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Cold is a American five-piece post-grunge/alternative metal band, based in Jacksonville, Florida. With the release of their studio album, Cold, in 1998, the band quickly became known for its pain-filled lyrics and vocalist Scooter Ward's distinctive voice. On November 17, 2006, Ward announced on MySpace that, after a period of uncertainty since that February, the group had decided to disband
. In July, 2008, it was announced that the original line-up will be reuniting for a new studio album sometime in 2009.
CareerBeginnings/Self-titled AlbumCold, who at the time were called Grundig, formed in 1996 with the line-up of Scooter Ward (vocals, guitar), Sam McCandless (drums), Jeremy Marshall (bass) and Matt Loughran (guitar). The band, initially based in Jacksonville, moved to Atlanta hoping to get a break in the industry. During this time, Matt Loughran left the band and was replaced by Sean Lay, who also left the group. Kelly Hayes then joined the band, and they all later returned to Florida.
Following Cold's progress in the Jacksonville scene was local Fred Durst. Impressed by what he had heard, he invited Ward to record two acoustic tracks, "Check Please" and "Ugly." The two demos recorded were passed on to producer Ross Robinson, who was also impressed by what he had heard, leading Cold to record their debut release titled Cold, which was released in 1998. The album was a minor success under A&M Records - now an imprint label under Interscope Records.
13 Ways to Bleed on StageFollowing the underground success of Cold, Geffen financed their second album titled 13 Ways to Bleed on Stage, which was released in 2000. Before recording the album, the group recruited local guitarist Terry Balsamo, who played for Limp Bizkit at one point, to take over Scooter's guitar duties. This would allow Scooter to focus more on singing and interact more with the crowd. 13 Ways to Bleed on Stage proved to be Cold's breakthrough album with successful singles in "End of the World" and "No One" frequently played on hard rock radio.
In April 2002, the band released "Gone Away," a surprisingly moody ballad. The song first appeared on the WWF Tough Enough album and had a successful music video.
Year of the SpiderWith the success of 13 Ways to Bleed on Stage, Geffen financed their third major album titled Year of the Spider, which was released in 2003. The album has been to date the band’s most commercially successful album, when it debuted at #3 on the Billboard Album charts, with over 101,000 copies of the album sold in its first week of release. The album’s first single, "Stupid Girl," has been the only Cold single to crack the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at #87. Following the release of the album’s second single "Suffocate" to radio stations, plans were set-forth for a video to accompany the song. However, for reasons unknown, Geffen refused to make the video, or promote the album any further. The stalemate with the label led to frustrations within the band, and in late 2003 Terry Balsamo departed, replacing Ben Moody in Evanescence. Balsamo was later replaced by ex-Darwin's Waiting Room axe-man Eddie Randini.
In 2004, guitarist Kelly Hayes quit the band, citing that "not feeling the music" was his Subsequently, in mid-2004 the band asked to be released from the Geffen label. This proved suiting, as a track was released on the album titled "Kill the Music Industry," in which the band blasted the predictability and marketing of major record labels. The band also recorded the soundtrack for the video game Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy featuring the songs "With My Mind", "Came All the Way", "Just Got Wicked (Chris Vrenna Remix)", and "Go Away (Chris Vrenna Eye Socket Remix)" and embarked on a short tour with Sevendust in support of "With My Mind", the single released from the CD. They also performed at E3 to promote the game; however, the song was never released on any of their albums.
A Different Kind of PainBy September 2004, the band had added former member Matt Loughran to their ranks and was picked up by Atlantic Records (Lava Records division), where they set about recording a new album. The album was to be produced by Elvis Baskette and slated to be released in December 2004. However, Cold suffered another blow with the loss of their third guitarist in almost a year and parted ways with Edward Rendini for undisclosed reasons. The new album was scheduled to be released in spring of 2005. Before releasing the album, Cold went back in the studio to record several more tracks. The album was originally to be titled And a Sad Song Lives On but was later changed to The Calm that Killed the Storm, and the suspected release date was moved to September 13, 2005.
In June 2005, the band's official website noted yet another change to the new album's title, changing it to A Different Kind of Pain. "Happens All the Time" was the first single and video released. Just prior to shooting the video, the band added Las Vegas guitarist Mike Booth to the band. He would appear in the video and tour with them for a few months, being replaced later that fall by Florida-native Zachary Gilbert. The album debuted at #26 on the Billboard Albums charts, with more than 36,000 copies sold – a relative disappointment considering the success of the previous two albums. The title track was released as the second single, but Atlantic did not fund another video. The majority of A Different Kind of Pain was written in Ward's sister's bedroom while she had a long battle with cancer, and is said to have been the root of the subject matter on the album. Other subjects include the end of his relationship to his fiance/mother of his daughter, and the physical abuse of a 14-year-old girl by her own father, and who also had an alcoholic mother.
DisbandingOn February 27, 2006 an impostor posing as Ward left a message on Cold's official message board saying the band had "bowed out gracefully" and disbanded. Ward apologized for any comments the impostor made and announced that Cold wasn’t going to disband, but rather go on hiatus to work on side-projects. A long overdue DVD was also in production, but according to their good friend Mikey, also known as COLDSP1D3R[1], Cold decided to halt its production. The reason given was that frontman Scooter Ward decided to focus solely on his new side project.
On November 17, 2006, a MySpace post announced that Cold had decided to disband for good. The profile headline now reads "A decade of love...1996-2006." Ward later announced that he and McCandless had started a side-project called The Witch. The project was later re-named When November Falls. Since the posting, McCandless has not been mentioned in any subsequent When November Falls information and Limp Bizkit drummer John Otto has been announced as the drummer on their forthcoming album. McCandless is now playing drums for the band Carny. In early 2008, Ward and Otto's project was again re-named, this time The Killer and The Star.
ReunionAccording to a post from Kelly Hayes on Facebook, Cold may have another album coming out.
On July 25, 2008, a blog written by Ward on The Killer and the Star's Myspace confirmed the rumors of both a b-sides/rarities release and a new Cold album featuring the original line-up, due Fall 2009.
Band members- Scooter Ward – Vocals, Guitar, Piano (1996-2006, 2008-present)
- Jeremy Marshall – Bass (1996-2006, 2008-present)
- Sam McCandless – Drums (1996-2006, 2008-present)
- Kelly Hayes – Guitar (1996-2004, 2008-present)
Previous- Terry Balsamo - Guitar (1999-2004)
- Matt Loughran - Guitar (Played in Grundig and in Cold from 2004-2006)
- Zachary Gilbert - Guitar (2005-2006)
- Mike Booth - Guitar (2005)
- Eddie Rendini - Guitar (2004)
- Sean Lay - Guitar (Played in Grundig)
- Pat Lally - Bass (Played in Grundig)
DiscographyStudio Albums
- Release date: June 2, 1998
- Label: A&M, Flip
EPs
SinglesMusic Videos- "Go Away" (1998)
- "Give" (1998)
- "Just Got Wicked" (2000)
- "No One" (2001)
- "End of the World" (2001)
- "Bleed" (2001)
- "Gone Away" (2002)
- "Stupid Girl" (2003)
- "With My Mind" (2004)
- "Happens All the Time" (2005)
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