Open Goat was formed in a small midwestern town in the mid 90's. Fueled by boredom, alchohol, drugs, pensive stares, and the earth shattering beats of Crash Worship, a "band" was formed by local miscreants and infedels. It was quickly decided that regular instruments would instill too many boundaries and the world of junk instrumentation was lovingly embraced. The Goat enjoyed blurring the margins of what it meant to be a "band". There was no passivity in a performance. You did not watch Open Goat. If you decided to attend a Open Goat performance, you were not an audience member. You had to participate in some fashion, whatever that may be. Many great happenings like this occurred over the first summer to great success. Energy was harnassed and at one point a battle ensued between the Goat and God. A victory was notched in the Goat's belt as God left with his blusterous thunderstorms tucked between his legs.
Over the years, OG has had more members than can be counted, and has had conducted more noise terror experiments than should be legal. Eventually, an east coast chapter of OG was formed where proceedings generally travlled a more grindcore/industrial path. This particular chapter of the band has, on several occasions, rendered houses in a ruined wake, small municipalities without electricity, started structural fires, and never paid a dime for damages. It began to look as if the Goat was becoming the fight club of bands.
We are always looking for new members and/or ideas, for like all good memes, the virus must evolve to continue its survival. Feel free to contact us for thoughts on shows/events. You may be lucky and end up with only minor abrasions.
see www.myspace.com/opengoat23 for information regarding the the iowa chapter. their site is way cooler than this one anyways.
one more thing to mention... open goat has and always will be improvisational. it's part of our genius and charm.
