| Cobra Skulls | |
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Cobra Skulls in 2011. Left to right: Peralta, Swarm, and Beck |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Reno, Nevada, United States |
| Genres | Punk rock |
| Years active | 2005-present |
| Labels | Fat Wreck Chords, Red Scare Industries |
| Website | www.cobraskulls.com |
| Members | |
| Devin Peralta Adam Beck Luke Swarm |
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| Past members | |
| Charlie Parker Chad Cleveland |
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Cobra Skulls are a punk rock band from Reno, Nevada who are signed to Fat Wreck Chords.
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Cobra Skulls were formed in Reno, NV in 2005 by Devin Peralta (bass, vocals), Charlie Parker (guitar) and Chad Cleveland (drums). They released an EP titled Draw Muhammad in 2006. The EP caught the attention of Red Scare Industries who signed the band and released their debut album Sitting Army in 2007. They released a 7" titled Never Be a Machine in 2008.
To promote the album the band went on tour with Against Me!, Mad Caddies, and The Loved Ones, opening shows for them.[1] During the 2007 tour the band added a second guitarist Adam Beck.
On August 20, 2008, the band announced they had parted ways with guitarist Charlie Parker.[2]
Their second album American Rubicon was released in 2009. Leading up to its release the band participated in the Old Skars and Upstarts Tour with Anti-Nowhere League and Duane Peters.[3] Followed by a west coast tour opening for The Lawrence Arms and Teenage Bottlerocket.[4]
The band signed with Fat Wreck Chords in March 2010.[5] Around this time Chad Cleveland left the band and was replaced by former Only Crime drummer Luke Swarm.[6]
On August 3, 2010, the band announced on their MySpace blog page that they were recording a new five-song EP [7] in the Fat Wreck studio, set to be released "....eh, well, hopefully by the time we see you all at Fest!"
On September 30, 2010, they released a cover of "Give you Nothing" by Bad Religion[8][9] on their MySpace, featuring Fat Mike of NOFX for the Bad Religion tribute album "Germs Of Perfection."
Devin Peralta is half Argentinian and sings some songs in Spanish as can be heard with the tracks "¡Hasta Los Cobra Skulls Siempre!" (from Draw Muhammad EP) and "Use Your Cobra Skulls" (from Sitting Army LP). While the first track is sung completely in Spanish, the latter track mixes both English and Spanish (not to be confused with Spanglish). "Thicker Than Water" (from American Rubicon LP) also contains lyrics in Spanish.