For most fans of hard rock and heavy metal, Jacksonville’s Cold will forever be synonymous with the track Stupid Girl. The song’s churning central riff exemplified the genre’s edgy, sexy identity in 2003, and every lyric of the track, from its titular opening verse to its harmonized chorus, was made to be sung along with at a live show. Add to that the single’s video — in which fans hold up signs featuring the names of those people who broke their hearts, while the band plays a frigid show outdoor show — and Stupid Girl was tailor-made for the heights it eventually reached. What some Cold fans might now know, however, is that frontman Scooter Ward wasn’t alone in writing the band’s breakthrough single. During ...
