After braving a flood and grid-lock traffic that caused them to arrive two hours late to their concert, Cobra Starship still found time to conduct an interview with Driven Far Off. I was lucky enough to sit down with the genial and articulate guitar and keyboard player, Ryland Blackinton (far left in picture), at the Picador in Iowa City, IA, and ask him a few questions.

A huge thanks goes out to Kelly McWilliam of Atlantic Records, Dan Lipski, and Ryland Blackinton for making this interview happen.

- How did you and the others get involved in the band?

On June 4th, 2007, when the Honda Civic Tour stopped for a show in Columbia, MD, I got the amazing opportunity to interview Ryland Blackinton and Alex Suarez, guitarist and bass guitarist of Cobra Starship and members of their own band, Ivy League. Gabe Saporta, frontman of Cobra, stepped in for a few words, also. I’ll be posting the unedited version of the interview as a podcast soon, so, once it’s posted, if you’d rather listen to that, be my guest, and tell me if you find any mistakes. Thanks to Christina and Tom for all of your help!