On The Loose Presents
The Tote 2 Years Reborn: TOODY COLE & HER BAND (USA)
Supported by Fancy Weapon and Lewis Hodgson (solo)
The Tote - Band Room (Collingwood, VIC)
Friday, 21 November 2025 8:00 pm
Toody Cole, co-founder and mainstay of iconic Oregon group Dead Moon and the godmother of kickass raw DIY rock 'n' roll, Toody Cole returns to Australia for the first time under her own name, following three decades of appearances here with Dead Moon, Pierced Arrows and as a duo with her late great husband Fred Cole. In TOODY COLE & HER BAND she is joined by Kelly Haliburton and Christopher March (on drums and guitar respectively) of fellow Oregon outfit Jenny Don't & The Spurs.
It’s hard to fully appreciate the impact Toody has had in a life long journey with her dearly loved husband of 50 years, carving a unique approach with their passion-drenched raucous dirt road garage punk rock. An inseparable ying to Fred’s yang since they met in 1966, Toody's punchy bass playing was an essential anchor in Dead Moon's classic power trio dynamics, and she matched Fred’s cracked bruised heart vocals with her own heartfelt wail.
A garage grit Patti Smith, jagged edge Joan Jett, Janis Joplin’s older biker sister, Toody Cole, now 76 years young, is a door busting, ceiling cracking riot WOMAN - and a senior citizen at that - holding more than her own in the endless youth-oriented male rock landscape.
The passing of drummer Andrew Loomis in 2016 and then of Fred Cole himself in 2017 has done nothing to dim Dead Moon's shining light; indeed, they have more fans now than they had when they were around, a second Dead Moon documentary was recently released and screened in Australia, and their entire catalog is now available through Mississippi Records.
Post-Dead Moon, Fred & Toody helmed Pierced Arrows, with long time family friend Kelly Haliburton on drums. In recent times Toody has recruited Kelly to put together a band to keep that Dead Moon songbook alive. Otherworldly reader of the guitar runes, Christopher March, string slinger in Kelly’s cow punk combo Jenny Don’t & the Spurs was the only choice to replicate Fred Cole’s singular guitar style. TOODY COLE & HER BAND was born.
TOODY & HER BAND will bring the songbook and the mystic backwoods rock'n'roll soul of Dead Moon to the Antipodes for possibly the last time. These rare live shows from Toody Cole will provide new generations of Dead Moon fans with a chance to glimpse something of the band they missed and old fans a chance to recapture the amazing feeling that was had every time Dead Moon played live.
It’s hard to fully appreciate the impact Toody has had in a life long journey with her dearly loved husband of 50 years, carving a unique approach with their passion-drenched raucous dirt road garage punk rock. An inseparable ying to Fred’s yang since they met in 1966, Toody's punchy bass playing was an essential anchor in Dead Moon's classic power trio dynamics, and she matched Fred’s cracked bruised heart vocals with her own heartfelt wail.
A garage grit Patti Smith, jagged edge Joan Jett, Janis Joplin’s older biker sister, Toody Cole, now 76 years young, is a door busting, ceiling cracking riot WOMAN - and a senior citizen at that - holding more than her own in the endless youth-oriented male rock landscape.
The passing of drummer Andrew Loomis in 2016 and then of Fred Cole himself in 2017 has done nothing to dim Dead Moon's shining light; indeed, they have more fans now than they had when they were around, a second Dead Moon documentary was recently released and screened in Australia, and their entire catalog is now available through Mississippi Records.
Post-Dead Moon, Fred & Toody helmed Pierced Arrows, with long time family friend Kelly Haliburton on drums. In recent times Toody has recruited Kelly to put together a band to keep that Dead Moon songbook alive. Otherworldly reader of the guitar runes, Christopher March, string slinger in Kelly’s cow punk combo Jenny Don’t & the Spurs was the only choice to replicate Fred Cole’s singular guitar style. TOODY COLE & HER BAND was born.
TOODY & HER BAND will bring the songbook and the mystic backwoods rock'n'roll soul of Dead Moon to the Antipodes for possibly the last time. These rare live shows from Toody Cole will provide new generations of Dead Moon fans with a chance to glimpse something of the band they missed and old fans a chance to recapture the amazing feeling that was had every time Dead Moon played live.