The Cold was a new wave band that formed in New Orleans[1] in 1979. The band was hugely popular in its home city and throughout the southeastern U.S. during its existence, but did not find national success.[2] The members of The Cold were Barbara Menendez (vocals and keyboards), Vance DeGeneres (bass), Chris Luckette (drums), Kevin Radecker (guitar) and Bert Smith (guitar).[3] Influenced by British punk bands as well as American act Blondie, the band released several independent singles between 1980 and 1982, then split up. They reunited in 1984 for an LP and new single release, and released another album in 1985. In 1997, a compilation of their early singles entitled Three Chord City was released. The band reunited for some live performances in 1999 and 2001. In 2005 a CD of outtakes from the band's original incarnation was released. In 2018, the band was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.[4]
The Cold was the successor of the band "Totally Cold", whose membership included Radecker and Smith and which was a frequent opening band for The Normals, a locally popular punk band for which Luckette was the drummer. The name "Totally Cold" was a spoof of the album Totally Hot by Olivia Newton-John; the idea was that the band would be dedicated to a style as far opposite as possible from this album.[5]
^Doug McCash,"Remembering the Riverboat President music club", Times-Picayune, November 15, 2009.
^Mark Miester, "New Music: Progressive in Perspective: An Offbeat Primer", OffBeat, August 1, 1989.
^James Lien, "A Brief History of New Orleans Rock", OffBeat, March 1, 1998.
^Keith Spera, "The Cold, unthawed: New Orleans New Wave band to partially reunite for La. Music Hall of Fame induction", The Advocate, October 3, 2018.
^Matthews, Bunny (July 12, 1981). . Dixie Magazine. Archived from the original on July 11, 2004. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
^Hill, Doug; Weingrad, Jeff (1986). Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live (First ed.). New York, NY: Beech Tree Books. pp. 327–328. ISBN0-688-05099-9.
^Alex V. Cook, "The Help: Help Wanted", OffBeat, July 1, 2010.
^Andrea Shaw, "Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard's next job is restoring trust", Times-Picayune, November 21, 2009.
^Doug McCash, "New Orleans lawyer creates the questions for a new Beatles Trivial Pursuit game", Times-Picayune, August 10, 2009, reprinted as Who's tops in Beatles trivia? Bruce Spizer, AP at USA Today, August 17, 2009.
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