Fat Goth

Fat Goth

Fat Goth is a Scottish alternative rock and noise rock group that forms in 2007. The original line-up consists of drummer Mark Keiller, guitarist and vocalist Fraser Stewart, and their school friend Allan Mitchell on bass. After the band releases its debut album Mindless Crap in 2010, followed by the EP DOLPHINS!!!!!!!!!!!!! and the single Willy Wonka And The Charlie Factory, Mitchell leaves and Kevin Black of Dundee post-rock band Laeto joins on bass.

The band’s 2013 album Stud is described as the result of its collective work. By that point, Fat Goth has played shows with Chemikal Underground’s Holy Mountain, Japanese noise group Tacobonds and METZ, and appears at Go North, Wickerman, and the Scottish Alternative Music Awards opening ceremony. At the latter event, the group is nominated for Best Alternative Rock Act in 2013.

Fat Goth’s music is associated with heavy, abrasive and humorous rock, with references to hardcore, pop and countrified rock’n’roll appearing in coverage of Stud. The band has also built a reputation through numerous headline shows and has drawn attention in the Scottish underground scene, particularly around Dundee.