C60 (band)

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C60, formerly known as Cobalt 60, was a hard rock band from Boston, Massachusetts.

The band that won the WBCN R&R Rumble in 1993 was in Fact, Cobalt 60, but NOT the band based out of Germany. The actual winners had commercial use of the band name far before the German electronic band. Boston's Cobalt 60 was formed in 1987 by Boston Musicians Daniel Mullen, Andrew Padua, Keith Smith and Jay Potts. These band members had played with such acts as, Micheal Bolton, Skin, Shoot That Dog, Bentmen, Zug Zug, Big Catholic Guilt and others) Cobalt 60 released a 5 song EP recorded by Drew Townson in 1994. Three of the band's songs were featured on the Dawson's Creek soundtrack, including "Crazy". "Gone, and "Zombie Lincoln". C60 toured through 2004 and played shows with Kiss, Ted Nugent, Rage Against the Machine, Disturbed, Fuel, De La Soul, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, and others.

Bostons Cobalt 60 was forced to rename the band into "C60" when it turned out that the German outfit had registered the domain name Cobalt60.com, which they still own and use. Under Monolyth Records, "C60" released a full length album called "C60" and registered a domain name called" c60music.com which was hosted and maintained by Monolyth corp until 2003. C60's music has received international airplay and is syndicated and released on the recent "Dawsons Creek" DVD series. ~CD review: Bryan Buss, All Music Guide Release Date: 08/15/2000

Originally known as Cobalt 60, C60's eponymous debut is superior noise rock for the post-grunge era. With touches of Pearl Jam and Stone Temple Pilots, C60 does those bands one better by upping the energy and lacking the pretensions. Comprised of singer Keith Smith, drummer Jay Potts, bassist Andrew Padua, and guitarists Dan Mullen and JR Roach, the band's sound is a little angry, but not to the point where it's obnoxious -- though Smith's screams rank with the best heavy metal god. Produced by Hugo Burnham and Matthew Ellard, this CD is energetic and loud, but there is an accessibility in their hooks that raises it above average hard rock. The songwriting is strong (especially on "This Crush" and "Your Way"), and the production is spare and tight (especially on "Zombie Lincoln" and the lead single, "Crazy"), which should get most heads banging. With Smith's expressive voice and the band alternating between all-out assaults and dropping back to complement the vocals, this is a debut to be noticed. Not many rock bands (whether grunge, metal, alternative, rap, or funk) can put together a collection this inspired, this solid, or this gratifying. It only gets better and deeper with repeated listens. Whether you like this type of music or not, this is quality that can't be denied.