User:Donlacobra/Don Cobra

Don Cobra
Don Cobra (Born Dono Ruthven in Pretoria, South Africa on the 1 November 1984) is a Vocalist and Guitarist, most famous for being the vocalist for the only sleaze/glam metal band on the African continent L.A.Cobra.

Career
Cobra joined L.A. Cobra in November 2005 after being contacted by T-Bone Billy and Ron Midnight. After the success of the first single "Live to Ride" in 2006, the band got invited to play all the major festivals in South Africa. L.A. Cobra started to write their first album Cherry Hill, the album was released on the 27 January 2007 at Zeplins Night Club in Pretoria. Vince Luv had to leave the band for personal reasons, and John Strong, Don Cobra's long time friend joined and is still presently in the band. T-Bone Billy left the band after 4 years, because of his first born son Damian, and was replaced by Iron Ryan from Polokwane.

L.A. Cobra's first video Live to Ride got nominated for an MK Award in 2007/2008 in South Africa.

Before Don Cobra joined L.A. Cobra he was in a group called "D-Rated" with Duncan Faure of The Bay City Rollers and Rabbitt, and a film called "The Duncan Faure Story" directed by Neil Hetherington, and in a group called Extention x 5 (Released by Sting Records) which released an album early 2005 "Wake Up" and Released a video for a song called "Feeling"

In 2012 Don Cobra joined the cast and crew of South Africa's first stunt movie Bustin Chops, where he plays the roll of himself, the movie will be release in cinemas July 2013.

Discography
{| class="Discography"
 * Don Cobra, D-Rated The Duncan Faure Story(Duncan Faure)
 * Don Cobra, Extension 5 (2005)
 * L.A. Cobra, Cherry Hill (2006/2007)
 * L.A. Cobra, How much Snake can you take?? (2010 - September)
 * -}
 * L.A. Cobra, Cherry Hill (2006/2007)
 * L.A. Cobra, How much Snake can you take?? (2010 - September)
 * -}
 * -}