Cobra Starship

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- ¡Viva La Cobra!
- Released 2007

- While The City Sleeps, We Rule The Streets
- Released 2006

- Hot Mess (Deluxe)(Parental Advisory)
- Released 2009

- Hot Mess
- Released 2009

biography

As the legend of Cobra Starship would have it, frontman Gabe Saporta fled into the deserts of Arizona one day to find the true meaning of his existence away from his emo-rock band, Midtown. Saporta spent days and nights pondering life, mysterious lights constantly plaguing the nighttime sky above him. One distinct night, the lights became so mesmerizing that Gabe became catatonic and started levitating into the air. A snake suddenly came out of nowhere, bit his neck, and he awoke to find a talking cobra from the future nursing his wounds. This enigmatic cobra went on to explain the end of the world (no salvation for anyone) and disclosed Gabe's purpose in life -- to ensure that mankind went out in style. As the cobra revealed, Gabe must complete this "by teaching hipsters to not take themselves so seriously and by telling emo kids to stop being pussies." Hence, Cobra Starship were born...uh, back in New York.

After taking their name from words written on the back of Saporta's favorite vintage jacket, the band burst onto the scene with an über-catchy dance-pop-rock single named "Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)." The song -- which featured Saporta performing alongside fellow vocalists Maja Ivarsson (the Sounds), Travis McCoy (Gym Class Heroes), and William Beckett (the Academy Is...) -- was the lead track off the 2006 soundtrack to Snakes on a Plane, a horror comedy starring Samuel L. Jackson. Its video hit the MTV airwaves that July and featured cameos from Jackson and Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz. Meanwhile, Cobra Starship continued work on a full-length album of their own.

The band signed to Decaydance that same year and spent part of the fall touring with Gym Class Heroes. While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets hit stores that October, marking the band's official debut, and Saporta continued to tour alongside his newly expanded band. After several changes, the lineup returned in 2007 with ¡Viva la Cobra!, followed two years later by Hot Mess. The latter album was preceded by "Good Girls Gone Bad," a Top 40 hit co-penned by Kara DioGuardi and sung by Saporta and Gossip Girl actress Leighton Meester. ~ Corey Apar, All Music Guide

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- - awesome!!
  - - By sharonm0809
    - 10/7/2009 03:33:57
  - really awesome music that cobra starship makes. i've been listening to Hot Mess for a whole week and i'm not sick of it. i don't think i ever will be!
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- - Good band influnces= crap?
  - - By Grunger Dude
    - 8/19/2009 22:54:25
  - I was watching Saturday rock the deuce on MTV and Gabe was on it and playing videos by the bands he's influnced by His Are Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Rancid, Rage Against the machine, Smashing Pumpkins, Janes Addiction and thats all i can remember so with all those influnces (all are awesome) how does that influnce the crap he makes, Kurt Cobain is rolling in his grave. If i just saw Gabe i would think he was in some rap/pop crap rock emo band, and would have never imagined he liked what he liked, I understand you have to be diffrent than your influnces (all your influnces mixed together) but this is totatly diffrent
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- - Fangs up
  - - By Jade1104
    - 5/21/2009 02:55:33
  - Cobra Starship is the best!! I love they're neww song Good Girls Go Bad withh Leighton Meester!!!
    <333
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- - cobrahhh (:
  - - By geewack
    - 5/19/2009 22:55:10
  - cobra starship is fantasticccc, and i agree with the girl below me...shelfkidsforthewin. <3!
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- - oh yes
  - - By LindseyKaulitz
    - 3/10/2009 12:32:44
  - cobra starship is love. i'm so glad they're working on a new album & brought the cobrahcam back. shelf kids for life :D
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