Years active 1986–1987 Past members Fred Cole
Toody Cole Genre Punk Albums Range Rats | Associated acts Dead Moon Active until 1987 Members Toody Cole, Fred Cole | |
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Origin Portland, Oregon, United States (1986) Similar The Rats, Pierced Arrows, The Lollipop Shoppe, Dead Moon, Wipers | ||
Range rats blues coming down
The Range Rats was a band formed in 1986.
Contents
- Range rats blues coming down
- Storytime runs radical dreamers commentary part 7 prison rats
- History
- Songs
- References
Storytime runs radical dreamers commentary part 7 prison rats
History
In 1986, following the breakup of the Portland, Oregon band Western Front, guitarist/vocalist Fred Cole and his wife Toody (bass/vocals) formed The Range Rats, which continued Western Front's mix of punk rock and country music. Drummer Andrew Loomis auditioned for The Range Rats but it didn't work out, so Fred and Toody enlisted a drum machine and began touring Oregon mining towns. They recorded an unreleased album, but on the way back from a Reno vacation in 1987, Cole decided he wanted to return to the rock 'n' roll he had played in bands such as The Lollipop Shoppe and The Rats. A second audition with Loomis worked out, and Dead Moon began. Songs by The Range Rats wound up in the Dead Moon documentary Unknown Passage, and the song "Go My Way" was rerecorded for Dead Moon's Dead Ahead album.
Songs
Blues Coming Down1985
Prison Train1985
Won't Come Back1985