COBRA – WE-ARE-THE-CHAMPION ( 夜のヒットスタジオ – Hit Studio at Night)

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Description

COBRA is a Japanese Oi ! Punk Rock band .

History 

Formed in 1982 in Amagasaki City , Hyogo Prefecture with junior high school classmates YOSU-KO (vocals), NAOKI (guitar), and MI-CHANG (drums).

In 1984, LARRY (guitar) joined the current GARLIC BOYS . NAOKI who left the group joined LAUGHIN’ NOSE .

In 1985, the album ” STAND THE PRESSURE ” was released from AA Records.

In 1987 , they made their major debut with Tokuma Japan , but stopped their activities in the same year.

NAOKI, who left LAUGHIN’ NOSE in 1990 , made his major debut again with Pony Canyon with PON and performed at Budokan, but stopped his activities in 1991 . YOSU-KO and PON formed a house unit and performed their first live under the name KAMIKAZE, then became active as a major group as COW COW . NAOKI and KI-YAN newly formed DOG FIGHT .

In 1999 , the original guitarist NAOKI was re-joined as a member, and YOSU-KO became the bass vocalist and COBRA was re-formed as a three-piece. They started working with Toshiba EMI , but in 2001, all members except YOSU-KO left the group. Although he continued to be active in the indies, he went on hiatus again in 2005 .

In 2007 , they resumed their activities with a new lineup, and performed at Fuji Rock and toured Europe, but due to poor health of YOSU-KO, their activities were suspended again at the end of 2012 . With this, Base member YUICHI left the band. Immediately after, on January 1, 2013, they released the planned single “THE BEGINNING OF THE END ep”, and this work is the last work released at this time.

In 2015 , they resumed their activities with former member PON (currently LAUGHIN’ NOSE ) as their base. However, the day before the 2016 live in Nagoya, YO-SUKO suddenly stopped participating, and the next day’s PUNK LIVES 2016 was once again a hiatus. For the live performances on both days, bass player PON was in charge of vocals for all songs. Since then, he has not resumed his activities, and no works were released during this period of activity.

Members 

Past members 

1st period (1982-1984) 

  • YOSU-KO (Vocal/Bass)
  • NAOKI (guitar)
  • MI-CHAN (drums)

2nd period (1984-1987) 

  • YOSU-KO (vocal)
  • LARRY (guitar) (currently GARLIC BOYS )
  • HAPPY (Okino) (Bass) (Former ZOUO )
  • MI-CHAN (drums) *Withdrawn around 1985
  • Makocchan (Makoto Takenaka) (drums)

3rd period (1990-1991) 

  • YOSU-KO (vocal)
  • NAOKI (guitar)
  • PON (Base)
  • KI-YAN (drums)

4th period (1999-2001) 

  • YOSU-KO (Vocal/Bass)
  • NAOKI (guitar) left in 2001
  • YOSHIRO (drums) (formerly SOY SAUCE SONIX ) left in 2001

5th term (2001-2005) 

  • YOSU-KO (vocal)
  • KEIGO (drums)

Support members are in charge of guitar and bass.

6th term (2007-2013) 

  • YOSU-KO (vocal)
  • LINA (guitar)
  • PUNKY (Bass) Withdrew in 2008
  • YUICHI (Bass) Withdrew in 2013
  • RYU (Drums) Withdrew in 2010
  • KI-YAN (Drums) Joined in 2011

7th term (2015-2016) 

  • YOSU-KO (vocal)
  • LINA (guitar)
  • PON (Base)
  • KI-YAN (drums)

Works 

Single 

  1. BREAK OUT (1983)
  2. 1984 (1984)
  3. BAD NIGHT X’MAS (Sono sheet distributed in 1985)
  4. WRONG WAY (1986)
  5. STRANGER (1986)
  6. STRANGERS (1987 Tokuma Japan)
  7. We (September 5, 1990)
  8. BOOTS BOY (November 21, 1991)
  9. LOVE & WORKS (CD distributed in 2008)
  10. SING ALONG TOGETHER (December 20, 2008 CD+DVD)
  11. THE BEGINNING OF THE END EP (January 1, 2013 CD)

Album 

  1. Hardcore Illegal Assembly (1984 omnibus)
  2. THE PUNX (1985 omnibus/Takarajima cassette book)
  3. STAND THE PRESSURE (1985/November 21, 1991)
  4. Oi Oi Oi (May 5, 1990/May 21, 2003)
  5. CAPTAIN NIPPON (October 10, 1990/May 21, 2003)
  6. STAND! STRONG! STRAIGHT! (May 5, 1991/May 21, 2003) Mini album
  7. COBRA INDIE OMNIBUS’82-’86 (December 15, 1991) Best Album
  8. BEST OF COBRA (February 21, 1996) Best album
  9. COBRA (March 20, 1999)
  10. OK RIDE ON (October 20, 1999)
  11. VOICE (June 27, 2001)
  12. COBRA ON THE STREET (September 12, 2002)
  13. STAND THE PRESSURE with “AA” TITLES (December 12, 2002)
  14. REALITY CHECK (July 30, 2003)
  15. LIVE INNOCENT (January 10, 2004) Live version
  16. Mission-x!! (July 21, 2004) Split CD with THE RYDERS
  17. LOVE HATE KONTON (August 4, 2007) Live venue limited release
  18. ROCK’N’ROLL HOMICIDE (April 20, 2008)
  19. Hello! This is COBRA (April 29, 2009)
  20. COBRA IS BACK! (October 10, 2009)
  21. PUNK 2 STUPID! (February 22, 2010) Split CD with THE RYDERS
  22. COBRA is ALIVE 20th ANNIVERSARY BEST (April 21, 2010) Best Album
  23. THE GREATEST FUCKIN’ COBRA (released October 10, 2010)
  24. THE GREATEST FUCKIN’ XMAS (released March 10, 2011) Live version
  25. Oi Of JAPAN 2 (Released on May 20, 2011) Omnibus
  26. Tokyo Boycott (released March 3, 2012)

Tribute 

  1. TRIBUTE TO COBRA〝Oi Oi Oi〟 (Released on November 10, 2010)

Supporter song 

“Yacchimae! POPSTAR”, which is included in the album “CAPTAIN NIPPON”, is mainly sung during matches as a supporter song for Vegalta Sendai . However, the title “COBRA” is written on the lyrics card of Vegalta Sendai.

Also, “Ano Musume wa Alien”, which is included in “Oi Oi Oi”, is a cheering song for Tokyo Verdy . The title is also “COBRA”. In addition to these, various songs have been adopted as supporter songs by supporters of many J League clubs.

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