The Detroit Cobras

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The Detroit Cobras
Rachel Nagy and Mary Ramirez
Background information
Origin	Michigan
Genre(s)	Garage rock Soul rock Punk blues
Years active	1995–Present
Label(s)	Black Mamba, Human Fly, Scooch Pooch, Sympathy for the Record Industry, Rough Trade, Bloodshot
Associated acts	Big Chief, The Black Crowes, The Come Ons, Electric Six, Elvis Hitler, The Fondas, Ko and the Knockouts, Oblivians, Reigning Sound, Rocket 455, Sponge, Vertical Pillows
Website	Official website
Members
Rachel Nagy : Vocals, piano Mary Ramirez : Guitar Joey Mazzola : Guitar Dave : drums Gina Rodriguez : Bass Guitar
Former members
Dante Aliano : Guitar Greg Cartwright : Guitar Chris Fachini : Drums Eddie Harsch : Bass guitar Vic Hill : Drums Damian Lang : Drums Jeff Meier : Bass guitar Ko Melina : Bass guitar Steve Nawara : Guitar Matt O'Brien : Bass guitar Steve Shaw : Guitar Rob Smith : Bass guitar John Szymanski : Bass guitar Kenny Tudrick : Drums Carol Schumacher : Bass Guitar

The Detroit Cobras are a garage rock band from Detroit, Michigan, formed in 1994. Their material is non-original and consists of old tunes cherry picked from their record collections that they rearrange and perform.

1 History
2 Discography
- 2.1 Albums
- 2.2 Singles and EPs
3 External links

[edit] History

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 2005. 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 of 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.