The Detroit Cobras | |
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The Detroit Cobras play The Santa Fe Brewing Co., 6 June 2008
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Background information | |
Origin | Detroit, Michigan |
Genres | Garage rock |
Years active | 1994–present |
Labels | Black Mamba, Human Fly, Scooch Pooch, Sympathy for the Record Industry, Rough Trade, Bloodshot |
Associated acts | Big Chief, The Black Crowes, Electric Six, Elvis Hitler, The Fondas, Ko and the Knockouts, Oblivians, Reigning Sound, Rocket 455, Vertical Pillows, Meg White |
Website | Official website |
Members | Rachel Nagy : Vocals, Piano Mary Ramirez : Guitar |
Past members | Steve Shaw : Guitar Soup : Guitar Dante Adrian White : Guitar Dan Meister : Guitar Greg Cartwright : Guitar Mike "Hadji" Hodgkiss : Guitar Eddie Baranek : Guitar Reuben Glazer : Guitar Brad Meinerding : Guitar Joey Mazzola : Guitar, Bass Steve Nawara : Guitar. Bass Jeff Meier : Bass guitar Rob Smith : Bass Guitar John Szymanski : Bass guitar Matt O'Brien : Bass guitar Jim Diamond : Bass Eddie Harsch : Bass guitar Ko Melina : Bass guitar Carol Schumacher : Bass Guitar Gina Rodriguez : Bass Guitar Jake Culkowski : Bass Guitar Dale Wilson : Bass Nick Lucassian : Drums, Bass Vic Hill : Drums Chris Fachini : Drums Damian Lang : Drums Kenny Tudrick: Drums Dave Shettler : Drums Skeeto Valdez : Drums Tony DeCurtis : Drums Dave Vaughn : Drums Johnny "Bee" Badanjek : Drums Richie Wohlfeil : Drums |
The Detroit Cobras are an American garage rock band from Detroit, Michigan, formed in 1994.
The Detroit Cobras signed with Sympathy for the Record Industry and released their first full-length album, Mink Rat or Rabbit, in 1998. After a three-year gap, they released a second album, Life, Love and Leaving Their retro-garage rock formula proved popular in the UK and prompted the London-based Rough Trade Records to sign the band. They released an EP, Seven Easy Pieces, in 2003 and their third full-length album, Baby, in 2004. Baby broke with the Cobras' tradition in that it included one original song, "Hot Dog (Watch Me Eat)". Baby was picked up for release in the US by Bloodshot (who added the songs from the Seven Easy Pieces EP to the end of Baby . In April 2007, Bloodshot released the band's fourth full-length, Tied & True.
The band is known for multiple lineup changes, as noted in the side bar. They generally have a touring lineup different from their recording lineup. Greg Cartwright of Reigning Sound (aka Greg Oblivian of The Oblivians) has been a constant creative force along with Nagy and Ramirez, who have been around since the group's genesis.
In the summer of 2008, The Detroit Cobras went on tour in support of X on their 13x31 tour. For the summer of 2009, The Detroit Cobras headlined a tour w/ the Dex Romweber Duo in support.
recorded live at The Miami, Detroit, July 4th weekend, 1995 Maria Christina-Shout Bama Lama (Otis Redding)
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