Peter Hughes Leaves The Mountain Goats

For about the first decade of their existence, the Mountain Goats were not an actual band; they were John Darnielle’s solo project. The plural-noun band name was a kind of in-joke; Darnielle would step onstage by himself and say, “Hi, we’re the Mountain Goats.” The Mountain Goats became an actual plural enterprise in the early ’00s, when bassist Peter Hughes joined up as the second full-time Mountain Goat. Since then, the band has expanded, adding drummer Jon Wurster and multi-instr...

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