Cobra (Japanese band)

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COBRA is a Japanese Oi! - / Streetpunk band formed in Tokyo in 1982. It is the oldest and most famous Oi band in Japan . Their music resembles old British Oi groups such as B. Cock Sparrer . The most famous songs of the band are "Tokyo Riot" and "Oi Oi Oi" from the 1990 album of the same name .

The band was dissolved in 1991 and re-founded in 1999 with two line-up changes. In 2005 the band split up again before being reunited with new members in 2007.

Cobra in Germany

In Germany, Cobra were long considered an insider tip and were known to part of the punk / skinhead scene primarily through their album Oi Oi Oi . In 2010, Hello! This Is Cobra and Cobra Is Back as license pressings with the German punk label Knock Out Records , so that the group's recordings were now officially available in Germany for the first time and thus gained greater fame for the first time. As part of a European tour, Cobra also gave several concerts in Germany, including on May 24th 2010 at the Total Oi! -Festival in Torgau .

Discography

Albums

  • 1984: The Punx
  • 1985: Stand The Pressure
  • 1990: Oi Oi Oi (Best-Of)
  • 1990: Captain Nippon
  • 1991: Stand! Strong! Straight!
  • 1991: Cobra Indie Omnibus '82 -'86 (Best-Of)
  • 1996: Best Of Cobra (Best Of)
  • 1999: Cobra
  • 1999: OK Ride On
  • 1999: 99 Best - Cobra Gredest Count 1.2
  • 2001: Voice
  • 2002: Cobra On The Street
  • 2002: Stand The Pressure With "AA" Titles (Re-Release)
  • 2003: Reality Check
  • 2004: Live Innocent (live)
  • 2004: Mission X !! (Split single with The Ryders )
  • 2008: Rock'N'Roll Homicide
  • 2009: Cobra Is Back!
  • 2009: Hello! This is Cobra
  • 2010: The Greatest Fuckin 'Cobra
  • 2012: 東京 ボ イ コ ッ ト

Singles & EPs

  • 1984: Break Out (single)
  • 1984: 1984 (single)
  • 1984: Real Now (7'EP)
  • 1985: Bad Night Merry X-Mas (single)
  • 1986: Wrong Way (single)
  • 1986: Strangers (EP)
  • 1990: オ レ た ち (single)
  • 1991: Boots Boy (single)
  • 2008: Love & Works (CD single)
  • 2008: Sing Along Together (Maxi-CD + DVD)
  • 2013: The Beginning Of The End (EP)

Sampler contributions

  • 1983: ハ ー ド コ ア 不法 集会

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