Cold Slither (song)

If you turn on a radio while you're with theAutobots,it'sextremelylikely that you'll hear a particular piece of synthesized guitar rock playing. This "Cold Slither"composition is the eponymous song of the bandCold Slither.

Fiction

The Transformerscartoon

Jazzwas first to display a fondness for "Cold Slither", bringing up the tune on his radio in the midst of the "Autobot Run" charity race to serve as driving music and playing it throughout the race.The Autobot Run

"Cold Slither" was a big hit with theDancitroncrowd, so much so that it was almost all that the club played.Auto-Bop

Spike,Carly,andBlasterattended a rock concert, where the band played "Cold Slither" (and another song at the same time) amid a seizure-inducing light show. Blaster transmitted the tune to the other Autobots.Cosmosfound it exciting, and Jazz enjoyed it as well, but the rest found it to be a bunch of noise.Blaster Blues

The song by itself proved to be repellent to the mechanicalMorphobotplants, which pulled away from the sound of it. Blaster was able to use this to the Autobots' advantage; by blasting the song through his speakers, he cleared a path through the alien plants to rescue a stranded Cosmos.Quest for Survival

Shattered Glass

"Cold Slither" was included on the albumThunder Hammer.It was written by Blinken-Smythe, Wilken, and McCullan.Blitzwing Bop

Notes

• "Cold Slither" originated on theG.I. Joe: A Real American Herocartoon episode of the same name, where it was both the name of a rock group put together byCobrain one of their most insidious (and topical, for the mid-'80s) schemes, and their eponymous breakout hit (the scheme was to make some money, as Cobra's coffers had been ransacked during aG.I. Joeraid on a storage facility; this in turn lead to the Crimson Twins acting as realtor for empty Cobra bases and Cobra Vipers applying for welfare). TheDreadnoksportrayed the band members and lip-synced a song (penned by the multi-talentedDestro) containing subliminal messages. Upon hearing it, the listeners, including G.I. Joe team membersBreaker,Shipwreck,andFootloose,were under Cobra's power.
• Like much ofG.I. Joe'sstock background music,it was recycled forThe Transformers,minus the lyrics, serving as one of two generic source music tracks during the cartoon's run (although the second, more frequently-played tune, a big-band number of synthesized guitars and trumpets, dates back another year or two toSpider-Man and His Amazing Friends,at least).
• Though the song as played inThe Transformerswas always instrumental, "Cold Slither" does have lyrics... and they're awesome: