Liquor Goat  Liquor Goat was a heavy metal / hard rock band from Dallas, Texas. Their sound has been likened to a combination of old style Metallica and Rob Zombie which was later much more focused and refined when some members left and formed the band Coilback. Liquor Goat formed in 2000 near Dallas, Texas. Members Steve Chapman and Vince Clemens were looking for a vocalist for what was going to be a cover band. Lew Morris responded and a bass player and drummer was added shortly after (bass and drum members varied several times over the course of the band's tenure). Once Lew demonstrated the ability to write his own lyrics, the band decided to move in the direction of an original hard rock/heavy metal sound while playing a few "modernized" versions of classic rock songs. Some of their most popular covers were, "Paint it Black" by the Rolling Stones, "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield and "Sunshine of Your Love" by Cream. Liquor Goat's first performance took place at The Rock (now shut down) in Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas. The crowd loved their modernized versions of the covers they played as well as their originals. The Rock would prove to be Liquor Goat's "home club" the entire span of the band and they returned there many times to play. In Fort Worth, they were regulars at the now defunct Tattoo Bar. They were reviewed in several music "zines" at the time and their live performance was frequently considered high energetic. Lew Morris' vocals ranged from a low, smooth, Jim Morrison sound (the style of which he used to sing the cover of "Sunshine of Your Love") all the way to the heavy growl of Rob Zombie. Liquor Goat did actually record a full-length album at Fatt Traxx studio in Carrollton, Texas in the winter of 2001. It featured many of their popular covers as well as their set staple originals at the time. When they were short on the number of songs they wanted, Lew Morris came to them with the song "Don't Stay" that he had written on his own several years before he joined the band. He also wrote the guitar parts for the song "Darker Black," though he never actually performed them or recorded them (Steve and Vince recorded the guitar parts on the album for that song). Lew Morris also played impromptu keyboard tracks for both of those songs to fill them out more, though the keyboard was never used in live performances.