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Crawling out from the weed-choked lots of the once proud town, The Detroit Cobras whip out ass-shaking anthems to good times, wild times, and the high and lows of L-U-V-E; you best believe it and you best not mess with it. Singer Rachel Nagy and guitarist Mary Ramirez are the bad girls by the exit doors at the school dance, all leather and heels, sneaking smokes and passing the flask. They have no time for dewy-eyed love songs or girl group decorum; theyll take care of business themselves with a bat of the eye or an elbow to the kidney. Rachels warm as the bourbon under the seat of your car voice can boom to the back pews (Did we say "pews?" We meant "barstools") and Marys riffs let you know that love and good times can be found in the tilt of a hip or at the end of a fist.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/22/2005
Band Website: bloodshotrecords.com/artists/detroitcobras
Band Members: Rachel Nagy (vocals, cigarettes)
Mary Ramirez (guitar)
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Influences:

THE DETROIT COBRAS' TIED AND TRUE

THE NEW ALBUM
IN STORES NOW!!!

Order the CD From Bloodshot Records

Download the album from iTunes

Sounds Like:

"The Detroit Cobras have hit upon a magic formula: record old songs that hardly anybody knows and then sit back while the world jacks you off for being so damn cool." Bust Magazine

"Baby boasts the bands signature garage rock style, complete with vocals from the always-seductive Rachel Nagy." Venus Magazine

"Baby is a really fun album -- one that will get you dancing and drinking and misbehaving, or at least thinking about it." Splendid Magazine

"There's retro, and there's old-fashioned gut-busting rock and roll. The Cobras, our greatest current party band, define the latter category. Singer Rachel Nagy has Patsy Clines pipes and Courtney Loves attitude. The band is raucous and raw. The songs are saucy classics. Hot damn!" Tim Mohr, Playboy

"If Iggy Pop, Berry Gordy, and Jackie DeShannon fornicated in the back seat of a 63 Thunderbird, the drunken, swaggering Detroit Cobras would slither from the orgiastic rendezvous. Hot Dog (Watch Me Eat), the lone original, is a bouncy sleaze-garage number laced with sexual double entendres, proving the Cobras can step up to the plate with equal horniness." Magnet Magazine

Record Label: www.BLOODSHOTRECORDS.com
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

John Doe’s Comments on our Tour with X!

After touring with the legendary band X for 20 shows, John Doe has nothing but kind words to speak. Check it out! "So X flies to Detroit & begins a 20 show tour w/ The Detroit Cobras. WOW,those wo...
Posted by The Detroit Cobras on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:57:00 PST

Rachel dishes on Detroit in this month's SPIN!

Posted by The Detroit Cobras on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:45:00 PST

DETROIT COBRAS ANNOUNCE TOUR, PLUS PREORDER TIED AND TRUE NOW!

The Detroit Cobras' Tied and True will be hitting the streets in only a few days--April 24th, to be exact--but you can get the jump on everyone else by preordering the CD right now. Tell you what, pre...
Posted by The Detroit Cobras on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 03:20:00 PST

DETROIT COBRAS CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

You've been patiently waiting for the winners to be announced to the I L-U-V The Detroit Cobras Contest, and our trusty researchers here at BSHQ have come to a decision! The winners will be getting em...
Posted by The Detroit Cobras on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 03:03:00 PST

IT'S THE FANTASTIC DETROIT COBRAS VALENTINE CONTEST!

How much do you looove the Detroit Cobras? What is your greatest/funniest/wildest Detroit Cobras story? What do the Cobras mean to you? Did you get turned on to them by the one you love, or by the...
Posted by The Detroit Cobras on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:52:00 PST

BLOODSHOT PRESENTS...A FREE SHOW WITH THE DETROIT COBRAS!

JUST ANNOUNCED:Bloodshot Records Presents...A FREE SHOW WITH THE DETROIT COBRAS AND THE BLACKS!Friday, March 2: Logan Square Auditorium in ChicagoDoors at 9pm, show at 10pmPLUS AT THE SHOW...FREE BLOO...
Posted by The Detroit Cobras on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 12:48:00 PST

The Detroit Cobras' Personal Site

The Detroit Cobras have their own honest-to-God website! Check it out at http://www.detroitcobras.org/index.html to get the word direct from Mary and Rachel!...
Posted by The Detroit Cobras on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:02:00 PST

TIED AND TRUE - AVAILABLE 4/24/07!

BS 139 THE DETROIT COBRAS Tied And TrueRelease Date: 4-24-07With Tied And True, their first new record in three years, the Cobras practically done created a new genre all for themselves, delivering th...
Posted by The Detroit Cobras on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:15:00 PST

Video for "Cha Cha Twist" Up on Bloodshot Page!

Bloodshot posted the video we shot for "Cha Cha Twist" on their MySpace video section. Have a looksee. "Cha Cha Twist"The video can also be found on our US Release of Baby....
Posted by The Detroit Cobras on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 12:51:00 PST

Cobras on "Flushed".

From BSHQ:Listen for the Detroit Cobras on the latest edition of video podcast, Flushed.Flushed chronicles the Levine family. A Group of dedicated plumbers doing their thing in Detroit. Follow the fun...
Posted by The Detroit Cobras on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:03:00 PST