Matt Loughran
{{Short description|American guitarist}}
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Matt Loughran is an American musician who is best known as a founding member and former lead guitarist of the rock band Cold.[http://www.illinoistimes.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A4684 Cold gets hot again. A Different Kind of Pain marks the band's return] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061023165517/http://www.illinoistimes.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A4684 |date=October 23, 2006 }} By Matthew Everett Illinois Times Thursday, September 15, 2005 He is now the lead guitarist for a band in Jacksonville, Florida called Dawn Patrol.
==Career==
=Grundig=
In 1986, Loughran formed the band Grundig, which would later be known as Cold, along with several other students; Scooter Ward, Jeremy Marshall, and Sam McCandless at Fletcher High School in Neptune Beach, Florida. The band played their first gig in 1990 at a club called the Spray. In 1992, Loughran left the band.
=Cold=
In September of 2004, Loughran rejoined Grundig, which the band was now renamed Cold, and helped them record their fourth studio album, A Different Kind of Pain, which was released on August 30, 2005. Loughran remained in the band until they disbanded on November 17, 2006.
=Dawn Patrol=
Since his departure from Cold, Loughran has been the lead guitarist for the Jacksonville, Florida band, Dawn Patrol.
Discography
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:American heavy metal guitarists
Category:American lead guitarists
Category:Duncan U. Fletcher High School alumni
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