Zero Magazine Post-Cobra Starship Review

Cobra Starship-¡Viva La Cobra!
Cobra Starship is a band that tries to incorporate elements of dance music, hip-hop and emo all into one nice, neat package. It doesn’t work. On ¡Viva La Cobra!, Gabe Saporta and crew try to continue the success of “Bring It (Snakes on a Plane),” their hit single for the movie “Snakes on a Plane.” However, we are only presented with horrible mash-ups of rock and dance music like “Guilty Pleasure” and “The City is at War,” or horrible mash-ups of dance and hip-hop like “Kiss My Sass” and “Damn You Look Good and I’m Drunk (Scandalous).” “City” tries to be epic, but is ruined by terrible keyboard riffs. “Guilty” sounds like a crappy 80s band. “Kiss” and “Look Good” both sound like the band was trying to rip off Kanye West. They both are awful, even laughable, attempts at songs. Saporta even bothers to mock Justin Timberlake at the beginning of “Kiss” by saying “I’m bringing sassy back.” Saporta’s lyrics are pointless drivel (his attempts at party music), and the band attempts to have a thumping dance bass drum in the background of each song (which is super annoying). This record is a waste of time.