Cobra Strike II

Cobra Strike II - Y, Y+B, X+Y
Studio album by Cobra Strike
Released	2000
Genre	Experimental rock
Length	56:10
Label	ION
Producer	Travis Dickerson Buckethead
Cobra Strike chronology
13th Scroll (1999) Cobra Strike II: Y, Y+B, X+Y <hold> ← (2000)

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Cobra Strike II: Y, Y+B, X+Y <hold> ← is the second album by Buckethead's side project Cobra Strike. In addition to Buckethead and DJ Disk, this album features a completely different cast of musicians.

The term "cobra strike" was inspired by the video game G.I. Joe: Cobra Strike (1983). Artwork for the album features cobras as seen in the game.

The music is more or less in the same vein as The 13th Scroll and includes several sound samples from movies, most notably El Topo ( «Desert» and «First Master» ) and Phantasm ( « The Funeral » ) . The title and the content of «Yoshimitsu's Den» is a reference to a game character for the Tekken series of fighting games.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Desert"	0:09
2.	"False Radien Cross"	4:17
3.	"Poison Wind"	2:33
4.	"Hellchop to Blind Claw"	1:53
5.	"The Funeral"	3:35
6.	"Beware of the Holding Funnel"	5:30
7.	"Traitors Gate"	5:52
8.	"Moonflake"	2:43
9.	"First Master"	2:11
10.	"Splinter Pool"	4:37
11.	"Notorious Swade"	3:37
12.	"Blood Scroll"	7:52
13.	"Yoshimitsu's Den"	4:03
14.	"Cobra Cartlige[2][3]"	1:50
15.	"Slap to Branding Nunchuka"	3:06
16.	"Spider Crawl"	2:22

Credits

Cobra Strike: Buckethead - guitars SHePz - Bass Gonervill - beats O.P. Original Princess - voice P-Sticks - beats

• Recorded at TDRS Music and Buckethead's Coop
• Produced by Travis Dickerson and Buckethead

References

1. Allmusic review
2. bucketheadstoystore.net (travisdickersonmusic.com inside a frame)
3. Discogs