2 responses to “Ensign-Cold War @ Mai’s Cafe Ventura CA 1-10-08”
[…] there is a group about twenty miles from where I live playing “punk shows” with the same name (http://www.hardcoreshowflyers.com/?p=449). Again, it may be purely a coincidence, but the name hadn’t been mentioned in damn near twenty […]
[…] First off, I have a bit of a gripe! Once in a while I mention my old band, Cold War, in this column. Back when I put the band together, 1980, the name had meaning, we were at the start of eight years of Reganomics, and the “cold war” was a very topical subject; as Russia was a very real threat to America, a definite world power. Anyway, Cold War played a few times around the San Fernando Valley, ran a few ads, posted flyers, recorded a 2-song demo, and then called it quits. I know most people never heard of us, but within our little crowd, we were known. Now, after mentioning the band a handful of times, I see there is a group about twenty miles from where I live playing “punk shows” with the same name (http://www.hardcoreshowflyers.com/?p=449). […]
2 responses to “Ensign-Cold War @ Mai’s Cafe Ventura CA 1-10-08”
[…] there is a group about twenty miles from where I live playing “punk shows” with the same name (http://www.hardcoreshowflyers.com/?p=449). Again, it may be purely a coincidence, but the name hadn’t been mentioned in damn near twenty […]
[…] First off, I have a bit of a gripe! Once in a while I mention my old band, Cold War, in this column. Back when I put the band together, 1980, the name had meaning, we were at the start of eight years of Reganomics, and the “cold war” was a very topical subject; as Russia was a very real threat to America, a definite world power. Anyway, Cold War played a few times around the San Fernando Valley, ran a few ads, posted flyers, recorded a 2-song demo, and then called it quits. I know most people never heard of us, but within our little crowd, we were known. Now, after mentioning the band a handful of times, I see there is a group about twenty miles from where I live playing “punk shows” with the same name (http://www.hardcoreshowflyers.com/?p=449). […]