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Dead Airbourne Goats are a punk band from Portland, Maine. The band was formed, roughly, by September of 1988 by Chris Wallace (guitar) and Gil Doughty (bass, vocals). Both were founding members of the garage-punk band Stalking Feet, which played it's last gig in December of 1985.
The Goats first drummer was Stupimundi; formerly with Bela Lugosi and the Expendable Crewmen. A true renaissance man, Stupimundi spoke ten languages, read seven, and composed classical music and opera in three. Shortly after the release of their first 7" vinyl record in 1993 he left the band to return to Eastern Europe where he joined the freedom fighter movement in his native country. Though he has not been heard from since he left, we continue to respect his desire to keep his true identity secret.
Since Stupimundi's departure the Goats have gone through drummers like water. Richard Fehlau (The Bugz, King Richard's Trio) played on the 1995 cassette only release titled, "A Danger To Ourselves And Others," recorded live during a radio broadcast. Long out of print, this recording was made after only 1/2 hour of rehearsals during the sound check! Rick was called in at the last minute when the bands "drummer du jour" dropped out of sight for the two weeks prior to the gig.
Greg Arnold agreed to play with the Goats beginning in February, 1996. He composed and played guitar on the song "Bad Night In Chelsea" which appears on the release, "Bigfoot And Wildboy." In October 1996, Greg left the band as he wanted to concentrate on the other two bands he was in. Greg's goal is to have played in every band to ever exist in Portland.
At this point, the Goats went into a temporary hiatus, as they needed to find the perfect drummer. In September 1996, they met Tristan Gallagher through a mutual friend. Though at the time Tristan didn't own a drum set, he agreed to be the new drummer. One drum set later, the Goats are back and ready to play.
After the addition of Tristan, the Goats found themselves with a backlog of songs that needed to be recorded. So in the Summer of 1998, the Goats went into the studio for a marathon four hour recording session. While it did get a lot of the songs down on tape, the Goats also learned an important lesson. Never, ever do a four hour recording session! Playing for four hours straight is exhausting, especially when playing at breakneck speed. We're talking 30 songs, with at minimum of two takes each, being completed within four hours.
In 1999, the Goats decided to expand on a good thing, and added background vocals by Chris and Tristan. Let me tell you, you haven't heard background vocals till you've heard these cats wail! The vocals are a blend of finely crafted screams lovingly mixed with the best pronunciation this side of the Mississippi - you couldn't ask for anything more! And even if you did ask, you wouldn't get it.
During one of their many appearances on WMPG's Local Motives, a show where bands play live on the air, the Goats set a station record by playing more songs than any other band had ever performed during the show. In less than an hour, the ever fast and furious Goats played 33 of their finely crafted, pounding tunes - to the delight of their host and audience alike. It doesn't get any better than hearing the host say, "you've got ten minutes, how many songs do you have left?" And in response, the six final songs are slammed out, and quite fabulously I might add.
In 2001, the Goats newest single entitled, In a Peter Criss Mood is making everyone feel as if they are in a magical land of sunshine, chocolate, and flowers.. It's a fast, trashy, kooky pop culture extravaganza, which will leave your head spinning, your feet stomping, your mouth dry, and your wallet asking "how can I give the Goats all my money, and end up with their fabulous colored vinyl 45s?" Because as we all know, baby - if you're gonna do the vinyl, ya gotta have the color!