Frederick Lee Cole (August 28, 1948 – November 9, 2017)[1] [2] was an American rock singer and guitarist who played with several bands from the 1960s until his death, most notably The Lollipop Shoppe, Dead Moon, and Pierced Arrows.

In 1964, Cole began his recording career in Las Vegas with his band, the Lords,[3] at the Teenbeat Club, releasing a single titled "Ain't Got No Self-Respect.

In 1966 Cole's band The Weeds gained notice in garage rock circles, and their only single, a 1960s punk track called It's Your Time (b/w Little Girl, Teenbeat Club Records), has become a collectors' favorite.

The band was promised an opening slot on a Yardbirds bill at the Fillmore in San Francisco, but on their arrival found that the venue hadn't heard of them.

[3] The band also released another single, "Someone I Knew" b/w "Through My Window," played many shows in San Francisco with performers such as Janis Joplin and The Doors,[3] and had two tracks on the soundtrack LP to the film Angels from Hell.

After losing three drummers, and tired of the macho direction the punk scene had taken, Cole disbanded The Rats and began an old-time country band called The Western Front.

[3] Dead Moon's music is a blend of dark '60s garage with punk rock; It was described by Robert Christgau as sounding "like the 13th Floor Elevators without the clinical dementia".

[5][7] These releases helped them gain cult followings around the United States and in Europe, especially in Germany, home of their European record label Music Maniac.