MM Vol 1 - 024 - Cold

MM Vol 1 #024

Cold

"No-One"

(2000)
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Genre:Hard Rock

art by ribbonbound
Cold the band, had the The Limp Bizkit Midas touch thrust upon them. Just like "Puddle of Mudd" & "Staind", Fred Durst had his mitts on this group as soon as he saw them. I personally thought of "Cold's" 13 Ways to Bleed on Stage was a very solid album musically and even all the way down to the CD sleeve. Its disappointing to have learnt they have now disbanded as mentioned on their Myspace website. However lead vocalist Scooter Ward is adventuring in a new project called "When November Falls". So for people like me who love this genre of music, not all is lost.

Early symptoms of a Cold

Jacksonville, Florida-based alternative metal outfit Cold started out by sharing the aesthetic of another Florida band, Limp Bizkit. Both groups favored technically complex, bleak and brutal metal that merged elements of Jane's Addiction, Metallica and Tool. The Bizkit actually discovered Cold playing in the Jacksonville area and helped them sign to the A&M subsidiary Flip. Cold's eponymous debut album was released in the summer of 1998, and through constant touring the combo earned a devoted following. Their sophomore effort 13 Ways to Bleed on Stage appeared two years later, and Year of the Spider in 2003. By this point Cold was moving steadily away from the Limp Bizkit model in favor of a moodier sound suggestive of Staind.
Scooter Ward
On Spider, the hit single "Stupid Girl" was an example of this. (Interestingly, "Stupid Girl" was co-written by Weezer's Rivers Cuomo.) Despite Year of the Spider doing well with rock fans, Geffen soured on Cold in the midst of promotion for the album. Being dropped from the label led to internal strife. Guitarist Kelly Hayes departed, guitarist Terry Balsamo left to join Evanescence, and drummer Sam McCandless and vocalist Scooter Ward were left high and dry. Then a family member of Ward's became ill, and the future of Cold looked bleak. However, the band endured. They signed a new deal with Lava/Atlantic, and issued Different Kind of Pain in August 2005. By this point Cold's lineup included Ward, McCandless, guitarists Matt Loughran and Mike Booth, and bassist Jeremy Marshall. ~ [Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide]

For Limp Bizkit see Number 031
For Puddle of Mudd see Number 063 & Number 041
For Staind see Number 044
For Metallica see Number 033

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