Cold Sun
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Cold Sun was an Austin, Texas psychedelic rock group most active from 1968-1973, founded by Billy Miller and Tom McGarrigle. Their one album, Dark Shadows, was not released until 1989, but was praised by Jello Biafra, who called Dark Shadows “the best psychedelic album I know of,”[1] and Julian Cope, who claimed Miller “invented post-punk in 1970.”[2]
According to Miller, the band went through several name changes. They were called Cauldron for “a few weeks” before becoming Amethyst, then The Daily Planet, Dark Shadows, and finally Cold Sun.[3] The band’s name comes from the cold sun paradox.[4] The band was signed to the record label Sonobeat, but their recordings were not released.
The band moved in the same circles as Roky Erickson, and some members of Cold Sun went on the join the Aliens, Erickson’s backing band.[1]