2008 Woodie Awards
Cobra Starship excites the House of Blues
Molly Hays
Issue date: 11/21/08 Section: Variety
Forever the Sickest Kids, Sing it Loud and Hit the Lights have all played and now the packed floor that sways with the weight of each other's pushes are waiting for the headliner, Cobra Starship, to emerge.
When the band did appear on the House of Blues stage, Nov. 13, it's against a set bearing their name in a highlighter '80's graffiti font.
After opening with "The Church of Hot Addiction," followed by "The City Is at War" and "Send My Love to the Dancefloor, I'll See You in Hell (Hey Mister DJ)" lead singer Gabe Saporta included the audience in on how his tequila fueled nights on last summer's Warped Tour combined with unknown set times and two years of continuous touring has taken a tole on his vocal cords.
"I felt like, oh man; this can't be good for my voice. Guess what? It wasn't good for my voice!," Saporta said.
After urges from his doctor to take a break and warnings of permanent vocal damage, Saporta said, "Doc, that's just not how cobras roll, we go in for it, for better or worse, if the whole [expletive] thing goes down we go down with it. He's like, 'No Gabe, you don't understand, this is a medical issue," I'm like no doc you don't understand; kiss my [expletive] sass."
Thus he sets the tone for the rest of the night.
Abby Caulder, 22, attends Hillsborough Community College in Tampa. She saw Cobra Starship play at Jannus Landing in St. Petersburg and had already planned to attend the Orlando show upon learning about a contest running on the social media network Buzznet.com. The contest offered a chance to win tickets to the Orlando show held on Nov. 13th. Caulder entered and won.
"I was planning on going to the show so I might as well try to get tickets for free," said Caulder.
Friend Steven James, 19, was "…the lucky plus one."
In addition to winning tickets, the friends received special privileges allowing them to sit in the church pew Loge overlooking the general admission pit.
When the band did appear on the House of Blues stage, Nov. 13, it's against a set bearing their name in a highlighter '80's graffiti font.
After opening with "The Church of Hot Addiction," followed by "The City Is at War" and "Send My Love to the Dancefloor, I'll See You in Hell (Hey Mister DJ)" lead singer Gabe Saporta included the audience in on how his tequila fueled nights on last summer's Warped Tour combined with unknown set times and two years of continuous touring has taken a tole on his vocal cords.
"I felt like, oh man; this can't be good for my voice. Guess what? It wasn't good for my voice!," Saporta said.
After urges from his doctor to take a break and warnings of permanent vocal damage, Saporta said, "Doc, that's just not how cobras roll, we go in for it, for better or worse, if the whole [expletive] thing goes down we go down with it. He's like, 'No Gabe, you don't understand, this is a medical issue," I'm like no doc you don't understand; kiss my [expletive] sass."
Thus he sets the tone for the rest of the night.
Abby Caulder, 22, attends Hillsborough Community College in Tampa. She saw Cobra Starship play at Jannus Landing in St. Petersburg and had already planned to attend the Orlando show upon learning about a contest running on the social media network Buzznet.com. The contest offered a chance to win tickets to the Orlando show held on Nov. 13th. Caulder entered and won.
"I was planning on going to the show so I might as well try to get tickets for free," said Caulder.
Friend Steven James, 19, was "…the lucky plus one."
In addition to winning tickets, the friends received special privileges allowing them to sit in the church pew Loge overlooking the general admission pit.
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