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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 29, 2005 21:15:31 GMT -5
If this works better in the music news forum, by all means move it. I was just hoping to get this exposed to the pertinent people who may be interested before this topic gets buried in an hour. Here's a link to a bunch of latest information on Cold, as well as radio rips of 4 new tunes. boards.atlanticrecords.com/artists/cold/ubb.x/a/tpc/f/661100083/m/913100874I wasn't particularly impressed by any of the tunes on first listen.
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Post by No Brake$ on Mar 29, 2005 21:17:00 GMT -5
I care zero about Cold.
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Post by Crushcrushchris on Mar 29, 2005 23:42:44 GMT -5
I really like Back Home. I think that's a better song than the first single. It has a little bit of an APC sound to it.
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Post by Mr. Joe on Apr 8, 2005 21:13:49 GMT -5
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Post by FatDogg on Apr 9, 2005 18:05:29 GMT -5
That's when it comes out?
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Apr 28, 2005 21:35:59 GMT -5
Album pushed back to September 13.
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Post by Matt4319 on May 26, 2005 21:13:54 GMT -5
"Happens All the Time" goes for adds on June 21.
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Post by Matt4319 on Jun 12, 2005 14:04:05 GMT -5
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Doesn't really sound like Cold to me. I like it on first listen, but I don't think I do as much as their previous album's singles.
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Post by snowles on Jun 12, 2005 16:06:52 GMT -5
Why yes, I do believe I like it.
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Post by Crushcrushchris on Jun 14, 2005 8:09:44 GMT -5
This song has grown on me enough to become one of my favorite singles from Cold, although I'd still prefer Back Home.
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Post by reception on Jun 16, 2005 22:43:28 GMT -5
Week ending 6/17/2005: Active Rock debut at #49 with 78 plays.
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Post by allnightmarelong on Jun 26, 2005 13:43:12 GMT -5
this song is really great! i cant wait for the album
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Post by friday on Jul 17, 2005 14:31:59 GMT -5
Yeah, I was really surprised when this was ID'ed as Cold. I'd go so far to say that it's their most mainstream-sounding single to date. And Scooter's voice doesn't sound as ragged as it used to. That being said, I really like it.
Cold is probably one of my favorite bands whom I don't own an album. I've always wanted 13 Ways To Bleed On Stage, but I've never gotten around to picking it up. And maybe Year of the Spider too, since I still haven't heard "Suffocate", and it makes no sense to me why I never did when it was a single.
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Post by halo19 on Jul 17, 2005 14:56:50 GMT -5
To me, the intro sounds exactly like a Cold song. In fact, I don't think it sounds that different than Cold.
I got 13 Ways to Bleed On Stage a few years ago, and I never got around to picking up YOTS, although I may buy that eventually.
LOL, a song can be on the Active Rock chart with 78 plays?
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Jul 18, 2005 2:36:54 GMT -5
KNSX finally added this a couple of nights ago, so I've heard it once all the way through and then 2 more times from the same spot halfway through.
I like it well enough, but it's not distinctly them so much anymore. Well, I guess chalk that up to both of their guitarists leaving...
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Post by pen on Jul 31, 2005 15:57:59 GMT -5
I think this is where Cold needs to be. Cold's first album didn't do much for me and their second album was great but didn't seem to suit them. Then Year Of The Spider came out and that was IMO their best album of the three. I've heard some of the new album and it just blows me away with how great it is. I'm sure some of Cold's older fans are disappointed with the Staindesque shift from harder nu-metal into melodic rock, but I've always felt Scooter's lyrics and voice are better for their new style.
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Post by jond7699 on Aug 5, 2005 23:52:48 GMT -5
Sounds pretty much like I thought it would. They are a pretty good band. Although their live performances leaves something to be desired
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Post by American Idiot on Aug 6, 2005 10:09:45 GMT -5
I'm a little surprised that this is still #29 at Alt. and #20 at AR. I know its still a relatively new song, and is on the rise, but if I remember Stupid Girl just blasted off to the Top 10 in its first month.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Aug 7, 2005 1:10:46 GMT -5
Yeah, but Year of the Spider was their close-up, so to speak, when they were expected to come through with something really good that would propel them into major commercial success. "Stupid Girl" made good on that, but for some reason, "Suffocate," which was easily a superior song, stalled before ever getting to the Top 20. "Wasted Years" was going to be the big gun third single and to my knowledge, a video was even shot for it, but the record label dropped them, I believe.
So this time around, they're coming from a perceived downhill turn in their career. And sadly, "Happens All the Time" just won't be the surefire single they need to really connect at this point. I'm very pleased to see it's still gaining, though.
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Post by Crushcrushchris on Aug 7, 2005 6:34:15 GMT -5
Expect the title track to be what Wasted Years was supposed to be. A Different Kind of Pain has the potential to be humongous. Question is...do you break that song out next since they're not doing all that well with Happens All The Time or do you wait to release it third.
Either way, they HAVE to release the title track.
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Post by allnightmarelong on Aug 8, 2005 0:32:53 GMT -5
Im sad this song isnt catching on as I would like it too. its really good and these guys are amazing in my opinion. I hope if they release A Different Kind of Pain as the second single, they make an amazing video that will get rotation on MTV and MuchMusic. thats how they will do well. can't over look this song yet though. album hasnt been realeased, etc.
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Post by halo19 on Aug 8, 2005 0:37:48 GMT -5
I've heard samples of the first five songs from the new album via Barnes & Noble.
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Post by pen on Aug 8, 2005 14:52:49 GMT -5
I think the title track has amazing crossover potential. I also think that Anatomy Of A Tidal Wave would make a powerful third single, but I have a feeling they would go for Back Home if faced with a third single. But I definitely foresee the title track being the next single.
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Post by Crushcrushchris on Aug 20, 2005 2:08:12 GMT -5
I had to put this bio up for the band. Whatever you think of them, this makes me wish for their success on this record.
COLD IS: Scooter Ward : Vocals Matt Loughran: Guitar Jeremy Marshall : Bass Sam McCandless : Drums
NO ONE could have predicted the chaos and upheaval the members of Cold have faced over the past two years. Following the triumph of "13 Ways To Bleed On Stage" (2000) and 2003's "Year Of The Spider" (which spawned two hit singles, "Suffocate" and "Stupid Girl"), the outlook was sunny. Both albums went Gold. They had numerous appearances on television and toured extensively with bands like Marilyn Manson, Godsmack and 3 Doors Down. In the brilliant light of their success Cold could not see the dark clouds looming on the horizon.
Differences with executives at Geffen led to tensions within the band, and Cold was soon seeking a new record label. Singer Scooter Ward was battling a flurry of personal troubles and demons. Halfway through a sold-out tour opening for Evanescence, Cold guitarist Terry Balsalmo filled in for a departed Ben Moody, who abruptly left his band. When the tour was completed, the future of Cold was up in the air and Balsalmo jumped ship. The gathering storm had become a full-blown tempest.
When the band retuned home to Jacksonville, Florida, Ward learned his younger sister was ailing. After a short stay in rehab and resolving to stay clean, Ward discovered that his sister had cancer. In the midst of so much despair, Ward returned to his music. And with the help of drummer Sam McCandless, the singer began to write the songs that would make up "A Different Kind Of Pain."
As Ward puts it, "The process for making this record wasn't just about dealing with the darkness, the dark side; it was a healing process. This changed my life. It changed our lives. Everyone who was involved and everybody who was around us at the time was changed by this record."
"We went into our rehearsal space in Jacksonville but we weren't comfortable writing there. At the time, my little sister, Jen, had been diagnosed with cancer. She was going through a really bad time and everyone was telling her to get her stuff in order. So we moved our band equipment into my parents' house and wrote the record in Jen's room, where she grew up. As soon as we got in that room we were so productive, we were coming up with two or three songs a day."
Determined to confront their fears, McCandless saw an outlet for their pain. "It was totally a different writing style for us, compared to all our records. It was easy to focus. And the whole record is about that. No matter how bad in life everything gets, it's about overcoming. We came from the darkest depths into the light and for us this is the most powerful record we've ever done."
Though they originally intended to title the album, "The Calm That Killed The Storm" invoking a grand metaphor on their experiences, the band decided that the collection of songs they had written demanded a broader interpretation. The songs they had written were not just about the band.
"We really connect with our fans," Ward says. "One fan reached out to me online and told me her mom was an alcoholic, tearing it up every night at bars. Her father had beaten her so badly that she went to the hospital with broken ribs and she's only fourteen years old. She was writing that she wanted to get away, so I wrote back and asked her if she wanted me to call the police or Child And Family Services. She wrote me that there was nothing I could do; her mom would deny everything. I told her I would write a song for her and I did my best to put myself in her space, to feel what she went through and I ended up writing 'Tell Me Why.' I'm able to relate to stuff like that because of things that I've gone through or am going through. And I know there's a way to push through and that it's not that drastic, there's always a way out. She knows I wrote this song and she hasn't heard it yet but when she does, I hope that it helps."
"A Different Kind Of Pain" was recorded at Bearsville Studios in upstate New York and produced by Michael "Elvis" Baskette (Chevelle, Iggy Pop and Puddle of Mudd). "Michael really understood where we were coming from," smiles Ward. "He knows how to get a really great guitar sounds, and we already knew him so it was very comfortable. We'd been writing for six months and we recorded the record in about three months." "It was near or around this time that we got picked up by Lava," adds McCandless. "Going from one label to another wasn't a big deal exactly; we had confidence. We've always sold a decent amount of records and knew that we had a strong fan base. I didn't really care if we were going to end up with another major or go to an indie: as long as we did it our way."
Baskette's ability to achieve great guitar sounds is a wall of power for Ward to wail against. Evident on "Happens All The Time," open, ringing notes give way to power chords as the singer pleads, "I can't hold on/This happens all the time/I still find my way to you". Ward later stretches his voice and reveals the true sound of longing on the song "Tell Me Why" as the crescendo of guitars rains down. In addition, the slow, driving chorus on songs like "Ocean," and "A Different Kind Of Pain" belies the strife within the lyrics; and Baskette has handled it deftly.
Scooter Ward's eyes light up as he shares the climax of their tale. "Around the time we were finishing up, we learned that Jen had gone into remission. It was really cool. It seemed that, with everything going on, we needed to write this record in her room. We needed to push through all that, and when we did, things started getting better for everyone. It was really strange; after all we've been through, it was like we were being guarded the whole time. I've never been religious or anything like that…ghosts, angels etc but there was something happening for us. We're a four-piece now, and we have a new label and record that we're really proud of. I've never felt so good about being in this band as right now. This record and everything we did with it felt like we were guided. I felt focused. This record is marked by transition and upheaval and literally from lyrics to graphics about making it through the storm. And I'm more proud of this record, more than any other record we've done."
"For Cold, music is…" Scooter pauses. "It's real. It's medicine. It's therapy. And I think anybody, no matter what age you are, can be affected by it."
The bolded part really got to me.
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Post by pen on Aug 20, 2005 8:00:56 GMT -5
Cold has done stuff like that before if anyone's read the inspiration for the songs on Year Of The Spider. They're such great people and really in touch with their fans. I really do hope this album works out for them, because they're easily one of the better acts in their genre and they deserve to stay around for a long time.
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Post by ritymeez on Sept 5, 2005 1:41:48 GMT -5
So did anybody pick up their albums? Did you get the unreleased tracks because I want to know which one is better.
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Post by jond7699 on Sept 5, 2005 2:44:17 GMT -5
This is a good song. And I have increased listening to it recently. But it is nothing special. If I am not mistaken is this their debut single off of their new cd. If it is it is the weakest first single Cold ever released
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Sept 6, 2005 11:16:09 GMT -5
So did anybody pick up their albums? Did you get the unreleased tracks because I want to know which one is better. Yeah, I bought it the day it came out. I got mine at Best Buy, so it came with "Check Please," which, if I'm not mistaken, was actually the hidden track on the newer pressings of Year of the Spider, in place of "Gone Away." It's fine. What's the other bonus track elsewhere? This is a good song. And I have increased listening to it recently. But it is nothing special. If I am not mistaken is this their debut single off of their new cd. If it is it is the weakest first single Cold ever release. Are you including "Go Away" & "Give" off the first album? (I have no idea which was first. If I had to guess, I'd say "Go Away" was.)
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Post by crash46 on Sept 6, 2005 19:26:43 GMT -5
The bonus track which came from mine, which I bought at Circuit City, was a 'previously unreleased track' called "Wasted Years". Obviously my first impression was "yeah, previously unreleased before Year Of The Spider", since the packaging says nothing about it being a remix. It's actually a more darker and subdued remix of the song with strings and a piano.
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Post by allnightmarelong on Sept 6, 2005 20:25:27 GMT -5
a new version of Wasted Years? hmm I'll have to hear it cause I really like that song. I'm afraid of remixes cause often times they're not as good. kinda sad this album isn't getting great reviews (from what I've read at least)
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