Wednesday 20 October 2010

Research on a current band

Cobra Starship
The band has their own WEBSITE- http://www.cobrastarship.com/
through their website they keep in contact with their fans by posting daily news, photos, videos and tour dates. There is also a blogging system where the fans can comment and ‘chat’ to other fans and Cobra Starship. The website also holds biography of each member and fans have the ability to purchase the bands merchandise.  
FUELED BY RAMEN STREET TEAM- http://fueledbyramen.com/streetteam/
the street team is a group for fans to get involved in promoting/marketing their favourite bands. This achieved through Pass out fliers and stickers at tours, Put up posters and snipes for albums, Assist in online missions for bands, Be the first to get news and updates, Access exclusive videos and tools, Help promote the Fueled By Ramen bands. This is an active way of involving the fans and ‘roping in’ new fans.
FUELD BY RAMEN YOUTUBE CHANNEL- http://www.youtube.com/user/fueledbyramen?blend=1&ob=4
YouTube is a video-sharing website on which users can upload, share, and view videos. The record label have their own channel where they upload the music videos and diaries of the bands, this includes Cobra Starship. There are over 50 videos of the band including their official music videos, behind the scenes of the creating of their music videos, and ‘diaries’ of events such as festivals and gigs.
COBRA STARSHIP ALBUMS
Cobra Starship have three albums, While the city sleeps We rule the streets- 2006-2007, It featured the single "Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)", of which a video had been featured during the closing credits of the film Snakes on a Plane earlier that summer,  Viva La Cobra- 2007-2008, The album art for the ¡Viva La Cobra! album was used to promote the fourth generation Apple iPod nano in purple, Hot Mess- 2009-2010. All of these albums are sold in high street music chain stores and are available to purchase on Itunes.  
FESTIVALS
Cobra Starship has made numerous appearances in festivals. The festivals they have appeared in are: Cobra headlined the Really Really Ridiculously Good Looking Tour- January to March, 2008. They also played on Warped Tour 2008. They headlined the SassyBack tour, which toured from October 7 through November 30, 2008. Cobra Starship also began the "Believers Never Die (Part Deux)" tour in the beginning of April, opening for Fall Out Boy, with other bands All Time Low, Metro Station, and Hey Monday. They made a stop on the Warped Tour in 2009, playing in Salt Lake City, on August 8, 2009. In Fall 2009, they are signed on to Boys Like Girls' "Love Drunk Tour" along with The Maine and A Rocket to the Moon. 
TOURS
On February 4, 2010, Cobra Starship embarked on their first ever European tour named 'Hot Mess Across The EU-Niverse', which included the UK, Ireland, Germany, France and the Netherlands. When the tour ended on February 21, the band then travelled to Japan for a few shows, then onto Australia and New Zealand for the 'Wet Hot Australian Summer' Tour. On February 5, 2010 it was announced that Cobra Starship and 3OH!3 would be embarking on a co-headlining tour called The Too Fast For Love Tour.
SINGLES
Cobra Starship covered Katy Perry’s famous single ‘I Kissed a girl, their version is called ‘I Kissed a Boy’. The song was released on August 25, 2008.
The band also joined forces with famous T.V. series Gossip Girl star, Leighton Meester, to record their hit ‘Good Girls Go Bad’, which is produced by Kevin Rudolf. This hit reeled in more fans as the target audience was expanded due to the T.V star. 
MYSPACE PAGE- http://www.myspace.com/cobrastarship
This social networking page allows the fans to listen to their songs for free, read regular news and keeps in contact with the bands movements. 


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