Cool for August

Cool for August was an American rock band from Los Angeles.

While the group formed in Los Angeles, only vocalist Gordon Vaughn was from the city; songwriter/guitarist Shad Hills, guitarist Trevor Kustiak, and drummer Shane Hills were Canadian, and bassist Andrew Shives was from Maryland.^[1] Shives had previously played for Fear Factory in the early 1990s. Shane Hills was replaced by Larry Voss in the spring of 2000. The group charted three hit singles at US rock radio, "Don't Wanna Be Here", "Walk Away", and "Trials"; "Don't Wanna Be Here" was also a minor hit in Australia. They made their television debut on Late Night with Conan O'Brien with the song "Trials". While it was not their highest-charting single, "Walk Away" received its own single in stores. The group did a national tour with Matchbox 20 in 1998.^[2][3]

The band resurfaced a few years later in 2001 with an online single "Say it isn't So". The band added bandmate Chris Harris, guitar and violin, and completed a demo of six songs (produced by Jeff Tomei and Joey Huffman), about half of an anticipated upcoming album. However, with no more support from Warner Brothers or any other major labels, the band called it quits.

With the disbanding of Cool for August in 2001, Gordon stepped back from the mainstream music scene. He later worked as a freelance producer and artist. In 2003 he wrote, produced, and took lead vocals on the song, "Broken Hearts, Broken Lands" for the independent songwriting/producing firm Egg's Productions. He also produced a rap song, "Lucky Charm" for the same company.

Trevor Kustiak formed The Pocket Studios with Mike Turner (Our Lady Peace, Fair Ground, Crash Carma) and produced albums for Evans Blue and Rains.

In 2001 Drummer Shane Hills legally changed his name to Moon Hills. He has recorded over 100 records for international acts all over the world. Moon was involved with Blacklist Union in 2006 through 2010 recording and touring on their breakthrough album After The Mourning as well as the follow-up Breakin Bread With The Devil.

Larry Voss left the music industry and is now the founder and president of Universal Servo group.

Cool for August reunited in summer of 2011. The band started recording their second album, but decided to part ways again without releasing any new material.