{"id":4,"date":"2013-04-04T20:53:40","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T20:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecoldstares.com\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2026-04-13T16:08:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:08:44","slug":"about-the-cold-stares","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thecoldstares.com\/?page_id=4","title":{"rendered":"About the Cold Stares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"files\/bio.png\" align=\"right\"><br>\nThe Cold Stares are just fine with being one of the few modern blues-rock power trios in the world today.<br>\nBased out of Evansville, Indiana, the band continue to explore what it means to be a \u201cmodern\u201d blues-rock <br> \ntrio on their upcoming album \u201cTexas\u201d, paying tribute to the state where so many of their influences like<br>\nZZ Top and the Vaughan brothers called home.<br><\/p>\n<p>Initially formed in 2012, The Cold Stares began its career as a duo, but expanded its sonic firepower<br>\nwith the addition of bassist Bryce Klueh in 2022. Fuzzed-out guitars, classic rock guitar riffs,<br>\nand fleet-fingered Cream-style improvisations abound, as do nods to Delta blues<br>\nand an emphasis on songwriting and lyricism.<br><\/p>\n<p>The group has been praised by Classic Rock Magazine, No Depression, American Songwriter,<br>\namong other outlets; reached #1 on Amazon Music&#8217;s Blues Rock album chart;<br>\nhad consecutive albums in Billboard Blues top ten charts.<br><\/p>\n<p>The Cold Stares have earned prime sync license placements in commercials with Dodge and Chevy among others,<br>\nhad songs on hit television shows like \u201cAnimal Kingdom\u201d, and \u201cSex Education\u201d, and have become a staple on many video games including Cyberpunk 2077 and UFL.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/the-cold-stares-voices-interview\">https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/the-cold-stares-voices-interview<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Social Media Links:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecoldstares.com\">http:\/\/www.thecoldstares.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thecoldstares\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thecoldstares<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thecoldstares\">http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thecoldstares<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Listen to The Cold Stares:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: The Cold Stares\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/artist\/0hLLs7dOw0Z1XBFFrLSDln?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"mailto:staff@intrepidartists.com\">USA Booking Contact<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"mailto:sven@treshombres.be\">European Booking Contact<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"mailto:jon@prospectpr.com\">Press Contact<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"mailto:starestouring@gmail.com;\">General Requests<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cold Stares are just fine with being one of the few modern blues-rock power trios in the world today. Based out of Evansville, Indiana, the band continue to explore what it means to be a \u201cmodern\u201d blues-rock trio on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldstares.com\/?page_id=4\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001002,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoldstares.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoldstares.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoldstares.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoldstares.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001002"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoldstares.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":54,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoldstares.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2795,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoldstares.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions\/2795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoldstares.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}