Cobra Starship
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Cobra Starship was an American dance-rock band from New York City, New York, formed in 2005 by Gabe Saporta. He recorded the first album as a solo project, While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets. Saporta later enlisted guitarist Ryland Blackinton, bassist Alex Suarez, drummer Nate Novarro, and keytarist Victoria Asher, all of whom provide backing vocals.
Over the course of ten years, Cobra Starship produced four albums and two Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles. The group released its debut album, While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets, in 2006, which contained the single "Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)". The band released its second album, ¡Viva La Cobra!, on October 23, 2007. Their third album, Hot Mess, was released on August 11, 2009. Their fourth and final album, Night Shades, was released on August 30, 2011, in the United States and October 28, 2011, in the United Kingdom.
Cobra Starship officially announced its dissolution on November 10, 2015.[1]
History
Formation and While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets (2005–2007)
Cobra Starship was formed in 2005, after
Midtown's management company soon set Saporta up with an opportunity to record a song for the soundtrack to the 2006 Snakes on a Plane. Along with members of The Academy Is..., Gym Class Heroes, and The Sounds, Saporta recorded "Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)", which became a minor hit.[4] During the recording of While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets, Saporta began recruiting new members to complete the group's lineup. He first enlisted drummer Nate Novarro, whom he met on tour while Novarro sold merchandise for fellow touring act Hidden in Plain View.[2] After seeing Saporta in Entertainment Weekly, guitarist Ryland Blackinton and bassist Alex Suarez emailed Saporta, asking to join the group.
While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets was released October 10, 2006. It featured the single "Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)"; the song's music video had been featured during the closing credits of the film Snakes on a Plane earlier that summer. In October 2006, they supported Thirty Seconds to Mars on their Welcome to the Universe Tour.
¡Viva la Cobra! (2007–2008)
With the group's lineup now solidified, Cobra Starship began touring across the United States. While on the 2007 Honda Civic Tour, the group began writing music together for the first time. The members recorded their individual parts on their laptops in the band's bus.[5] By the time Cobra Starship entered the studio to work on a new album, much of the material was already written.[2] Recorded in twenty days at Mission Sound Studios in Brooklyn, New York, ¡Viva la Cobra! was released on October 23, 2007.[5] It was produced by Patrick Stump, who was also credited as singing some backup vocals.[6] The album has been described as "11 tracks of unabashed party jams, full of big hooky electropop, super-produced guitar crunch and the occasional T-Pain-style vocoder thrown in for good measure."[7]
The album was toured heavily worldwide. Cobra headlined the Really Really Ridiculously Good Looking Tour, with guests
The
Hot Mess (2009–2010)
Following the success of
Cobra Starship also began the
In 2009, the band went to a cabin in Pennsylvania in an attempt to produce new material. They broadcast live throughout their stay on the live camera feed site
The band began their Hot Mess Across the US Tour to promote the new album on August 3, 2009. The tour had 21 stops and featured guests such as
Cobra Starship played
Cobra Starship appeared at Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2009, along with Mexican star Paulina Rubio, performing "Good Girls Go Bad" and "Ni Rosas Ni Juguetes". Cobra Starship and Paulina won an MTV Award for "Best Performance", for "Good Girls Go Bad" and "Ni Rosas Ni Juguetes", voted by the public, beating other artists such as Shakira, Nelly Furtado, and Wisin & Yandel.
At the People's Choice Awards on January 6, 2010, Cobra Starship performed live with former Pussycat Dolls frontwoman Nicole Scherzinger filling in for Leighton Meester.[15] The performance opened with a taste of their single "Hot Mess". The band then brought Nicole out for a bridge to a sizzling version of "Good Girls Go Bad". However, the original track of the latter number lost out on the award for Favorite Music Collaboration to Jay-Z, Rihanna, and Kanye West's "Run This Town."
On February 4, 2010, Cobra Starship embarked on their first-ever European tour, Hot Mess Across the EU-Niverse, which included the UK, Ireland, Germany, France, and the Netherlands. When the tour ended on February 21, the band then traveled to Japan for a few shows, and then onto Australia and New Zealand for the Wet Hot Australian Summer Tour. The group also toured in Germany with I Heart Sharks and One Night Stand!. On February 5, 2010, it was announced that Cobra Starship and
In late 2010, the band collaborated with British singer Alexandra Burke on the song "What Happens on the Dancefloor", which was included on the deluxe edition of her debut album Overcome.
Night Shades, "Never Been in Love", and disbandment (2011–2015)
Cobra Starship canceled their 2011 Australian tour to finish up their fourth album,[16] which they were working on with Ryan Tedder and Kara DioGuardi. Gabe Saporta released a song off of the album, "Don't Blame the World, It's the DJ's Fault", on his Tumblr. A video was released of an eggplant with sunglasses and headphones getting made into eggplant Parmesan, supposed to represent the album title. Saporta later announced via Twitter that the new album will be called Night Shades. The first single, "You Make Me Feel...", was released on May 10, 2011. The song was written by written by Steve Mac and Ina Wroldsen, and features American singer/songwriter and rapper Sabi. The music video premiered on MTV on June 28, 2011.
The band's official Twitter and Tumblr announced that the album would be out on August 30, 2011.[17]
The group released iTunes Session – EP on August 23, 2011, containing four acoustic songs and an alternative version of "Fold Your Hands Child".
In promotion of the album, the band performed "You Make Me Feel..." on the MTV Video Music Awards pre-show with Sabi on August 28, 2011.
Night Shades was released on August 29, 2011, with the lead single "
Cobra Starship contributed a cover of
On September 9, 2011, Cobra Starship headlined the Fueled by Ramen 15th Anniversary show in New York's
On April 19, 2014, after nearly three years of no announcements of new material, Cobra Starship confirmed that they were working on a new single.[19] Their single "Never Been in Love", featuring Icona Pop, was released on August 25, 2014.
On October 21, 2014, both Suarez and Blackinton left the band to pursue their own separate careers.[20] They have since been replaced by Eric Halvorsen, formerly of A Rocket to the Moon, and Andy Barr. The band played their first show with their current line-up, a Halloween party, on October 30, 2014 at Saints and Sinner. The band also played on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on November 6, 2014.
On November 10, 2015, it was announced in a blog post on the band's website that they had broken up.[21]
Post-disbandment (2015–2018)
In November 2015, Saporta announced on his Beats1 Radio show that he would no longer be performing or putting out new music. He and business associate
From October 2016 until 2018, guitarist Andy Barr toured with rock band America.
Reunions (2021-present)
In October 2021, Cobra Starship released a new song, "
Band members
- Final members
- Gabe Saporta – lead vocals (2005–15), bass guitar (2014)
- Nate Novarro – percussion, backing vocals(2005–15)
- Victoria Asher – keytar, keyboards, backing vocals (2007–15)
- Eric Halvorsen – bass guitar, backing vocals (2014–15)
- Andy Barr – guitars, backing vocals (2014–15)
- Former members
- Ryland Blackinton – guitars, backing vocals, synthesizer (2005–14)
- Alex Suarez – bass guitar, backing vocals, synth-bass (2005–14)
- Elisa Jordana – keytar, backing vocals (2005–07)
- Timeline
Discography
- While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets (2006)
- ¡Viva la Cobra! (2007)
- Hot Mess (2009)
- Night Shades (2011)
Album appearances
Year | Album |
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2006 | Snakes on a Plane: The Album
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2007 | TMNT: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
2008 | Warped Tour 2008 Tour Compilation |
Welcome to the New Administration | |
2009 | Jennifer's Body |
Now That's What I Call Music! 32
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2010 | Overcome |
2011 | Now That's What I Call Music! 40
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References
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- ^ Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2011-11-23. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
- ^ Montgomery, James (July 27, 2006). "Cobra Starship Owe Success To Talking Snake From The Future". MTV News. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
- ^ Montgomery, James (July 26, 2006). "Snakes On A Soundtrack — Samuel L. Jackson Film Nabs Fall Out Boy, Panic!, Cee-Lo". MTV News. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
- ^ Decaydance. 2007. 0015133-02.)
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- ^ Montgomery, James (October 17, 2007). "Cobra Starship Take Aim At Their Sudden Fame With Viva La Cobra!". MTV News. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
- ^ Montgomery, James (2009-04-15). "'American Idol' Judge Kara DioGuardi Working With Cobra Starship". MTV. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
- ^ Montgomery, James (2009-04-17). "Cobra Starship, Leighton Meester Collaborating On New Song". MTV. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
- ^ "cobra starship - pete wentz is the only reason we're famous". YouTube.com. 2009-04-01. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
- ^ [2] Archived November 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Buzznet.com". Buzznet.com. Archived from the original on 2009-08-04. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
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- ^ "About the Show". MTV. Retrieved 2007-08-29.
- ^ "Nicole Scherzinger Performs With Cobra Statship On The 2010 People's Choice Awards | Neon Limelight - Exclusive Music News, Artist Interviews, Reviews, Photos!". neonlimelight.com. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
- ^ "Cobra Starship cancel Australian tour". Kill Your Stereo. February 17, 2011. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
- ^ "Cobra Starship #NIGHTSHADES". Cobrastarship.tumblr.com. 2011-07-15. Archived from the original on 2011-11-23. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
- ^ "iTunes - Music - You Make Me Feel... (feat. Sabi) - Single by Cobra Starship". Itunes.apple.com. 2011-05-10. Archived from the original on 2011-10-17. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
- ^ Non-loginwalled link at bibliogram.pussthecat.org[permanent dead link]: "Instagram". Instagram.com. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
- ^ "Cobra Starship – A farewell from Ryland and Alex". Cobrastarship.com. 2014-10-21. Archived from the original on 2015-04-23. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
- ^ "Cobra Starship". Cobrastarship.com. 2015-11-10. Archived from the original on 2017-03-28. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
- ^ "T∆G // THE ARTIST GROUP". theartistgroup.org. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
- ^ "Cobra Starship Breaks Up; Gabe Saporta Explains What's Next". Billboard. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
- ^ May, Tamara (28 October 2021). "Cobra Starship Return with Their First New Music in a Decade". Wall Of Sound. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
- ^ Coulehan, Erin (29 October 2021). "Cobra Starship Reissues 'Hot Mess' With Two Unreleased Tracks". PAPER. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
- ^ Major, Michael. "Cobra Starship Shares 'Party With You'". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
- ^ Rogers, Jack. "LISTEN: Cobra Starship's Previously Unreleased Sentimental Party-Starter 'Beautiful Life' - News". Rock Sound Magazine. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
- ^ Gabe Saporta [@cobrastarship] (November 25, 2021). "I wanted to make a Hanukkah classic like Adam Sandler did, but I wanted one that could bump in the clubs… or at bar mitzvahs. Also I wanted to highlight one of the best parts of Jewish culture: raging. "Party With Jews" is out now on YT/Soundcloud/TikTok https://bit.ly/3oUBj9I" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021 – via Twitter.
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