What is The Mountain Goats?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = The Mountain Goats | image = The Mountain Goats5.jpg | image_size = | image_upright = | landscape = yes | alt = The Mountain Goats in 2014 | caption = The Mountain Goats in 2014 | alias = | origin = [[Claremont, California]], United States | genre = {{flatlist| * [[Indie folk]] * [[indie rock]] * [[folk rock]] * [[lo-fi]] }} | years_active = 1991–present | label = {{flatlist| * [[Merge Records|Merge]] * [[4AD Records|4AD]] * [[Shrimper Records|Shrimper]] * [[Absolutely Kosher]] * Ajax|Emperor Jones * 3 Beads of Sweat Records * Yoyo Records }} | associated_acts = {{flatlist| * [[The Extra Lens]] * The Seneca Twins * The Bloody Hawaiians * The Congress * [[John Vanderslice]] * [[Kaki King]] * [[Owen Pallett]] }} | current_members = * [[John Darnielle]] * [[Peter Hughes (musician)|Peter Hughes]] * [[Jon Wurster]] * Matt Douglas }} {{Cleanup red links}} '''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 [[Singer|vocalist]]. The Mountain Goats are currently based in [[Durham, North Carolina]]. The Mountain Goats started making music in the 1990s, [[recording]] songs on [[Audio cassette|cassette tapes]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nickey|first=Jackson|title=The Mountain Goats: Biography|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-mountain-goats-mn0000480830|access-date=28 February 2022|website=Allmusic}}</ref> They started to make [[Album|studio albums]] with a full band in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Mountain Goats|url=https://4ad.com/artists/themountaingoats|access-date=28 February 2022|website=4AD}}</ref> Some of the Mountain Goats' songs are about Darnielle's life.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hodgman|first=John|date=2012|title=The Mountain Goats|url=https://www.mergerecords.com/artist/the_mountain_goats|access-date=28 February 2022|websit