Cobra

Cobra was founded in the spring of 1989 by four female musicians in Beijing. It was initially a cover band that played popular Chinese folk songs and English pop rock songs. Cobra saw the beginning of its popularity when they appeared at the "Concert of Modern Music" event in 1990. They soon released a single, "My own Paradise" in 1992, which appeared on a compilation album titled Rocking Beijing. In 1992, one of the early members, Yang Ying, left Cobra. The same year, the band recruited Suo Yi and Lin Xue (Lin Xue would later leave Cobra in 1999). In 1994, Cobra released its first album titled Hypocrisy and its second album, Cobra II, in 2000.