Jedna od definitivno najludih pojava na cikaškoj sceni, Bobby Conn je svoju glazbenu karijeru zapoceo krajem osamdesetih kao clan prog rock grupe Conducent, da bi se 1995., nakon prestanka rada ove grupe, odlucio na solo karijeru. Bio je to, pokazalo se, pun pogodak jer nepunih pet godina poslije izrastao je u pravu pravcatu zvijezdu americkog undergrounda, i to zahvaljujuci, koliko ludo teatralnim nastupima, toliko i originalnom miksu funk, punk, disco i soul glazbe, miksu prema kojem Beck zvuci...pa blago receno - nezanimljivo.

“Bobby Conn is a very strange, short man from Chicago who has been making odd, pop-like noises on the fringes of the American post-rock scene for the last three years. “The Golden Age” is his third album proper and, assisted by Jim O'Rourke and Tortoise's John McEntire, it sounds like a glam-rock Prince with mental problems. Conn sounds like a total mentalist, but with the heroic “Whores” and “Angels”, at least he's a mentalist who can write a tune or two. As "fucking pricks" go, pretty superb, all told.” New Musical Express