Dead Cool, which plays New World Brewery in Tampa, Florida on Jan. 25, 2024. Credit: Photo via deadcool/Bandcamp

Cool isn’t dead in this darkwave wife-and-husband duo. A few years ago, the police were called on Johnny and Angela Yeagher—aka Dead Cool—while filming a music video for a single, “Stranger Kind” (another ‘80s-esque banger that sounds like it could have easily served as a lead single on a Howard Jones Halloween album).

As if that isn’t enough of a rock and roll story to tell, a fan recently showed the two her tattoo of the song’s title written in cursive, which lead to said fan being added to every Dead Cool’s guestlist for life. Dead Cool is still new enough to rip through its entire discography at what appears to be its Tampa debut—but with less poppy but just-as-dark rock outfit Vazum and Brooklyn’s Guilty By Design also by the bill, you might as well pay the sitter a little extra.

Tickets to see Dead Cool play the music hall at New World Brewery in Tampa on Saturday, Jan. 25 are still available and start at $15.

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This article appears in Jan 23-29, 2025.