The Mountain Goats

The Mountain Goats are an indie band that formed in Norwalk, California in 1991. Ever since, there has been 26 releases, too many compilations for me to count, and as much as 1003 songs overall.

Early years (1991-1996)
The Mountain Goats formed when John Darnielle was working as a psychiatric nurse. He bought a boombox which was used until around February 2002. John began to use the grounds of the psychiatric hospital he worked at to write songs. Soon, The Mountain Goats began. The first cassette by the Mountain Goats, Taboo VI: The Homecoming was released on October 10, 1991. Around this point, John began to play at small venues. Now the Mountain Goats were beginning to take off.

In 1992, the second cassette, The Hound Chronicles was released. At this point, the Mountain Goats (now John and Rachel Ware) were playing in progressively larger venues. Not much happened in 1993 however. But in 1994, the Mountain Goats went on their first tour.