Detroit Cobras August 14, 2007

The Detroit Cobras are a garage-rock revival band formed in 1995 by guitarist Steve Shaw. Shaw recruited fellow Detroiters Maribel Restrepo on guitar, Jeff Meyer on bass and Damian Lang on drums to fill out the instrumental lineup, with ex-butcher and exotic dancer Rachel Nagy handling the vocals. Inspired by '70s and early-'80s punk as well as '60s garage rock, blues-rock and soul, the Anaheim, CA, garage punk trio the Willowz draw from influences roughly twice as old as they are. The group formed in 2002, when singer/guitarist Richie James Follin, bassist/vocalist Jessica Reynoza and drummer Alex Willow were all in their late teens. Dan Sartain plays alternative punk, garage rock, punk and indie rock.