Ep. 181 - Jeff Gunnells. (Cold As Life. H8 Inc. Ramallah)

Summary: The episode I never thought would happen. My guest on Episode 181 is none other than Jeff Gunnells! A founding member of Detroit's most dangerous band... "Cold As Life". He played guitar on all demos then moved to vocals after the murder of Rodney "Rawn Beauty" Barger, the original singer. Their first full length release, "Born to Land Hard" in my opinion, is the hardest record ever released. He also played guitar in "H8 Inc.", another band who's discography is ridiculously hard as well as "Ramallah". We speak about the Detroit hardcore scene back in the early and late 90's along with his former bands. We then speak about the last decade of his life. From being incarcerated for a little over seven years, paroled during a pandemic and receiving news shortly thereafter that nobody ever wants to hear. I asked him what he thought about the several other versions of "Cold As Life" in which he has several opinions. Knowing Jeff's history, and what he endured over the last decade, his energy and positive outlook is great to see. I hope you enjoy this one. It's one that I've been wanting to do since I started this podcast and if I was to guess, I didn't think it would ever happen. I'm glad it did. Respect.