Cobra Starship at Shepherds Bush Empire
Cobra Starship – Shepherds Bush Empire – 10 February 2010
Words by Brendan Monteiro / Photos by Marcus Maschwitz
With the amount of cheers coming from every space filled in the venue you would think that Cobra Starship were already on stage but you would be wrong. It’s 21:30 and The Lonely Island are blaring through the house PA with every soul in the venue on the verge of hysteria, you could honestly not dream up any more enthusiasm if you wanted to. As the lights go out the hysteria intensifies to a deafening sound cheers, screams and girls generally on a rampage to blow every eardrum in a 2 mile radius and as Gabe Saporta makes his entrance I literally have to block my ears before perforation is in full effect. The first half of opening track This City Is At War is a muffled blur of catchy pop-punk mayhem and shrills from the girls, it’s as if Gabe’s pelvic is neurologically linked to every girls vocal chords.
As the ear-splitting sounds start to subside the beginning to Pete Wentz Is The Only Reason We’re Famous starts playing in and the party is in full motion. From this moment the energy does not stop, song after song Cobra Starship up the levels and get every girls heart pounding harder than the base lines. The antics between Gabe, Ryland and Alex is relentless, they have smiles plastered on their faces constantly as they take the audience through party stompers like Smile For The Paparazzi, Hot Mess and even Snakes On A Plane (Bring It). The pop fueled mayhem continues and culminates in Cobra Starship’s biggest hit to date, Good Girls Go Bad, it’s a foot stomping ass swaggering party classic that leaves the venue gasping for more.
Setlist: Intro / This City Is At War, Pete Wentz Is The Only Reason We’re Famous, Nice Guys Finish Last, Kiss My Sass, My Moves Are White (White Hot, That Is), Wet Hot American Summer, The Church Of Hot Addiction, Send My Love To The Dancefloor (Hey Mister DJ), Smile For The Paparazzi, Snakes On A Plane (Bring It), Hot Mess, Guilty Pleasure, Bright Lights, Good Girls Go Bad
