John Darnielle
Biography
John Darnielle (; born March 16, 1967) is an American musician and novelist best known as the primary, and originally sole, member of the American indie folk band The Mountain Goats, for which he is the writer, composer, guitarist, pianist, and vocalist. Since starting the band in 1991, he has gained a cult following and is known for his prolific output and literary lyrics. He has written three novels: Wolf in White Van (2014), Universal Harvester (2017), and Devil House (2022).
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The Sunset Tree
2005
Tallahassee
2003
None Shall Pass
2007
All Hail West Texas
2002
Get Lonely
2006
Dark In Here
2021
Goths
2017
Beat The Champ
2015
Transcendental Youth
2012
All Eternals Deck
2011
Heretic Pride
2008
The Coroner's Gambit
2000
Getting Into Knives
2020
We Don't Have Each Other
2014
We Shall All Be Healed
2004
In League With Dragons
2019
Majesty Shredding
2010
The Life Of The World To Come
2009
Sweden
1995
Zopilote Machine
1994
Beautiful Rat Sunset
1994
The Jordan Lake Sessions: Volumes 1 And 2
2020
Satanic Messiah EP
2008
Letter From Belgium
2004
Credited work
260 releases · 81 albums · active 1991–2026
- Performance · 410
- Other credits · 159
- Engineering · 10
- Production · 1
Studios: Tiny Telephone · Prairie Sun Recording Studios · Tarbox Road Studios · Blackbird Studio
Frequent collaborators
- The Mountain Goats
- Various
- Superchunk
- Aesop Rock
- John Vanderslice
- Grateful Dead
- Kimya Dawson And Friends
- Creep Church