues to have a prolific solo career with 22 solo albums released so far.

Question: Question: Are Robert Pollard and Nic Offer both American musicians? 

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 Choreographed Man of War is an album by Robert Pollard and the Soft Rock Renegades, released in 2001.
 The album features Robert Pollard (vocals, guitar), Greg Demos (bass), and Jim Macpherson (drums). 

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 Robert Pollard Is Off to Business is 10th studio album released by singer-songwriter Robert Pollard on June 2, 2008.
 This is the first LP release from Robert Pollard's new record label "Guided by Voices Inc".
 All instrumentation on the album was performed by producer Todd Tobias.
 Many of the songs on the album were over three minutes in length, which is unusual for a Pollard release. 

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 Robert Pollard (born June 28, 1981) is a former American football defensive end.
 Pollard attended Texas Christian University on a football scholarship and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology in 2003.
 Afterward, he signed with the San Diego Chargers as a free agent (2004), then the Seattle Seahawks (2005–2006) of the National Football League before injuring his knee, ending his NFL career.
 After spending 2007 recovering from the injury, Pollard signed with the Dallas Desparados of the Arena Football League and played for a year before the entire arena football league was put on hiatus the following year. 

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 Weatherman and Skin Goddess is a limited EP from singer-songwriter Robert Pollard.
 Only 1,000 CDs and 500 12 inch LPs were put into production and were made available exclusively on Pollard's website.
 Released on April 15, this marks the first release from Robert Pollard's record label Guided by Voices Inc. 

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 Kid Marine is 3rd album by Robert Pollard, released in 1999.
 It is the first release of Robert Pollard's Fading Captain Series.
 Pollard has stated that the album is about Jeff "Kid Marine" Davis, the person pictured on the cover .
 Robert told Mojo magazine, "My personal favorite, a weird record, almost a concept album, about the typical Ohio male and what he does - drink, watch television, eat pizza.
 It got mixed reviews, there are people who hate it and others who think it's our best record and I'm on their side.
 I just love the songs.
 It feels like one piece, like it all fits together.
 I like the cover and I like the 

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 Elephant Jokes is the 12th studio album released by singer-songwriter Robert Pollard on August 11, 2009, and the 8th full-length album to be released by Pollard (along with several EP's and singles) since the break-up of his band Guided by Voices in 2004.
 Unlike recent Pollard albums, Todd Tobias does not play all the instruments on "Elephant Jokes", as Pollard plays some guitar on this album. 

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 Nic Offer (born 1972) is a New York City-based musician.
 He is best known as the vocalist of the dance/punk band !!!
, which he helped form in Sacramento, California in 1996.
 Offer also played bass and keyboards for the electronic band Out Hud from 1996 until 2005. 

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 Robert Ellsworth Pollard Jr. (born October 31, 1957) is an American musician and singer-songwriter who is the leader and creative force behind indie rock group Guided by Voices.
 In addition to his work with Guided by Voices, he continues to have a prolific solo career with 22 solo albums released so far. 

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Answer: yes