Portland's legendary garage-punk trio Dead Moon, fronted by the husband-wife team of Fred and Toody Cole, conjures images of hard-luck easy riders and lovers against the world. While their sound alternates between moody and aggressive, it is always remarkably genuine and energetic.
Fred began his enduring musical career at the very young age of 15. Many years and many bands later (after living through experiences as varied as homesteading in Alaska, dodging the Vietnam War draft, and hunting bears), the two formed a punk band called the Rats. Later, after adding Andrew Loomis on drums, Dead Moon was formed in 1987.
For almost a decade, Dead Moon released LPs on their own Tombstone label. All of those releases are vinyl-only and were cut on the same lathe that the Kingsmen's version of "Louie Louie" was cut on back in 1963. In 1991, they began to re-release the vinyl-only albums onto CD through Music Maniac in Europe and eMpTy in the United States, an effort that continued into the new millennium. Sub Pop released the retrospective Echoes of the Past, a collection of Dead Moon songs handpicked by Fred Cole, in 2006.
Celebrate New Year's Eve 2014 in style at the White Owl Social Club! With awesome winter cocktails, craft beers on tap, and DJ Doc Adam set to bring the house down, what else is there to say? Hey buds—STAY BUZZED.
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LAST CONTROL TOP OF THE YEAR
Featuring:
CAKES DA KILLA
BOMB ASS PUSSY
II TRILL (TWERK///SLO JAMZ)
ILL CAMINO (MRS// TWERK)
GOGOS TBA
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