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Goatboy was an eclectic rock band blending
blues
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drum n' bass
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and
stoner rock
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. Formed in Swansea, South Wales in 1999 by Nik Jenkins, Rod Thomas and Ben Jones.
After a line-up change in 2000 they joined Swansea's
Mighty Atom Records
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where they released their debut album ''Superlube'' in 2001. The new line-up saw the band introduce a turntablist Deck-Masha-Slicerman and a new bassist Andrew Baldwin.
Soon after the release of ''Superlube'' the band introduced a new bassist Neil Rowling and were commissioned to record a radio session for
John Peel
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(which included a cover of a
Kyuss
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song "100 Degrees"), as well as playing at the
Glastonbury Festival
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2002 and toured the UK with folk rockers
The Levellers
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.
Their second (and last) release on Mighty Atom Records was the 7 track mini-album ''Dook of Oil E.P.''
The band split up in December 2003.