You may remember these handsome devils from our immense Slam Dunk fashion shoot. Fruity synth-pop people Cobra Starship have a new single out today, Good Girls Go Bad, so we asked front man Gabe Saporta whether people should bow down and take them seriously, or enjoy them as a bit of a jokey outfit.
“Oh we’re definitely a guilty pleasure band,” reckons Gabe. “But that’s cool. When you go to a show you want to forget about your shitty week at work, so that’s why we’re all about the fun. We just like to mess about and don’t really give a fuck!”
More from Gabe after the jumper…
(Also, prizes if you can spot the, ahem, subtle booze advertising in the vid.)
What were you up to before you provided the soundtrack for that delightfully shit film Snakes on a Plane?
“Well, I was in a punk rock band which was sweet cos I fucking live for punk rock. We put out some great stuff, but unfortunately it failed! I was left in a position where I was 24 and living in my parents basement, and I thought ‘fuck, what do I do now?’. So I went on a spiritual quest and that’s when I had a calling that I had to stop taking myself so serious and make music fun again.”
Did everything go mental for you after Snakes’, then?
“It did, in a weird way. On one hand, the movie sucks. But on the other hand it’s brilliant and is a massive homage to the 70’s B movie. It’s retarded shit but it’s a huge part of pop culture and we made the soundtrack for it!”
You lot are bezzie mates with Fall Out Boy. That must be fun…?
“It is, but Pete Wentz can be a dick. At the MTV VMA awards he wore a tee shit with my mobile number on it. I learned to live will all the crank calls, but when I came over to the UK it started costing me $2 for every call i received. I’ve changed my number now.”
Why should people buy Good Girls Go Bad, then?
“Because fucking Leighton Meester from Gossip Girl sings on it! I gotta say, I love that show, but she’s never looked hotter than she does in our video! In Gossip’ they make her look like a little girl, but we’ve made her look like a woman. She’s banging!”
How did you blag sexy Leighton?
“It was a bit of a joke to start off with. We were in a rehearsal room and were told we had to leave because Leighton Meester needed it. I jokingly said ‘You can chuck us out if you can get her to sing on our new track’, and for some reason they seemed to go for the idea. Next thing we were shooting a video with her looking all prim and proper, and me looking like a fucking scruffy paedophile!”
Oslo Hilton
October 22, 2009
you can’t tell me people at Front actually like this song. wtf.
Edward Pozzobon
June 1, 2010
Gives Thanks for this write, I will bestow this website to my bookmarks, my room mate just told me about this last week. Thanks again