The story
Formed in DeLand, Florida, USA in 2006. A 'Steampunk' band, mostly performing in various styles of alt-rock and big-band jazz.
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Band · from Daytona Beach · since 2006
The Cog Is Dead
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Records
Albums 7
- Incognito: Cog Covers, Vol. 2
Incognito: Cog Covers, Vol. 217 Feb 2023Vinyl - Incognito: Cog Covers, Vol. 1
Incognito: Cog Covers, Vol. 14 Dec 2020Vinyl - Sprocketman: The Patreon Collection
Sprocketman: The Patreon Collection26 May 2020Vinyl - Songs of the People
Songs of the People22 Oct 2019Vinyl - Carnival of Clockwork
Carnival of Clockwork25 Nov 2015Vinyl - Full Steam Ahead!
Full Steam Ahead!2013Vinyl - Steam Powered Stories
Steam Powered Stories26 Apr 2010Vinyl
Singles 94
- Money Money Money - Disney Villain Style Version (cover)
Money Money Money - Disney Villain Style Version (cover)23 Oct 2026 · SingleVinyl - Poor Little Man
Poor Little Man24 Jul 2026 · SingleVinyl - Starman (Cover)
Starman (Cover)15 May 2026 · SingleVinyl - Once Upon A December (cover)
Once Upon A December (cover)26 Dec 2025 · SingleVinyl - Stressed Out (cover)
Stressed Out (cover)1 Aug 2025 · SingleVinyl - Who's Sorry Now? (cover)
Who's Sorry Now? (cover)18 Jul 2025 · SingleVinyl - It's A Jungle Out There (cover)
It's A Jungle Out There (cover)4 Jul 2025 · SingleVinyl - Birdhouse In Your Soul (cover)
Birdhouse In Your Soul (cover)21 Feb 2025 · SingleVinyl - Creep (cover)
Creep (cover)7 Feb 2025 · SingleVinyl - Bad Stuff Happens in the Bathroom (From Bob's Burgers)...
Bad Stuff Happens in the Bathroom (From Bob's Burgers) (cover)27 Dec 2024 · SingleVinyl - The Passenger (cover)
The Passenger (cover)1 Nov 2024 · SingleVinyl - Handle With Care (cover)
Handle With Care (cover)20 Sep 2024 · SingleVinyl
All 94 singles
- Lemon Tree (cover)
Lemon Tree (cover)6 Sep 2024 · SingleVinyl - Too Sweet (cover)
Too Sweet (cover)23 Aug 2024 · SingleVinyl - I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire (cover)
I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire (cover)9 Aug 2024 · SingleVinyl - Folsom Prison Blues (cover)
Folsom Prison Blues (cover)28 Jun 2024 · SingleVinyl - Bright Little Star (cover)
Bright Little Star (cover)26 Apr 2024 · SingleVinyl - Getting Older (cover)
Getting Older (cover)15 Mar 2024 · SingleVinyl - Midnight Snack
Midnight Snack23 Feb 2024 · SingleVinyl - Big Iron (Cover)
Big Iron (Cover)19 Jan 2024 · SingleVinyl - Pressure (cover)
Pressure (cover)15 Dec 2023 · SingleVinyl - The World Outside (Is Gonna Be the Death of Me)
The World Outside (Is Gonna Be the Death of Me)18 Aug 2023 · SingleVinyl - The Winged Warrior
The Winged Warrior21 Jul 2023 · SingleVinyl - A.I. Stole My Life
A.I. Stole My Life16 Jun 2023 · SingleVinyl - Don't Worry Be Happy (Cover)
Don't Worry Be Happy (Cover)27 Jan 2023 · SingleVinyl - Villain (Cover)
Villain (Cover)25 Jan 2023 · SingleVinyl - Elvira (Cover)
Elvira (Cover)2 Dec 2022 · SingleVinyl - Weird
Weird4 Nov 2022 · SingleVinyl - Inspector Gadget Theme (Cover)
Inspector Gadget Theme (Cover)26 Oct 2022 · SingleVinyl - I Wear My Sunglasses At Night (Cover)
I Wear My Sunglasses At Night (Cover)16 Sep 2022 · SingleVinyl - Radio/Video (Cover)
Radio/Video (Cover)15 Jul 2022 · SingleVinyl - The Sky is a Neighborhood (Cover)
The Sky is a Neighborhood (Cover)27 May 2022 · SingleVinyl - Dos Oruguitas (From "Encanto") (Cover)
Dos Oruguitas (From "Encanto") (Cover)15 Apr 2022 · SingleVinyl - We Don't Talk About Bruno (But It's All The Cog is Dead)...
We Don't Talk About Bruno (But It's All The Cog is Dead) (Cover)4 Mar 2022 · SingleVinyl - Rasputin (Cover)
Rasputin (Cover)25 Feb 2022 · SingleVinyl - Choke (Cover)
Choke (Cover)4 Feb 2022 · SingleVinyl - Pink Elephants on Parade (From "Dumbo")
Pink Elephants on Parade (From "Dumbo")10 Jan 2022 · SingleVinyl - Be Prepared (From "The Lion King") (Cover)
Be Prepared (From "The Lion King") (Cover)22 Oct 2021 · SingleVinyl - Old Merkwerkee
Old Merkwerkee17 Sep 2021 · SingleVinyl - Potato Song (Cuz I Want To) (Cover)
Potato Song (Cuz I Want To) (Cover)20 Aug 2021 · SingleVinyl - Catching Fire (Cover)
Catching Fire (Cover)23 Jul 2021 · SingleVinyl - Can You Help Me?
Can You Help Me?2 Jul 2021 · SingleVinyl - I Don't Wanna Grow Up (The Cog is Dead Cover)
I Don't Wanna Grow Up (The Cog is Dead Cover)21 May 2021 · SingleVinyl - My Man Frank!
My Man Frank!30 Apr 2021 · SingleVinyl - Across the Sea
Across the Sea26 Feb 2021 · SingleVinyl - One Tin Soldier
One Tin Soldier12 Feb 2021 · SingleVinyl - What Do Ya Do With A Bernie Sanders?
What Do Ya Do With A Bernie Sanders?3 Feb 2021 · SingleVinyl - I Don't Want to Live on This Planet Anymore!
I Don't Want to Live on This Planet Anymore!30 Oct 2020 · SingleVinyl - I Think I Love You (Disney Villain Style)
I Think I Love You (Disney Villain Style)11 Sep 2020 · SingleVinyl - The Circus of Clowns
The Circus of Clowns28 Aug 2020 · SingleVinyl - Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy
Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy21 Aug 2020 · SingleVinyl - Bang!
Bang!31 Jul 2020 · SingleVinyl - Come Together
Come Together10 Jul 2020 · SingleVinyl - Trouble is a Friend
Trouble is a Friend15 Jun 2020 · SingleVinyl - Hallelujah
Hallelujah30 Apr 2020 · SingleVinyl - Believer
Believer17 Apr 2020 · SingleVinyl - Streaming the Steam Theme Song
Streaming the Steam Theme Song9 Apr 2020 · SingleVinyl - We Are Number One
We Are Number One23 Mar 2020 · SingleVinyl - Wash Your Hands!
Wash Your Hands!20 Mar 2020 · SingleVinyl - Airship Pirate Cats and Underwater Ducks (The Song Made In...
Airship Pirate Cats and Underwater Ducks (The Song Made In One Hour)13 Jan 2020 · SingleVinyl - Breakfast in America
Breakfast in America13 Dec 2019 · SingleVinyl - The Marvelous Mr. Lowe
The Marvelous Mr. Lowe14 Oct 2019 · SingleVinyl - The Death of the Cog (8-Bit Version)
The Death of the Cog (8-Bit Version)7 Oct 2019 · SingleVinyl - The Boy Beneath
The Boy Beneath30 Sep 2019 · SingleVinyl - Paninirvana
Paninirvana23 Sep 2019 · SingleVinyl - Bad Guy
Bad Guy10 Sep 2019 · SingleVinyl - Sunset Val the Pirate Queen
Sunset Val the Pirate Queen2 Sep 2019 · SingleVinyl - The Story of Steaklas
The Story of Steaklas19 Aug 2019 · SingleVinyl - Old Town Road (Symphonic Rock Version)
Old Town Road (Symphonic Rock Version)9 Aug 2019 · SingleVinyl - The Legendary Jack Hunter
The Legendary Jack Hunter5 Aug 2019 · SingleVinyl - Mirte Against the Big City
Mirte Against the Big City29 Jul 2019 · SingleVinyl - Never Go into the Woods
Never Go into the Woods16 Jul 2019 · SingleVinyl - Another Cog in the Machine (In 25 Different Steampunk...
Another Cog in the Machine (In 25 Different Steampunk Styles)8 Jul 2019 · SingleVinyl - Captain Gustave Foster vs the Metal Underground Army
Captain Gustave Foster vs the Metal Underground Army1 Jul 2019 · SingleVinyl - Sorrow on the Rails (As Heard in the Game Metro Exodus)
Sorrow on the Rails (As Heard in the Game Metro Exodus)15 Feb 2019 · SingleVinyl - Boris the Spider
Boris the Spider1 Feb 2019 · SingleVinyl - Holy Crap, It's Snowing!
Holy Crap, It's Snowing!21 Dec 2018 · SingleVinyl - Live to Fight Another Day
Live to Fight Another Day27 Nov 2018 · SingleVinyl - Sail with Me
Sail with Me30 Oct 2018 · SingleVinyl - Gravity Falls Theme Song
Gravity Falls Theme Song9 Oct 2018 · SingleVinyl - It's a B-Movie
It's a B-Movie2 Mar 2018 · SingleVinyl - Time Waits for No One
Time Waits for No One22 Sep 2017 · SingleVinyl - The Girl and the Clockwork Dragon
The Girl and the Clockwork Dragon22 Aug 2017 · SingleVinyl - Cunning Casanova
Cunning Casanova18 Jul 2017 · SingleVinyl - Oil on the Floor
Oil on the Floor13 Jun 2017 · SingleVinyl - People Are Strange
People Are Strange15 May 2017 · SingleVinyl - The Greatest Team That Never Was
The Greatest Team That Never Was28 Apr 2017 · SingleVinyl - A Humble Servant Horrified
A Humble Servant Horrified17 Apr 2017 · SingleVinyl - Michael Byrd the Flying Man
Michael Byrd the Flying Man28 Feb 2017 · SingleVinyl - Never Gonna Get Away
Never Gonna Get Away31 Jan 2017 · SingleVinyl - The Ballad of the Steam Engine Viewfinder
The Ballad of the Steam Engine Viewfinder6 Dec 2016 · SingleVinyl - The Walking Taco
The Walking Taco14 Sep 2016 · SingleVinyl - Freak Show
Freak Show31 Aug 2015 · SingleVinyl - Savior of the Skies
Savior of the Skies14 Dec 2011 · SingleVinyl
- Live to Fight Another Day (The Full Story) · 2019 · Single · compilation
- Live at the Athens Theatre · 2017 · live
Records from MusicBrainz, completed with the release lists of Deezer and Apple. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.
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Members
- 2006 on
- 2006 on
- 2006 on
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If you like The Cog Is Dead
- Abney Park3 sources agree
- Steam Powered Giraffe3 sources agree
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- Sunday Driver3 sources agree
- This Way To The Egress3 sources agree
- Dr. Steel3 sources agree
- Aurelio Voltaire2 sources agree
- Professor Elemental2 sources agree
- Vernian Process2 sources agree
- Caravan of Thieves2 sources agree
- The Mechanisms2 sources agree
- Paul Shapera2 sources agree
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