Band
Most frequent collaborator: Jeremy Parker · 24 tracks
Holds writing credit on 71 of 72 tracks
Yes. Frontman Scooter Ward is the sole credited lyricist on every Cold album and wrote all the music himself on the 1998 debut. From 13 Ways to Bleed on Stage (2000) on, the band shared music-writing credit collectively, and later records brought in co-writers like Sam McCandless and Lindsay Manfredi alongside Ward.
Across all 72 tracks: how many Cold wrote alone, how many they co-wrote, and how many were written by others. The bracket marks every track they hold any writing credit on.
Share of all 72 tracks where they are personally credited, by role.
Percentage of all 72 tracks, across every album, where each member holds a credit - split by role.
| Member | Period | Lyrics | Music | Production | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scooter Ward | 1998-present | 97% |
99% |
17% |
100% |
| Lindsay Manfredi | 2014-present | 1% |
1% |
0% |
0% |
| Tony Kruszka | 2021-present | 0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| Ed Cuozzo | 2021-present | 0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| Angelo Maruzzelli | 2021-present | 0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| Jeremy Marshall | 1998-2006, 2009-2014 | 0% |
18% |
0% |
0% |
| Sam McCandless | 1998-2006, 2009-2021 | 15% |
33% |
0% |
0% |
| Kelly Hayes | 1998-2004, 2009-2021 | 0% |
18% |
0% |
0% |
| Terry Balsamo | 2000-2004 | 0% |
18% |
0% |
0% |
| Matt Loughran | 2004-2006 | 3% |
3% |
0% |
0% |
Cold's writing credit per album, in release order. Hover any bar for the album.
Where Cold sits on the scale from a pure performer (0%, sings songs written by others) to a complete author (100%, writes everything). The bright marker is their catalogue authorship score, plotted against other artists on the site.
Reference artists spread across the scale, closest by genre and era.
None of the signature songs above fall in this category.
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Eleven Seven Music
Napalm Records
No albums from this decade.
Bubble size = tracks worked on together. JP Jeremy Parker · HB Howard Benson · AK Adam Kasper · KK Kato Khandwala · NC Nick Coyle · RR Ross Robinson
Data Insight
Scooter Ward is the sole credited lyricist on every Cold album. On the 1998 debut he also composed all the music alone. Beginning with 13 Ways to Bleed on Stage (2000), the band's full lineup shared the music-writing credit collectively. Sam McCandless became the first other member to share lyricist credit on A Different Kind of Pain (2005). By The Things We Can't Stop (2019), guitarist Nick Coyle and bassist Lindsay Manfredi co-wrote roughly half the tracks alongside Ward.
Quick Facts
Creative Fingerprint
Scooter Ward's voice on every page: he is the sole lyricist across all six albums and wrote the debut's music alone, with the band sharing music credit from the second album and co-writers arriving on the later records.
The Story
Cold is an American rock band from Neptune Beach, Florida, founded in 1998. Led by vocalist and primary songwriter Scooter Ward, the band built their sound around Ward's confessional lyrics over a post-grunge guitar dynamic shaped by a rotating cast of co-writers and producers. Their 2000 album 13 Ways to Bleed on Stage reached Gold certification in the United States, and Year of the Spider (2003) debuted at number three on the Billboard 200. After a breakup in 2006, the band reformed in 2009 and has continued releasing music.