January 1, 1983
It wasn’t as easy as Lloyd Cole And The Commotions may have hoped tonight, for despite being proven as one of Glasgow’s most promising new bands, such an accolade doesn’t …
April 19, 1988
It’s amazing how far an impressive-sounding name can get you these days, but it takes substance to stay at the top. Lloyd Cole and the Commotions seem destined to remain …
March 1, 1990
”Talk among yourselves for a moment,” said Lloyd Cole in performance at the Hammersmith Odeon. He might have added ”while I play a few thrash metal numbers from my new …
March 2, 1990
Old Lloyd Cole was never a merry old soul. Two years ago when he was fronting the Commotions, he made it his business to display an unflinching sulkiness, the result, …
March 2, 1990
Lloyd Cole caused a minor rumpus a few years back when he set up with the Commotions in Glasgow. As an English graduate he couldn’t avoid literary pretension in his …
March 3, 1990
“It’s great to be back in Glasgow.” is Lloyd Cole’s predictable opening shot to the crowd. Little has changed though, the place is still too hot for comfort and the …
March 3, 1990
IT WAS the kind of audience you felt faintly uneasy at being part of. A Capacity throng, of whom about 12 seemed aware that The Commotions had split. Lloyd and …
June 19, 1990
Lloyd Cole’s smoky solo debut is practically a cabaret album, but from the opening notes of the opening “Why Don’t We Do It in the Road?” his Sunday Lisner Auditorium …
June 26, 1990
With the simple act of shaving, Lloyd Cole effortlessly reclaimed his title last Thursday night at the Paradise as the best-looking fella in rock music.
December 2, 1991
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Actually, it was the worst of times, and then it was the best of times as the spare but rowdy audience on hand Friday night for Lloyd Cole at Deep Ellum Live experienced two opposing takes on the rock concert.