Cobra
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Cobra (眼镜蛇)
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Lineup
Group members include Yang Ying, Yu Jin, Wang Xiaofang, and Xiao Nan.
History
Cobra is an all-female rock band from Beijing and has started in 1989. In 1988 Xiao Nan, lead vocal and guitarist, listened for the first time to The Beatles and other rock music.
Just half a year after the official band forming, they performed in Chengdu in January 1990 playing foreign cover songs and rearranged traditional Chinese folk songs. Shortly after they performed during the "Concert of Modern Music" in Beijing, playing two songs of Cui Jian. Thereafter they started to compose their own songs.
World Beat Records has released their CD for the international market including the song '1966', that can't be found on the domestic CD version.
Their lyrics are intelligent and poetic, and though somewhat dark, they transmit a fierce sense of determination to face personal and social realities that are less than ideal. Some people say that in China, simply performing rock music is subversive. -- John Korber
Cobra's arrangements are complex and beautifully woven with a variety of instruments including the Chinese xylophone, piano accordian, and some orchestral accompaniment. -- John Korber
Discography
- Cobra II - 2000
- Cobra - 1995
- Hypocrisy - 1994
Appearances in Podcasts
References
- Wong, Cynthia P. (2005). "Lost Lambs": Rock, Gender, Authenticity, and A Generational Response to Modernity in the People's Republic of China." Ph.D. dissertation. New York, New York: Columbia University, 2005.
- Steen, Andreas; Der Lange Marsch Des Rock n' Roll--Pop und Rockmusik in Der Volksrepublik China. Hamburg: LIT Verlag, 1996 (Info at rockinchina.com)
External links
- Cobra fansite
- Review of Cobra II
- Cobra page from Rock in China site
- Yang Ying official site
- Cobra featured in RiC Radio #3
