Saporta later enlisted guitarist Ryland Blackinton, bassist Alex Suarez, drummer Nate Novarro, and keytarist Victoria Asher, all of whom provide backing vocals.
The group released its debut album, While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets, in 2006, which contained the single "Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)".
[2] He began to create his vision for a new band, a melodic style of music heavily influenced by synthpop and hip-hop.
[2] Upon returning home, Saporta rented a house in the Catskill Mountains and began writing what would become the band's debut album, While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets.
The song gained Saporta notoriety on the internet, and he eventually signed to Decaydance Records, the label of his good friend, Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz.
[3] Midtown's management company soon set Saporta up with an opportunity to record a song for the soundtrack to the 2006 Snakes on a Plane.
Along with members of The Academy Is..., Gym Class Heroes, and The Sounds, Saporta recorded "Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)", which became a minor hit.
[4] During the recording of While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets, Saporta began recruiting new members to complete the group's lineup.
[10] Saporta explained this decision as he had enough of Jordana bringing random people onto the tour bus and hosting dance parties while playing Britney Spears music, as well as suspecting her of stealing Suarez's iPod.
[14] The album has been described as "11 tracks of unabashed party jams, full of big hooky electropop, super-produced guitar crunch and the occasional T-Pain-style vocoder thrown in for good measure.
[19] The group released a music video for the single "Guilty Pleasure" and features a cameo appearance by Patrick Stump.
[20] The group headlined the Really Really Ridiculously Good Looking Tour, with guests Metro Station, The Cab, and We The Kings, from January to March 2008.
[citation needed] Following extensive touring in 2008, the band headed to a New York City studio in September 2008, to record new songs after facing some pressure by their label to make another album.
[29] Spending two weeks in the cabin, they broadcast for four days on the live camera feed site Stickam, thus creating the Shelf Kids, an unofficial Cobra Starship fan club.
[29] The band worked with Kara DioGuardi, Kevin Rudolf, S*A*M and Sluggo, and songwriters Benny Blanco and Patrick Stump on Hot Mess.
[37] Selling two million copies in the United States,[38] the song was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
[44] After Plastiscines dropped off the tour, Cobra Starship listed a number of candidate bands for the fans to vote for online in a blog; The Audition won.
[45] They performed at a September 11, 2009, MTV Video Music Awards weekend competition and pre-party at The Fillmore at Irving Plaza.
[50] The group opened for Boys Like Girls on their headlining tour alongside The Maine, A Rocket to the Moon and VersaEmerge from October to November 2009.
[51] At the People's Choice Awards on January 6, 2010, Cobra Starship performed "Good Girls Go Bad" live with former Pussycat Dolls frontwoman Nicole Scherzinger filling in for Leighton Meester.
[52] The group was nominated for Favorite Music Collaboration, but lost to Jay-Z, Rihanna, and Kanye West's "Run This Town.
"[53] On February 4, 2010, Cobra Starship embarked on their first-ever European tour, Hot Mess Across the EU-Niverse, which included the UK, Ireland, Germany, France, and the Netherlands.
[59] In late 2010, the band collaborated with British singer Alexandra Burke on the song "What Happens on the Dancefloor", which was included on the deluxe edition of her debut album Overcome.
[70] The group also released iTunes Session – EP on August 23, containing four acoustic songs and an alternative version of "Fold Your Hands Child".
[74] Cobra Starship made a handful of television appearances in the fall of 2011, performing "You Make Me Feel..." on Dancing with the Stars and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,[75][76] and "#1Nite (One Night)" on 90210.
[78] On September 9, 2011, the group headlined the Fueled by Ramen 15th Anniversary show in New York's Terminal 5, with VersaEmerge, The Academy Is..., and A Rocket to the Moon supporting.
[96] In the post, Saporta stated, "I know that sometimes when things go on for too long, that magic can start to fade... And as hard as it is for all of us, I would rather close this chapter of our lives and be able to look back on it fondly than allow something that means so much to us stagnate.
[97] He and business associate Mike Carden announced the formation of a talent management firm, T∆G // The Artist Group,[98] expected to commence operations in the first quarter of 2016.
[103] The songs, called Tracks To The Future, were released as part of a promotional campaign for Fueled By Ramen's 25th anniversary and the limited edition re-issue of "Hot Mess" on vinyl.
[109] Cobra Starship first started promotion as a band on their website in July 2005 but was not updated until marketing for their first album in September, While the City Sleeps, We Rule the streets.