American Rubicon

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American Rubicon
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Studio album by
Cobra Skulls
ReleasedJuly 7, 2009 (digital)
July 14, 2009
RecordedMarch-April 2009
Genre Punk rock
Label Red Scare Industries
Cobra Skulls chronology
Sitting Army
(2007)		American Rubicon
(2009)		 Agitations
(2011)
Professional ratings
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American Rubicon is the second full-length album from punk rock band Cobra Skulls. It was digitally released by Red Scare Industries on July 7, 2009, with a physical release following one week later on July 14. It is the band's first release with guitarist Adam Beck, who joined the band in 2008 after the departure of Charlie Parker. [2]

Cobra Skulls

Cobra Skulls were an American punk rock band originally from Reno, Nevada, United States, but later based in the San Francisco Bay Area. During their time together they released three studio albums, five EPs, and three 7" splits.

Red Scare Industries is a punk rock record label. The label was started in San Francisco by former Fat Wreck Chords employee Toby Jeg.

Contents

The band entered the studio in late March 2009 to record the album. [3] The album was finished and final details were announced on June 15, 2009. [4] The same day, the band posted a new song, titled "H.D.U.I. (Honorary Discharge Under the Influence)", on their Myspace page. The song details frontman Devin Peralta's encounter with an Iraq War veteran who was discharged from the military for intentionally driving under the influence in the desert. [5]

Iraq War war which started on 20 March 2003

The Iraq War was a protracted armed conflict that began in 2003 with the invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition that overthrew the government of Saddam Hussein, in breach of international law. The conflict continued for much of the next decade as an insurgency emerged to oppose the occupying forces and the post-invasion Iraqi government. An estimated 151,000 to 600,000 or more Iraqis were killed in the first three to four years of conflict. The U.S. became re-involved in 2014 at the head of a new coalition; the insurgency and many dimensions of the civil armed conflict continue. The invasion occurred as part of a declared war against international terrorism and its sponsors under the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush following the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Driving under the influence (DUI), driving while impaired/driving while intoxicated (DWI), drunk driving, operating while intoxicated (OWI), operating [a] vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs (OVI) in Ohio, drink-driving (UK), or impaired driving (Canada) is currently the crime or offense of driving or operating a motor vehicle while impaired by alcohol or other drugs, to a level that renders the driver incapable of operating a motor vehicle safely.

The title of the tenth track, "I Used to Like Them When They Put 'Cobra' in the Titles", is in reference to the band's previous album, Sitting Army , in which every track had the word "cobra" in the title.

<i>Sitting Army</i> album by Cobra Skulls

Sitting Army is the first full-length studio release by Cobra Skulls. It was released by Red Scare Industries on July 10, 2007.

Track listing

All tracks written by Cobra Skulls.

No.TitleLength
1."Time and Pressure" 
2."There's a Skeleton in My Military Industrial Closet" 
3."Rebel Fate"2:52
4."Muniphobia" 
5."Thicker Than Water" 
6."H.D.U.I. (Honorary Discharge Under the Influence)"2:34
7."Overpopulated" 
8."Problems With Preconceptions" 
9."Willful State of Denial" 
10."I Used to Like Them When They Put 'Cobra' in the Titles" 
11."Bad Apples" 
12."Timing" 
13."Back to the Youth" 
14."Dead Inside" 
15."Agree to Disagree" 
16."One Day I'll Never" 
17."Exponential Times" 

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Punknews.org review
  2. ↑ "Cobra Skulls part ways with guitarist." Punknews.org. August 20, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Cobra Skulls recording album for 2009." Punknews.org. January 29, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Cobra Skulls detail art and track listing." Punknews.org. June 15, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Cobra Skulls post new song, album art, and tour dates!" Archived 2009-02-07 at the Wayback Machine Cobra Skulls Myspace blog post. June 16, 2009 (retrieved June 24, 2009).
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