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Once described by Rolling Stone as "rock's best storyteller", the Mountain Goats' John Darnielle started out recording albums on a Panasonic boombox in the early 1990s before becoming an established indie rock troubadour admired for his DIY spirit and his endless tales of everyday American life. Raised in Southern California, his parents' divorce led to a childhood plagued by drug addiction. Getting his life back on track, he became a psychiatric nurse, formed the Mountain Goats in 1991, and released his first cassette album, Taboo VI: The Homecoming, in 1992. Named after a Screa...