At 6 PM on October 5, 2017—just 35 days before Fred Cole’s death—the City of Portland officially decreed the date, and all following October 5’s into perpetuity, an official City holiday: Dead Moon Night.

That first Dead Moon Night was celebrated with performances at City Hall, including appearances by Michael Hurley, Ural Thomas, Marissa Anderson, along with members of Wipers, Poison Idea, and Napalm Death. Artists got up on stage, performed their versions of Dead Moon tracks, and hopped off, making room for the next tribute.

Husband-wife duo Fred and Toody Cole, along with Andrew Loomis, are the driving forces behind Portland’s greatest rock & roll band. Forming Dead Moon in 1987, the three—as of the writing of this article—have released ten studio albums, six live albums, three compil

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