Gym Class Heroes is an American rap rock band from Geneva,New York. The group formed in 1997 when Travie McCoy met drummer Matt McGinley during their high school gym class. The band's music displays a wide variety of influences,including hip hop,rock,funk,and reggae. After the addition of guitarist Disashi Lumumba-Kasongo and bassist Eric Roberts in 2003,the group was signed to Fueled by Ramen and Decaydance Records,on which they released their debut album,The Papercut Chronicles. The group gained a strong fanbase while promoting the album,appearing at festivals such as The Bamboozle and Vans Warped Tour.
Midtown is an American pop-punk band from New Brunswick,New Jersey. Midtown was formed in November 1998 by three Rutgers University students,but quickly became a quartet. The group released three full-length studio albums and three extended plays before disbanding in 2005. In early 2014,Midtown reunited to play three shows,the first as a secret show at The Knitting Factory in Brooklyn,and the two remaining at the Skate And Surf Festival. They reunited for more shows in 2022 as openers on My Chemical Romance's reunion tour.
Snakes on a Plane is a 2006 American action horror film directed by David R. Ellis and starring Samuel L. Jackson. It was released by New Line Cinema on August 18,2006,in North America. The film was written by David Dalessandro,John Heffernan,and Sebastian Gutierrez and follows the events of dozens of venomous snakes being released on a passenger plane in an attempt to kill a trial witness.
Cobra Starship was an American dance-rock band from New York City,New York,formed in 2005 by Gabe Saporta. He recorded the first album as a solo project,While the City Sleeps,We Rule the Streets. Saporta later enlisted guitarist Ryland Blackinton,bassist Alex Suarez,drummer Nate Novarro,and keytarist Victoria Asher,all of whom provide backing vocals.
Maja Ivarsson is a Swedish singer and lead vocalist of the Swedish indie rock band the Sounds.
Gabriel Eduardo Saporta is an Uruguayan-American musician and entrepreneur. From the years 2005 until 2015,he was the lead vocalist and founder of the electropop band Cobra Starship. On November 10,2015,after nearly ten years and two Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hits,Saporta announced that the band would stop its work,and that he would be focusing on helping other musicians through his new venture,The Artist Group. Prior to Cobra Starship,Saporta had been the lead singer,bassist,and lyricist for the punk band Midtown.
While the City Sleeps,We Rule the Streets is the debut studio album by Cobra Starship. It was released on October 10,2006 in the US,and on October 17,2006 in Canada. A rough clip of "Send My Love to the Dancefloor,I'll See You In Hell ",a finished version of "Snakes on a Plane ",and "The Church of Hot Addiction" were uploaded onto Cobra Starship's PureVolume site. "The Church of Hot Addiction" was also used as the theme song for the WWE's Great American Bash 2007. It has sold more than 69,000 copies to date.
Santi is the second studio album by American rock band The Academy Is...,released on April 2,2007 by Fueled by Ramen,Decaydance Records and Atlantic Records. It is their first release to feature Michael Guy Chislett on lead guitar after Tom Conrad's departure from the band.
William Beckett is an American musician who is the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the Chicago-based rock band The Academy Is...,who signed to Atlantic Records/Fueled by Ramen/Decaydance Records. While still in high school in 2003,Beckett and guitarist Mike Carden came together from rival bands in Chicago to form The Academy Is... In addition to founding the band,Beckett and Carden are credited as the primary songwriters. A third core member of the band was Adam T. Siska,Beckett's classmate and friend from Barrington High School.
¡Viva la Cobra! is the second studio album by Cobra Starship. The album was released on October 23,2007. It was produced by Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump,whose vocals also feature throughout the album. The album peaked at No. 80 on Billboard 200. It has sold more than 40,000 copies to date.
Fast Times at Barrington High is the third studio album by American rock band The Academy Is...,released on August 19,2008.
Night Shades is the fourth and final studio album by Cobra Starship,released through Fueled by Ramen and Decaydance Records on August 29,2011. The album is the follow-up of 2009's Hot Mess. The first single from the album,"You Make Me Feel...",features singer Sabi and was released on May 10,2011. The full album was made available to stream for free on their Facebook page prior to its release.
"What a Catch,Donnie" is Fall Out Boy's second digital download single and third radio single from their fourth studio album Folie àDeux (2008). It was first released as part of the buildup to the new album on iTunes on October 14,2008,and charted on the US and Canadian singles charts. The track features numerous musicians performing cameo appearances in the song,singing lines from past Fall Out Boy songs. Bassist and lyricist Pete Wentz has said that he wrote the song to remind himself of vocalist and guitarist Patrick Stump. Fall Out Boy played the song live on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
"Good Girls Go Bad" is a song by American pop band Cobra Starship with guest vocals by Leighton Meester. It was the first single released from their third studio album,Hot Mess. The song was released digitally through iTunes on May 11,2009. On May 8,2009,"Good Girls Go Bad" made its radio debut on KIIS-FM with Ryan Seacrest's show.
"Hot Mess" is a song recorded by the American pop punk band Cobra Starship. It was the second single released from their third studio album,Hot Mess. The song was released digitally through iTunes on October 30,2009. The single has been released in the United States and New Zealand. It was used in the films Bucky Larson:Born to Be a Star and American Pie Presents:The Book of Love and in the TV series Gossip Girl.
Travis Lazarus "Travie" McCoy is an American rapper,singer,and songwriter. He is the co-founder and lead vocalist of the rap rock band Gym Class Heroes,in addition to having a solo career. McCoy became involved with punk rock scenes as a teenager. He formed the band Gym Class Heroes with childhood friend Matt McGinley;after several line-up changes,the group was signed to Fueled by Ramen,which released their debut album.
Cobra Starship was an American pop punk band,formed by Gabe Saporta in 2005. Other members are guitarist Ryland Blackinton,bassist Alex Suarez,drummer Nate Novarro,and keytarist Victoria Asher,all of whom provide backing vocals. The group released their debut album,While the City Sleeps,We Rule the Streets in 2006. "Snakes on a Plane ",is the debut single of dance rock band Cobra Starship from the soundtrack album Snakes on a Plane:The Album.
"You Make Me Feel..." is a song recorded by American synthpop band Cobra Starship with guest vocals by American pop singer Sabi. It was the first single released from their fourth studio album,Night Shades. The song was released digitally through iTunes on May 10,2011. The song is a dance-pop,electropop song and it talks about looking for a soul mate in the club. It received mixed reviews from most music critics;some thought that the song was "catchy and happy" but at the same time criticized it for being too "faceless and empty." Commercially,the song reached No. 1 in New Zealand and the top 10 in Australia,Canada,Hungary,Japan,and the United States.
"Middle Finger" is a song by American synthpop band Cobra Starship. The track was written and produced by Norwegian production team Stargate and features Pittsburgh rapper Mac Miller. It was released as the third promotional single from their fourth studio album,"Night Shades" and later as the second official single.
"Never Been in Love" is the final single by American pop rock band Cobra Starship. It features vocals from Swedish dance-pop duo Icona Pop. The song was the band's first single since their 2012 single “1Nite “. "Never Been in Love" borrowed a prominent piano melody from Fatboy Slim's 1999 single "Praise You".
