Black Goat

Black Thrash Metal from Oakland, CA Weakling was initially started by guitarist John Gossard and guitarist/drum programmer Robert Williams of Ubzub. The two ended up releasing an early version of "No One Can be Called As A Man While He'll Die" on a compilation tape Wintergrief released by Nahitfol Productions in 1996. Briefly, Gossard and Williams continued with Weakling adding Jim Mack on bass, and Antoine Reuben on drums. When John Gossard left the band, the trio continued on as Black Goat. In September of 2005 Black Goat was included in, “The State of the Headbanger Kvlt” at the Yerba Buena Center For The Arts in San Francisco, CA. A the program featured cutting-edge Extreme Metal music videos featuring a wide cross-section of the headbanger underground, the sub-genres presented from Death/Thrash Metal music to Scandinavian Black Metal, represent the burgeoning state of the die-hard cult state of Metal music produced and presented by BlackMetal.com and YBCA Presents.