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September 18, 2008

A Few More Photos from the Iceage Cobra Finale

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I’m still not ready to write about Iceage Cobra’s final (until the reunion tour) show at The Blue Moon last week. My ears have only recently stopped ringing and I’m not ready to synthesize what the evening meant and felt like. I will say, that Iceage Cobra proved one last time to be Seattle’s hardest rocking band…for the nearly two hours the band was on stage, they didn’t take a single breather or slow down for a second. It was a show for the ages and without a doubt, an incredible high note for Cobra and the bands devoted fans to end on.

Jords of Iceage Cobra ::: photo by Abbey

Metch ::: photo by Abbey

Ben and Jords ::: photo by Josh

Cobra Communion ::: photo by Abbey

Iceage Cobra Finale ::: photo by Abbey

September 12, 2008

Iceage Cobra’s Final Show at the Blue Moon Tonight

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Iceage Cobra, GMF 2007 ::: photo by Abbey

Based on Iceage Cobra‘s myspace message — “Bands Breakup Every Day. Deal With It” — it would seem the band doesn’t want us to make a big deal or maybe even mention their final show at the Blue Moon tonight. But whatever the members of Cobra think, it is a big deal to us. Bands do break up everyday–but favorite bands calling it quits isn’t a daily occurance.

Iceage Cobra has been a big part of our Sound on the Sound experience and family. We fell in love, hard, after seeing the band for the first time on New Years Eve 2006/7 in the basement at Chuck Norris. We commented then that Cobra had the sound and skill for headlining sold out arena shows, sadly that doesn’t seem to be in the bands future. After that first show we’ve tried to make it to every local Cobra show and have largely been successful. We were there for the epic Cobra set the evening Jords’ became a father, Brad’s last show with the band and Ben’s first Seattle show. We watched like proud parents as Iceage Cobra attracted passers-by on the street with a gravity defying peformance during this years SXSW. We’ve screamed along joyfully to every rendition of Acid Pony and blasted on repeat Brilliant Ideas from Amazing People, which we still contend is a Seattle classic.

So forgive us for feeling a little sad about tonight and the demise of another great Seattle band. We’ll be there in the front row, soaking in every scream and high kick. You should be too.

Brad ::: photo by Josh

Metch ::: photo by Abbey

Jords and Butterfly Knife ::: photo by Abbey

Ben Harwood ::: photo by Abbey

Cobra Kick ::: photo by Abbey