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I like Midtown , I like Midtown a lot, and when their former frontman, now Cobra Starship travel industry discounts vocalist, Gabe Saporta , kindly gave me the opportunity to ask him all the Midtown questions I wanted, it was simply an offer I couldn t refuse. So, while the Cobra clan were recently back in the UK to promote the smash Good Girls Go Bad , I was able to be fit into their crazily hectic schedule and got down to the crunch, in the hope of finally giving Midtown fans some answers, on the record, from the man himself.
We talked about Cobra s newfound success and whether he is resentful about his old band not achieving travel industry discounts that, his thoughts on today s Midtown buzz, a reunion and his current relationship with the rest of the guys, as well as his morbidly surprising view regarding travel industry discounts how long he thinks Cobra Starship will last, and even got additional comments from Cobra Starship bassist Alex Suarez . Not to mention, we even managed to cram in our mutual adoration for the infamous Millionaires , and talked about the recent flurry it caused when his involvement with them was revealed, as he explained why they are indeed punk rock.
Gabe: I'm very happy, it's weird, nothing's really changed, I mean, we've had some crazy things happen to us in the past month, like being nominated for a VMA, our record went platinum, so it's pretty sweet, but, to me, it doesn't really change anything much, we're just really excited to keep doing what we're doing.
Gabe: Yeah, definitely, I mean, we're basically a pop band, we always thought of ourselves as a punk rock version of a Justin Timberlake record, you know? With our last record Viva La Cobra! , I thought Guilty Pleasure was a hit and I really thought that it was going to be a big song, but it didn't happen. We didn't get upset about it, we just kept doing what we do and then we got lucky, travel industry discounts a lucky strike, and that was awesome.
Gabe: I wanted it, but I didn't want it. I mean, everyone who plays music wants their band to be heard by a lot of people, they want to do it, but a lot of people say they want it, but they're really uncomfortable about getting the word out there and doing what you've got to do and exposing travel industry discounts yourself to different places, getting in the spotlight and some people kind of get elitist about what fans they want, but the thing about Cobra Starship, we embrace anyone who wants to listen to us. If you go to our show, it's a lot more diverse than other people's shows, people coming from different scenes, and that's something I couldn't do in Midtown. I was very elitist, I only wanted the people that I respected to like my band, so it wasn't good, I had a very selfish attitude and I had to get over that, and that's one of my be epiphanies, I took it too seriously and I was hurting people.
travel industry discounts Gabe: Yeah, it's bittersweet, you know? It's a little frustrating because we worked so hard when Midtown was around and we watched a lot of other bands that came after us take that and do really well with that, and, for whatever reason, travel industry discounts we just weren't able to do it, so it was really frustrating. And now that people talk so highly of Midtown, it's bittersweet, it's a little hurtful, not hurtful like I'm offended, it's just sad because I would have loved the support back then, but I'm also really flattered by it, because it means that, at the end of the day, I recorded something that people will be continued to be influenced by and that was one of my goals in Midtown, I wanted to make money, but I wanted to record something I really loved, and I did that.
Gabe: Yeah, I really think one will happen, it definitely will, I don't know when, the rest of the guys all have different things going on, Heath did his thing in Senses Fail, Rob has a record label, with bands like Four Year Strong, Four Year Strong stayed over at my house while they were recording their record, we're still a family.
Gabe: No, I'd invite as many people as I could, I think we'd probably make a small announcement for the kids who've followed us for the long-run, but I think a lot of kids who weren't into Midtown have gotten into Midtown through Cobra, which is great and it's awesome, I like that, I'm very proud.
Gabe: I'd love to play like three shows, like play a different record at each show, because they're so different from each other. When I think of Midtown, Midtown to me, was where we left off, the last record, Forget What You Know , that to me was the best. Then there's other people, they love the first record best, it's a different vibe.
Suarez: Oh, I'm excited about a reunion, I'd be thrilled to see it, it was a big part of Gabe's life and I think it would be really fun to see the whole thing go down. As far as people wanting it, I mean, it's understandable, I think there's a lot of fans that feel that they didn't get to see the end of it, it kind of just stopped happening and that was it.
Gabe: Erm, shit, I don't know, I don't think so. [ laughs ] But, you know, I'm the kind of person that has this overwhelming sense of impending doom, I feel like the world's going to end tomorrow. I think the world's going to end before Cobra Starship does, and, like, I think we're really close to the end of the world, but you're talking to a crazy guy who's a very nihilistic, apocalyptic person, so I'm not the best to be asked that. We love what we're doing and we're having a great time, and we can pay the rent, so that's fucking awesome. For me, I've always said, when it stops being fun I'll stop doing it and that's kind of what happened travel industry discounts with Midtown, we made a sweet record then it stopped travel industry discounts being fun. Actually, it stopped being fun before that, but we still wanted travel industry discounts to make a record, one we loved and leave a legacy, and we did that. It definitely stopped being a fun after a while. With also don't have as many expectations with Cobra, we kind of just like what we do and go with the flow a little more. I feel when you have less expectations of what you do creatively and especially in terms of success, you're going to be able to enjoy it more, so Cobra has zero expectations. We really get along really well, we have a great time when we hang out and if that stops happening, we'll stop being a band.
Faye: Something that has caused quite a stir on the Internet recently is your relationship with Millionaires, helping them to release their EP on Decaydance, can you tell us a bit about that and how you got involved with them?
Gabe: I saw this video on TRL, and I thought it was awesome, these girls who were really young and kind of doing it on their own, and I have a fucked up sense of humour, you know? I don't think that rock 'n' roll is supposed to be a place where you play by the rules, so there's these girls that are not playing by the rules and they're saying, "Fuck you!", and they're kind of being bitches, they're travel industry discounts just doing it their way, and I saw them, and I was like, "Wow, this is really funny." Then I met them and I was like, "Wow, these girls are really sweet." So, I brought them to the attention of Crush Management, I'm like, "Yo, you've got to check this out, these girls got on TRL without anyone helping them out, they're doing it on their own, this is awesome." TRL's like the big MTV show, well, not any more And that was the extent of my involvement, but then Crush was like, "Ok, we've got to get some music out there." and they talked to Pete Wentz [of Fall Out Boy and owner of Decaydance]. Pete's my friend, Decaydance is like a family thing, but as much as I care about things doing well, I don't want to be a business man, I'll tell you that right now. I'm genuinely, genuinely excited about Millionaires and it takes me a lot to get excited, I'm not saying it's the most life-changing music, but it's exciting, when I saw them, I was like, "Wow, this is fun." So, I passed it on and, from there, they put out an EP on Decaydance and they gave me an A R credit for passing it on, but it's not like I did some real leg work, this is just a credit that said, "Hey, thanks to Gabe for finding us." It's weird that a lot of people jumped down my throat travel industry discounts so hard, the thing is this, we're not always going to agree on musical tastes, everyone has a different musical taste and I don't have a responsibility to anyone to like X amounts of things or to only help out certain bands. I don't even think that what I did was much, they still have a long way to go, they may make it or they may not make it. It's like this, A: The song title, "Pete Wentz Is The Only Reason We're Famous", we say that as a joke, no one has the power to make anyone famous. There's travel industry discounts bands on Decaydance that have failed miserably, it's not like Decaydance is a label that will automatically make a band famous, but Millionaires aren't signed to Decaydance, anyway. B: I'm not involved in decisions, I passed it on, but I don't decide what does on and what doesn't go on, I'm not involved in contracts, I just like it. The thing is, people jumped down my throat and I'm the wrong person to argue with, I'm not going to back down, you're just only going to make me have to represent harder for a band that I'm just excited about. It's not like they're my best friends that I grew up with, it's not like they've changed my life, but people make me talk about them like they have because they re making me defend myself, putting me into a corner and telling me to justify myself, and guess what? I'm a pretty smart guy, I can justify myself, I don't have a problem travel industry discounts doing that, especially now that I have a song on the radio because people are listening to what I'm saying. You're just defeating that, like if every interview I do is about the Millionaires, and if you don't like them and want them to go away, you re just defeating that. That whole thing was just insane to me, I can't believe it was such a controversy. I was just like, "Man, find something better to do." I mean, there's tons of bands that I don't like and I don't go around blaming people.
Faye: Exactly, travel industry discounts that's the thing, they have everyone talking s