The band was hugely popular in its home city and throughout the southeastern U.S. during its existence, but did not find national success.
[2] The members of The Cold were Barbara Menendez (vocals and keyboards), Vance DeGeneres (bass), Chris Luckette (drums), Kevin Radecker (guitar) and Bert Smith (guitar).
In 1997, a compilation of their early singles entitled Three Chord City was released.
Barbara Menendez married Ray Ganucheau (who was in the Continental Drifters); in 2010 she started a band, The Help, which included one of their four children.
[7] Bert Smith later became the deputy chief operating officer of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana,[8] and the band's manager, Bruce Spizer, is a lawyer who is known as an expert on The Beatles.