Cold Shot

listen to her friend Adam sing. Adam and Anthony became fast friends and it was soon apparent that there musical tastes were similar, as well as their dreams of becoming future rock stars. The band was initially called "Shark Team" a name Adam despised and he wasn't shy about his feelings for a new name. Erin Bartley and Rikki Baggett both hail from Portland Oregon and had come to Los Angeles to pursue their passion for music. Answering an add placed by Murray and Gallo, Erin found out that they were also seeking a drummer and he had suggested his friend and roommate Rikki. After a few (sell your own ticket shows) and Adam's insistence "Shark Team" changed their name to "Cold Shot" and soon caught the attention of concert promoter Sam Sarkiss who had started "Sarkiss Productions" a few years earlier. Cold Shot was selling out places like the Roxy and the Whisky a Go Go on a regular bassis. It was often that people would see the boys of Cold Shot hanging around the Rainbow or Roxy with the guys from Guns and Roses or Motörhead promoting their shows with band fliers. Cold Shot was known as a party band but got down to business when it came to the music. Cold Shot recorded a live version of their most popular song "No Time" at Filthy McNasty's FM Station in the San Fernando Valley. They also recorded two songs for Brad Pitts first independent film "Across the Tracks" which also starred Ricky Shroder They were "Juicy Lucy" and "Higher" the later was also credited to Carlos Cavazo of Quiet Riot whom had been Gallo's long time friend and guitar teacher. These recordings were produced by the late Mark Eisenstein and Russ Castillo who was one of the engineers who worked on Pink Floyd's "The Wall" as well as some production credit to Gary Ferguson of Eddie Money.In 1990 Anthony Gallo and Erin Bartley were both offered an exclusive guitar endorsement through Renegade guitars which built and painted custom instruments. In 1992 Cold Shot was offered a record deal with Virgin Records through AnR rep Arron Jacoves but soon after the label was discouraging Jacoves from signing any more Metal acts as Nirvana had just come out with the smash hit "Teen Spirit" and single handedly smashed the Metal scene into pieces. Bands like Poison and Ratt just weren't selling and the whole Seattle mania had begun. The band was also mentioned on the Bullet Boys CD Za-Za (1993); and accredited through Marq Torien for their name, as well as live performances with them. Cold Shot had hung in there through Spring of 1994 and disbanded that same year. A reunion show is in the works after their 2014 release at Palladino's in Tarzana on July 25th.