Never Say Die

Right now, Dead Moon are on a 41-date European tour that will keep them on the road until the middle of November. For anyone not accustomed to touring, a run like this is exhausting, even for passionate twentysomethings. But to Fred, it's no big deal.

"My kids are always saying, 'Dad, we're worried about you,'" he says. "'You smoke all the time and only sleep a few hours a night. You probably got tumors on your lungs, and your prostate's gonna fall out.' They say all this shit and blah, blah, blah. But I'm not gonna sit around worrying about this shit. We only live once, right? Might as well do it while you can."

Ed Goralnick

Pushing 60, Fred Cole (far right) still lives and tours like an early explorer.

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He shakes his head again and lights up another smoke. Then, out of nowhere, he adds: "And they got this Portland marathon coming up in the spring that I'm gonna enter. My kids have all run marathons, and I figure I'm gonna run the damn thing even if it kills me."

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