02 May 2010

COLD WATER FLAT Cold Water Flat 1995

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Cold Water Flat Biography by Michael Sutton

The alternative trio Cold Water Flat were caught in the Nirvana-fueled hype machine of the early '90s, when every young American band with angst-laden lyrics and dirty guitars was hailed as the Next Big Thing. Like countless others, the group never fulfilled such lofty expectations; then again, like many bands caught in the grunge sweepstakes, they weren't aiming for rock stardom anyway.

Cold Water Flat was formed by Paul Janovitz (vocals, guitar), Ted Silva (bass), and Paul Harding (drums) at the University of Massachusetts in 1990. Like Buffalo Tom, the band of Janovitz's brother Bill Janovitz, Cold Water Flat found a supportive audience in Boston. Janovitz moved to New York in 1992, and the group was on the verge of splitting up when the European label Play It Again Sam expressed interest in them. The band then recorded the album Listen, released in America by Sonic Bubblegum and overseas by Play It Again Sam in 1993. The group eventually signed with Fort Apache/MCA Records, and their self-titled major-label debut appeared in 1995. However, despite some airplay on college stations, Cold Water Flat didn't catch on nationally, and they disbanded. In the late '90s,


Tracklist

1 Virus Road
2 King Of The Underground
3 Numb
4 Magnetic North Pole
5 Mistaken
6 Beautiful
7 Rescue Lights
8 It's Over
9 All I Had
10 She Is
11 Hold My Head

4 comments:

IHateThe90s said...

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Unknown said...

Saw them open for Juliana Hatfield in 1995. Can't explain the effect each bombastic note from Ted Silva's bass amp had on me. I immediately bought this "tape" and then the CD years later. My friend didn't think anything of them because he saw the band milling in the crowd after their set and thought that was "uncool". He's been hung up on that 15 years later! I still love CWF, too bad they weren't on a true label. Fort Apache...ppppffft. Gary Smith made another buck. Good for him.

IHateThe90s said...

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IHateThe90s said...

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