Billy Goat was a band playing rock, funk and Latin styles from 1989 to 1997. Originating in Denton, Texas

Denton, Texas

The city of Denton is the county seat of Denton County, Texas in the United States. Its population was 119,454 according to the 2010 U.S. Census, making it the eleventh largest city in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex...

, Billy Goat was popular in the Dallas

Dallas, Texas

Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...

 and Austin

Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...

 scenes including Deep Ellum

Deep Ellum

Deep Ellum is an arts and entertainment district near downtown in east Dallas, Texas . It lies directly east of the elevated I-45/US 75 freeway and extends to Exposition Avenue, connected to downtown by, from north to south, Pacific, Elm, Main, Commerce, and Canton streets...

 and became known for its wild stage antics including playing naked. During an interview in 2000 front-man Mike Dillon

Mike Dillon (musician)

Mike Dillon is a percussionist, vibraphonist, bandleader, vocalist and songwriter born in San Antonio, Texas. He is a member of Critters Buggin, Les Claypool's Fancy Band and Garage A Trois...

 reflected on the Billy Goat days:

"A lot of people thought we were just straight-up fucking losers and that we were sexist because we got naked. But it wasn't like it is now with all those bands saying, 'Hey, bitches, get up on stage and show us your tits.' It was more like, 'Hey, guys, anyone want to pull their dick out with me and do some male bonding?'"

One published reason for disbanding in 1992 was Dillon and Pruitt's move to Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...

 in an effort to recover from heroin addiction, another key factor was turmoil caused from a tour van crash. Putting music ahead of antics, the band reformed with a new line-up in Kansas City prior to the 1995 release, Black and White. The more recent project of Dillon, Go-Go Jungle, has ties to Billy Goat's second incarnation including band members Go-Go Ray and J.J. Richards.

Band members

• Mike Dillon
  Mike Dillon (musician)
  Mike Dillon is a percussionist, vibraphonist, bandleader, vocalist and songwriter born in San Antonio, Texas. He is a member of Critters Buggin, Les Claypool's Fancy Band and Garage A Trois...
  
   - percussion, vocals (1989–97)
• Kim Pruitt - dance, vocals (1989–97)
• Phil Major - guitar, vocals
• Kenny Withrow - guitar
• Brandon Smith - bass, vocals
• Earl Harvin Jr.
  Earl Harvin
  Earl Harvin is a drummer, percussionist and multi-instrumentalist from the New York area who has lived in Dallas, Texas and Los Angeles and is now residing in Berlin, Germany....
  
   - drums
• Sydney Madden - guitar, vocals (1993–97)
• Zac Baird
  Zac Baird
  Zachary Baird, born February 16, 1971 in Orange County, California, is a keyboardist and pianist, currently collaborating with the band Korn. He is also noted for using the Moog synthesizer. as well as the Ondes Martenot.-Early life:...
  
  - keyboards, vocals (1993–96)
• Seth Moody - bass, vocals
• Steve Roehm - drums
• Jonas Shelton - guitar
• J.J. Richards - bass (1994–97)
• Go-Go Ray - drums (1994–97)

Discography

• Bush Roaming Mammals 1992
• Live at the Swinger's Ball 1994
• Black and White 1995

External links

• Tribute to Billy Goat maintained by Drum Counselor
• Official Music Video for the song "Chef"
• Fansite