Starship Cobra

[Maren Ruminski]

Asthe 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 ber-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.

M: Cobra Starship, explain the name, at least the Starship part-

G: Cause there was a space vehicle that brought back the cobra, I could have called it cobra spaceship but I like starship. Jefferson Starship was a band, you know they built this city on rock n roll, we built the city on disco beats bro.

Cobra Starship is an American band fronted by Jewish/Uruguayan-American Gabe Saporta in 2005 after Midtown disbanded. As most often written in Bandom fanworks, it is often composed of Gabe, Ryland Blackinton, Alex Suarez, Nate Novarro and Vicky-T. Very rarely, the band will be the version created for the "Bring It! (Snakes On A Plane)" video[1] which is usually referred to as "Supergroup."[2] The band officially called it quits on Nov 10, 2015, though it had been inactive for a while before that.[3]

In the desert, Gabe spends his days and nights pondering the nature of being, the collective unconscious, the irreducible complexity of bacteria flagellum, and perfecting blue steel--it's more of a softer look; he uses it for footwear.

However, every evening his meditations are interrupted by mysterious lights plaguing the night sky. On one particular such night, the lights are so mesmerizing that Gabe enters into a trance-like state. He becomes catatonic and weightless, so weightless in fact that he begins to levitate.But just as Gabe is beginning to lift off the ground, a cobra lunges from the depths of the darkness and bites him! Bites him right in the ******* neck!

However, the reality of the band is much messier. Initially, Cobra Starship was conceived as a solo project for Gabe. He wrote their first album himself, but Gabe soon recruited Ryland Blackinton, Alex Suarez, Nate Novarro and Elisa Schwartz. During their first tour, Elisa left the band in a highly dramatic fashion[5] and she was replaced by Vicky-T.

Cobra Starship's official video podcast. The band released humorous tentative titles for the album (which parodies several other notable albums) "Griller", "Tha Ryland III", and variations of their Viva La Cobra! album. Also known simply as "cobracam" by fandom.

As part of Bandom, an RPF fandom featuring a large but specific group of American bands, Cobra Starship is often featured in inter-band crossovers. Intra-band fic for Cobra Starship is much rarer than intra-band fic for some of the larger bandom bands, mainly because Gabe Saporta's previous connection to many of the people making up the major bands of bandom means that he's a frequent side character in bandom fic. Often, Gabe will be the only character from Cobra Starship to feature in a crossover fic.

The most popular bands for Cobra Starship to be paired with are with The Academy Is... and My Chemical Romance, due to the fact that Gabe was friends with William Beckett and Mikey Way while he was in Midtown. He also commonly shows up in Decaydance fic, primarily ones featuring Fall Out Boy since Patrick Stump produced Cobra Starship's second album. Also Pete Wentz once got Gabe's face tattooed onto his body because he lost a bet[6] and he signed Cobra Starship to Decaydance records.

The single most popular ship in Cobra Starship is the crossover ship of Gabilliam,[7] mostly due to the fact that Gabe and William have been baiting fans with the ship for years with stage gay and Instagram posts,[8] but "Gabe Saporta/everyone ever" is a good description of bandom's shipping habits. The most popular ships are crossovers with other Bandom bands, such as:

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