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March 08, 2006
Cobra Verde on "The O.C."
Cobra Verde will make its prime-time network TV debut on Thursday, March 16 on Fox's "The O.C." The lovable rock iconoclasts from Cleveland will play a birthday party at The Bait Shop, the fictitious club where Adam Brody and Mischa Barton hang out in Orange County.
Cobra Verde isn't just another band making a gratuitous cameo, though. It also injects itself into a debate that overtakes the episode, titled "The Journey."
You see, the show's arena-rock-loving co-star Ryan (Benjamin McKenzie) really loves Journey. Seth (Brody) prefers slow dancing to Foreigner - which is why he hires Cobra Verde to don '80s "rockwear" and play Foreigner's slow-dance anthem, "Waiting for a Girl Like You."
"When 'The O.C.' asked us to be on the show, we had no idea it would be THAT song," says Cobra Verde singer and Screen Actor's Guild member John Petkovic. "It usually ends up on lists of songs we compile while we're driving around on tour - right up there with 'Come Sail Away' by Styx or 'Carry on My Wayward Son' by Kansas or 'Open Arms' by Journey."
"Journey usually wins the worst-of award," he adds. "Which is why we figured we'd step up and take a stand on the issue - even if it meant having to wear trench coats, mesh shirts and those ugly '80s boots."
Cobra Verde's version of "Waiting for a Girl Like You" will be available as a download, on iTunes. The band will also run a full diary of the experience at
Posted by mike at March 8, 2006 08:37 AM