KING KOBRA....LOTS OF SKIN SHED!

GLAM BAND KING KOBRA, FORMED BY DRUMMER CARMINE APPICE, AFTER HIS TENURE WITH OZZY, RELEASED THEIR FIRST ALBUM, "READY TO STRIKE" ON CAPITOL RECORDS IN 1984. WITH JOHNNY ROD ON BASS, MARK FREE ON VOCALS, AND SUCH A CLASSIC DRUMMER, KING KOBRA TOURED WITH KROKUS IN 1984 TO SUPPORT "READY TO STRIKE". THEIR 2ND LP,"THRILL OF A LIFETIME', WAS MORE KEYBOARD ORIENTED THAN THE FIRST LP, AND CONTAINED THE SINGLE AND THEME SONG TO "IRON EAGLE2:NEVER SAY DIE". AFTER THE LACK OF SUCCESS OF THE 2 LP'S, APPICE DISSOLVED KING KOBRA IN 1989. JOINING GUITARIST JOHN SYKES IN 'BLUE MURDER'. IN 2010, APPICE REFORMED KING KOBRA,WITH PAUL SHORTINO (OF ROUGH CUTT FAME) ON VOCALS, AND THE RETURN OF ORIGINAL BASSIST ,JOHNNY ROD, WHO HAD JOINED W.A.S.P. IN 1986. THEY RELEASED THE ALBUM "KING KOBRA". ORIGINAL VOCALIST MARK FREE PLAYED WITH OTHER BANDS, BEFORE HE CAME TO GRIPS WITH HIS GENDER IDENTITY ISSUES. HE HAD HIS GENDER CHANGED TO FEMALE, AND SHE NOW GOES BY MARCIE FREE.