Dead moon
Dead moon | |
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General information | |
Genre (s) | Garage rock |
founding | 1987 |
resolution | 2006 |
Website | www.deadmoonusa.com |
Last occupation | |
Fred Cole († 2017) | |
Kathleen "Toody" Cole | |
Andrew Loomis († 2016) |
Dead Moon was an American rock band from Portland , Oregon .
history
The band, founded in 1987, played a mix of garage rock , punk and country . The singer and songwriter Fred Cole , who heads the band, has played in various groups since he was thirteen. At a concert with The Weeds in the late 1960s he met Kathleen "Toody" Conner, who was to become his wife and who plays bass with Dead Moon . A friend of the two, Andrew Loomis, joined them as drummer.
After initially only playing in front of a handful of people, the trio had their breakthrough with their third album in 1990 and it was booked for a tour in Europe. The German label Music Maniac signed her and released a compilation of songs from the first three albums under the title Dead Moon Night . A year later the band released Live Evil . The concert recorded at the LKA Longhorn in Stuttgart was their first album, which was released on CD and record . In total, the group released 15 albums. In Europe they were under contract with Music Maniac , in the USA the records were released by Tombstone Records .
In 1996 Dead Moon appeared in the documentary Hype! , which featured the Seattle music scene earlier in the decade. In 2004, Unknown Passage: The Dead Moon Story , a documentary about the group, was released.
Dead Moon broke up at the end of 2006 after almost 20 years - presumably because of the drummer's severe alcoholic illness. Andrew Loomis was also ill with cancer and suffered several strokes after successful cancer therapy. He died on March 8, 2016.
The Cole couple then appeared with Kelly Halliburton (PROBLEMS, Defiance) as the new drummer under the name Pierced Arrows . Fred Cole died on November 9, 2017 at the age of 69 from complications from cancer.
Discography
EPs
- 1988 - Parchment Farm
- 1988 - Don't Burn the Fires
- 1991 - Over the Edge
- 1992 - Fire in the Western World
- 1994 - DOA
LPs
- 1988 - In the Graveyard (Tombstone)
- 1989 - Unknown Passage (Tombstone)
- 1990 - Defiance (Tombstone)
- 1990 - Dead Moon Night (Music Maniac MMLP 022)
- 1990 - Thirteen off My Hook (Music Maniac MMLP 032)
- 1991 - Live Evil (Music Maniac MMLP 038)
- 1991 - Stranded in the Mystery Zone (Tombstone)
- 1992 - Strange Pray Tell (Music Maniac MMLP 042)
- 1994 - Crack in the System (Tombstone)
- 1995 - Nervous Sooner Changes (Music Maniac MMLP 066)
- 1997 - Hard Wired in Ljubljana (Live) (Music Maniac MMLP 067 / Empty Records)
- 1999 - Destination X (Music Maniac MMLP 070)
- 2001 - Trash & Burn (Music Maniac MMLP 072)
- 2004 - Dead Ahead (Music Maniac MMLP 073)
CDs
- 1991 - Livevil (Music Maniac MMCD 038)
- 1991 - Stranded in the Mystery Zone (Music Maniac MMCD 042)
- 1992 - Strange Pray Tell (Music Maniac MMCD 048)
- 1994 - Crack in the System (Music Maniac MMCD 051)
- 1995 - Nervous Sooner Changes (Music Maniac MMCD 066)
- 1997 - Hard Wired in Ljubljana (Live) (Music Maniac MMCD 067 / Empty Records)
- 1997 - Hard Wired in Ljubljana (CD + CDRom Live) (Music Maniac MMCD 06768)
- 1999 - Destination X (Music Maniac MMCD 070)
- 2001 - Trash & Burn (Music Maniac MMCD 072)
- 2004 - Dead Ahead (Music Maniac MMCD 073)
- 2004 - Dead Ahead Tour - Live at PAASPOP (Holland) (Music Maniac MMCDR 074)
- 2006 - Dead Moon Night / Thirteen off My Hook (Music Maniac MMCD 02232)
- 2006 - Echoes of the Past (Sub Pop Records, SPCD706)
and with an unknown year of publication:
- In The Cole Mind - A Tribute to Fred Cole and Dead Moon
DVD
- 2006 - Unknown Passage, The Dead Moon Story
Web links
- Official website of the band
- Dead Moon / Fred Cole Discography ( Memento from November 22, 2007 in the Internet Archive )