Cold

Album: The La Brea Tar Pits of Routine (1997)
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Songfacts®:

  • Frontman John Grant told Uncut magazine January 2014: "'Cold' is definitely a step up in my songwriting, and that's because I wrote it about Jeff (Linsenmaier, drums). I was mad at him. So it was the first time I connected with raw emotion and wrote down how I felt. That's what works the best: unadulterated feeling and passion. Cold was probably the first glimpse."
  • Grant explained to Uncut why he was angry with his drummer: "I always had the best relationships with my guitarists," he said. "I didn't fill my drama was particularly good. I felt he was holding back because he was angry with me for not letting him have the amount of control that he wanted."

    Czars founder member Jeff Linsenmaier remained with The Czars until after the release of Goodbye in 2004, when five of the six members of the band over the span of nine months, leaving John Grant as the sole remaining member. Linsenmaier has since worked with The Fray acting as the drum technician on their 2009 self-titled album.

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