The Mountain Goats

The Mountain Goats are an American band formed in Claremont, California. John Darnielle is the founder of the band and the writer, composer, guitarist, pianist, and vocalist. The Mountain Goats are currently based in Durham, North Carolina.

The Mountain Goats started making music in the 1990s, recording songs on cassette tapes. They started to make studio albums with a full band in 2002.

Some of the Mountain Goats' songs are about Darnielle's life. The albums We Shall All Be Healed and The Sunset Tree are about Darnielle's life as a child and a young adult.

 Band members 

 John Darnielle – vocals, guitar, keyboard
 Peter Hughes – bass, backing vocals
 Jon Wurster – drums
 Matt Douglas – flute, saxophone, clarinet, guitar, keyboard, backing vocals

 Discography 
Studio albums

 Zopilote Machine (1994)
 Sweden (1995)
 Nothing for Juice (1996)
 Full Force Galesburg (1997)
 The Coroner's Gambit (2000)
 All Hail West Texas (2002)
 Tallahassee (2002)
 We Shall All Be Healed (2004)
 The Sunset Tree (2005)
 Get Lonely (2006)
 Heretic Pride (2008)
 The Life of the World to Come (2009)
 All Eternals Deck (2011)
 Transcendental Youth (2012)
 Beat the Champ (2015)
 Goths (2017)
 In League with Dragons (2019)
 Songs for Pierre Chuvin (2020)
 Getting Into Knives (2020)
 Dark in Here (2021)

 References 

 Other websites 
 Official site
 Official Bandcamp

Category:American rock bands
Category:Indie rock bands
Category:Musical groups from California