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Cold War Kids is an American indie rock band from Long Beach, California. Band members are Nathan Willett (vocals, piano, guitar), Dann Gallucci (guitar, percussion, keyboards), Matt Maust (bass guitar), Matthew Schwartz (vocals, keyboards, piano, percussion, guitar), and Joe Plummer (drums, percussion). Jonnie Russell (guitar, vocals, piano, keyboards, percussion) and Matt Aveiro (drums, percussion) are both former members of the band. Forming in 2004 in Fullerton, the band's early releases came from independent record label Monarchy Music. In 2006, Cold War Kids signed with Downtown/V2 and released their major label debut ''Robbers & Cowards'' to cult appeal from fans and critics. 2008's ''Loyalty to Loyalty'' and 2011's ''Mine Is Yours'' saw the band develop different musical sounds and lyrical content throughout to mixed reviews. In 2013, Cold War Kids released their fourth album ''Dear Miss Lonelyhearts''. Their most recent album ''Hold My Home'' was released on October 21, 2014. ==History== ===Early years and Robbers & Cowards (2004–2006)=== The band members met at the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. They formed a band in 2004 when they would meet regularly in Jonnie Russell's apartment above a restaurant called Mulberry Street in downtown Fullerton. Maust came up with the band's name during his travels in Eastern Europe with his brother in Budapest, where they found a park with statues that had been dumped after Communism fell. Seeing that there was a playground in that park, Maust stated "...being in that environment just made the phrase 'Cold War Kids' pop into my head. I may have heard it before. I'm a cold war kid, too – I was born in 1979." The band relocated to Whittier, California and began recording their first demo, which Monarchy Music released as the EP ''Mulberry Street'' (based on the restaurant they regularly met) in spring 2005. Between tours, the band released two more EPs: ''With Our Wallets Full'' and ''Up in Rags'', in 2006. Monarchy Music would re-release those EPs as one compilation album titled ''Up in Rags/With Our Wallets Full'' in 2006. In summer 2006, Cold War Kids signed with Downtown Records and started work on their debut album. The album titled ''Robbers & Cowards'' was released on October 10, 2006 with sales close to 200,000 copies. Critics were impressed with the band's blues rock sound and lyrics that told morose tales of yesteryear: Joe Tacopino of PopMatters said that "These ambitious youngsters are definitely worth the trip, even without the ostentatious vocal harmonies." Jeff Weiss of Stylus Magazine called the album "() a good debut, maybe even a very good one. Whether or not this band will achieve greatness remains anybody’s guess." One of the album's biggest detractors came from Marc Hogan of Pitchfork Media, who criticized the band for its songwriting, melodies and Christian symbolism, saying that "''Robbers and Cowards'' insults our intelligence a few times too often." Cat Dirt Sez of the ''San Diego CityBeat'' said that Hogan's review was an example of lazy journalism, with lead guitarist Jonnie Russell saying that the reviewer wanted a wittier approach to the album rather than a thoughtful assessment of it.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cold War Kids」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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