Biography
Kobra Paige (born October 14, 1988) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Born Brittany Paige Bullen, but had her name legally changed to Kobra Paige in 2012. She is the founder, lead singer, and songwriter for hard rock and metal band Kobra and the Lotus. She was also a touring guest vocalist for Kamelot and Metal All Stars. Her father played in the New Wave band The Spoons on synthesizer/keyboard.
Kobra and the Lotus
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Paige answered an ad in a Calgary paper for a drummer for a heavy metal band. She showed up and told them she was not a drummer but a singer, and after jamming through some metal standards, she got the job. "I wanted to find some musicians to jam some Iron Maiden with but by the first practice we started writing our own tunes instead," says Paige in an interview with Femme Metal. The band recorded the first Kobra and the Lotus album Out of the Pit in Calgary with Toronto heavy rocker Greg Godovitz Goddo producing the first cut and mixing the tracks at Metalworks Studios in Toronto. Paige met both Gil Moore and Rik Emmett at the studio, and Rik Emmett did a guitar solo for the KATL cover of "Ace of Spades". After sending the debut CD to a few industry taste makers, Canadian journalist Carl Begai suggested another recording session for the vocals, and Paige re-recorded the vocals and remixed the debut CD with Kevin Shirley providing the first generation of the signature Kobra sound. From the independent release of Out of the Pit, Kobra Paige and her music was noticed by Metal Hammer, and Paige was included in the 2010 Maidens of Metal calendar.
The second album was recorded with producer Julius Butty, and the demo tracks were shopped to Universal Music. Paige and the Lotus wrote recorded Forever One, My Life, 50 Shades of Evil with producer Kevin Churko and added them to the new album.
While touring the third album High Priestess, Paige became quite ill with Lyme disease during the end of The KISS 40th Anniversary World Tour and took time off to recover. During the time off, in order to keep the fans interested, Kobra and the Lotus recorded an EP of their favorite Canadian rock artists and released Words of the Prophets.
Kobra and the Lotus released brand new album Prevail I via Napalm Records on May 11, 2017 with single Light me Up peaking at #34 on Billboard Mainstream Rock. Their fifth studio album, Prevail II, is to release in Spring of 2018. Single TriggerPulse was advance released in October 2016 debuting the band's evolved entrance into hard rock/metal musical blend.
Metal All Stars
Paige joined the super group Metal All Stars in 2014 for a European tour and subsequent South American tour with other vocalists Zakk Wylde, James LaBrie, Udo Dirkschneider, Joey Belladonna, and Max Cavalera.
Kamelot
Kobra and the Lotus did a tour with Kamelot through the United States in 2015, followed by a European tour in 2016. Subsequently, Kamelot has had Paige as a regular guest vocalist on the Haven tour.
We Are Fury
On July 19, electronic pop artists We Are Fury released a new single titled "Heart of Mine" off their upcoming album. This was the first electronic, pop collaboration Paige had written and recorded with anyone.
Other ventures
Paige is the voice of protagonist 'Gitta' in the upcoming music based video game Of Bird and Cage, set to release in 2021
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.