It probably seems obvious, but the death of Andrew Loomis last week spelled the official end of Dead Moon, the legendary Portland punk band that Loomis formed with Fred and Toody Cole in 1987, broke ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fred Cole, frontman for the long-running and cultishly beloved Portland underground rock trio Dead Moon, has died. Cole's wife ...

Like many married couples approaching their 60th birthdays, Fred and Toody Cole began thinking about their retirement plans back in 2006. They removed themselves from the grind of their 20-year ...

There's not much marking the entrance to Junkstore Cowboy—just a few arrows and a sign reading, "You never know what you'll find." That's mostly true of the tiny vintage store in the basement of ...

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DEAD MOON One of the Northwest’s most legendary bands. “WE’VE ALL been kind of thinking about it… just kind of waiting for the right occasion,” says Toody Cole. It’s been seven years since Dead Moon’s ...

How many punk rockers get to hear words like this? — “Isn’t that Gram and Cappy’s song?” That’s what Fred and Toody Cole’s grandchildren said when they heard Dead Moon’s “Diamonds in the Rough” on the ...

We are sad to report that Fred Cole, of Dead Moon and Pierced Arrows, has died. He had been in the hospital with bleeding in his liver. He was 69. News broke in the Dead Moon Facebook group: I’m so ...

Meet Dead Moon, the most highly regarded Northwest rock band you've never heard. (But Pearl Jam and Mudhoney sure have.) Pushing 60, Fred Cole (far right) still lives and tours like an early explorer.

Fred Cole, a guitarist and singer who became a cult hero of the Pacific Northwest music scene as leader of the long-running garage-rock band Dead Moon, died Thursday at his home in Clackamas, Oregon.

Fred Cole, the punk legend best known for his tenure as the frontman for Portland's Dead Moon and Pierced Arrows, has died. He was 69. Kathleen "Toody" Cole, his wife and frequent collaborator, ...

Fred Cole of legendary Portland band Dead Moon has died. He was 69. Cole had been fighting cancer and was recently hospitalized with bleeding in his liver; he passed away last night, on November 9.