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Cobra Starship Make The "Guilty Pleasure" Headlines Flow Like Water

So, let's take some inventory for Cobra Starship's latest video for "Guilty Pleasure," which replaces the very cute "home movie" one they made as they continue their quest to crack MTV's 3 a.m. rotation. Zubaz and Zink-covered noses? Check. The most dejected-looking rollerskate dance that I have ever seen in my life? Check! (FYI, I've never seen Starlight Express, so one of its more tragic scenes might beat this. Barely.) A cameo by a DeLorean with a "FLUXED" license plate? Check. Patrick Stump as a perhaps overly cost-conscious manager? Che-eeck! Even if I didn't like the song as much as I do, this video is like Idolator catnip, people. [YouTube]

3:45 PM on Wed May 7 2008
By Maura Johnston
223 views, 12 comments

Latest by Jon Can Dance: Dammit! I just got some Zubaz pants a couple weeks ago. more »

branding

Fueled By Ramen Is Ready To Suck You Into Its Revenue Stream

If you want to learn how to market your band/club/burgeoning multimedia empire in the late oughts, make time to read this New York Times profile of Fueled By Ramen, the label that, according to the Times, "has its acts promote one another as well as the company itself." And they aren't kidding on that last point—flip on TRL right now and you'll see that a bunch of the label's bands, including Panic At The Disco, Cobra Starship, and Gym Class Heroes, are being interviewed by Snoop Dogg and that Aussie VJ who can't convincingly read a cue card to save her life. But it gets better: The show will culminate in ramen-eating contests between members of the bands and some of their fans. Not only is that some great branding-reinforcement (what other label could have an equivalent contest? "Get a K Records tattoo faster than your favorite band can" just doesn't have the same amount of flair), all this coordinated sucking up of noodles is inevitably going to launch thousands of bandom stories. We'll have Kate report on those ASAP, don't worry. [NYT]

4:00 PM on Mon May 5 2008
By Maura Johnston
238 views, 3 comments

Latest by n/a: @NoNewYork: Touch and Go still exists. And has long carried more than just "noise punk." Perhaps you were thinking of Amphetamine Reptile? more »

keepin' secrets

Pitchfork Writer Too Embarrassed To Say "Cobra Starship Spin-Off"

The first time I heard This Is Ivy League (back when they were known as just Ivy League), I assumed they were from Sweden, where this brand of sophisticated, historically-minded twee pop apparently bubbles up from underground springs. Actually, Stephen M. Deusner, they're members of Cobra Starship. I was wrong, of course. The duo—Ryland Blackinton and Alex Suarez—actually hail from Brooklyn, and they recorded their self-titled fell-length debut in their own borough apartments. Which are probably paid for with money made from Cobra Starship. "The Richest Kids", the album's opening track, portrays them still cutting their teeth career-wise: "Oh we've been working, we've been paying our dues," they sing over dreamy backing vocals, crisp guitar licks, and a distant tambourine. "We've got dirt on our hands and holes in our choes." They're singing about being in Cobra Starship and I think you mean "shoes." Yet their tender Chad & Jeremy melodies and polished harmonies sound pretty professional, as if they've been at this for years. They have. As members of Cobra Starship. More »

10:30 AM on Mon May 5 2008
By Anthony Miccio
1,463 views, 18 comments

Latest by The Notorious T: @scottpl: So rather than being too cool to admit they were overly familiar with Cobra Starship, P4K was, in fact, too cool to be overly familiar with Cobra Starship. Okay. more »

faceturns?

Cobra Starship Provokes Emo Sensibility With Wrestling Fandom

Despite the keytarist drama, Cobra Starship is forging on through their allotted time in the alternative rock consciousness, even if it means sitting down for an interview with the WWE. As it turns out, the band members are huge fans of pro wrestling, and even took the time to attend this week's Raw. (This marks the first time a fedora has ever been worn by an audience member at a WWE event.) More »

1:00 PM on Thu May 1 2008
By Kate Richardson
356 views, 10 comments

new beginnings

Ex-Cobra Starship Keytarist Has Dreams Both Pop And Pipe

As our radio-rockin' pedant Al Shipley noted yesterday, Showbread isn't the first group of late to suffer the traumatic loss of a keytarist. Keytarist Elisa Schwartz left/was fired from Cobra Starship in early 2007, after suffering verbal abuse at the hands of her fellow snakesonaplane-bringers. But now she's back with new songs, a new look, and a new last name. The former Miss Schwartz is now Elisa Jordana, a pop star in the making with some big-name friends (Colby O'Donis! JC Chasez! Flo Rida's manager!) and a MySpace page, but no record label. More »

2:30 PM on Wed Apr 16 2008
By Anthony Miccio
803 views, 5 comments

Latest by burningstreets: i know this is kind of embarassing but i went and looked and hre myspace and the bio is all in title caps. every first letter is capitalized. desperately suggesting headlines? more »

gaze not into the abyss

Alex Suarez Of Cobra Starship Asks: "Why Am I The Bitch?"

A few weeks ago at the mtvU Woodies, two members of The Academy Is... expressed their stern disapproval of the lewd, but good-natured bandom fan-fic scene to me. Luckily for the emo softcore literati, Cobra Starship bassist Alex Suarez is game, if a little confused as to why he's so often emasculated in their stories. More »

2:30 PM on Wed Nov 28 2007
By Kate Richardson
1,929 views, 3 comments

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