The Goat & the Occasional Others
is a Los Angeles-based garage band which formed in 2007
by two skateboarders with too much time on their hands
and too much creative energy to keep bottled up. Andrew
Reynolds (guitar) and Shane Heyl (vox) were quickly
joined by their good friends and fellow professional
skateboarders Kevin "Spanky" Long (guitar)
and Beagle Oneism (drums) to create the Goat's first
record, a vinyl 10" self-titled EP released in
2008 as a promotional item in very limited quantities
by Altamont Apparel Ltd., Reynolds' Los Angeles-based
skateboard clothing company featuring the band logo
and cover artwork designed by the notorious graffiti
writer NECKFACE. Soon after this first release, The
Goat added award-winning skateboard photographer Atiba
Jefferson on keyboards to complete the line up. Through
this much sought after release and some energetic and
intense early live shows, The Goat quickly established
a cult following amongst everyone from their fellow
professional skateboarders like Eric Koston and Guy
Mariano, to plus-sized porn model Crystal Clear and
movie actor Ryan Gosling. Gosling, a musician himself
in the band Dead Man's Bones, introduced the band to
the label Werewolf Heart Records (Gosling's label with
fellow Dead Man Zach Shields and record producer/ Ima
Robot band member Tim Anderson) in Los Angeles, for
whom The Goat just finished recording their first full
length entitled The Goat Speaks to be released February
9th, 2010.
Werewolf Heart was set up solely for the purpose of
releasing records by The Goat, Dead Man's Bones and
Ima Robot. The Goat has opened for No Age(Sub Pop Records)
on tour as the two bands traveled from Los Angeles to
SXSW in Austin, Texas on a music and skateboarding tour
with the Altamont Apparel skateboard team last March.
A tour documentary and magazine feature in The Skateboard
Mag were the result of this unique skaterock mashup
tour. Additionally, the Goat has been featured in numerous
skate and music publications, including Thrasher, Transworld
Skateboarding, Rolling Stone Italy, Pitchfork.com and
more... Despite all the early accolades, loyal skateboard
fans need not fret, the band has no plans of quitting
their day jobs anytime soon!
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