Dead Moon's Fred Cole To Undergo Emergency Heart Surgery

"Our worst nightmare has come true."

Fred Cole (right) performing with Dead Moon at Crystal Ballroom on Jan. 4, 2014.
By MATTHEW SINGER

Fred Cole, the Portland punk legend most known as the frontman for Dead Moon, will undergo heart bypass surgery, according to an announcement on the Web site of his current project, Pierced Arrows.

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In a Willamette Week article from early January previewing a Dead Moon reunion at Crystal Ballroom, Cole, 65, said the previous year had "been a nightmare" for him health-wise. He had a hernia operation and referred to other ailments which he refused to disclose.

Pierced Arrows were scheduled to play Dante's in May. No other Dead Moon gigs had been confirmed following the show at the Crystal, though at the time, the band said offers were pouring in, which they were willing to entertain, "if we can make it through this [show]," said Cole's wife and bandmate, Toody. They did a lot more than merely survive it. 

Here's wishing Fred a speedy recovery.

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