Editing Lloyd Cole (section)

=== 1984–1989: Lloyd Cole and the Commotions ===
The Commotions' debut studio album, ''[[Rattlesnakes (album)|Rattlesnakes]]'' (1984), contained literary and [[popular culture|pop culture]] references to such figures as [[Arthur Lee (musician)|Arthur Lee]], [[Norman Mailer]], [[Grace Kelly]], [[Eva Marie Saint]], [[Simone de Beauvoir]], [[Truman Capote]] and [[Joan Didion]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Simpson|first=Dave|date=2019-10-08|title=Lloyd Cole and the Commotions: how we made Rattlesnakes|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/oct/08/lloyd-cole-and-the-commotions-how-we-made-rattlesnakes|access-date=2021-11-21}}</ref> The band produced two more studio albums, ''[[Easy Pieces]]'' (1985) and ''[[Mainstream (Lloyd Cole album)|Mainstream]]'' (1987), before disbanding in 1989.<ref name="Larkin" />

Songs by the band include "[[Perfect Skin (Lloyd Cole and the Commotions song)|Perfect Skin]]", "[[Rattlesnakes (song)|Rattlesnakes]]", "[[Forest Fire (song)|Forest Fire]]", "[[Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken?]]", "[[Lost Weekend (song)|Lost Weekend]]" and "[[Jennifer She Said]]". Cole subsequently relocated to New York City and recorded with various musicians, including [[Fred Maher]], [[Robert Quine]] and [[Matthew Sweet]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.magicrpm.com/artistes/lloyd-cole/videos/interview-top-4 |title=Magic RPM Lloyd Cole interview |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029201820/http://www.magicrpm.com/artistes/lloyd-cole/videos/interview-top-4 |archive-date=29 October 2013}}</ref>