''Cobra Strike II: Y, Y+B, X+Y ←'' is the second album by

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'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 similar to their first album, ''

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'' and includes several sound samples from movies, most notably

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( «Desert» and «First Master» ) and

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( « The Funeral » ) . The title and the content of « Yoshimitsu's Den» is a reference to a game character for the

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series of fighting games.

Track listing

Personnel

- guitars *SHePz - Bass *Gonervill - beats *O.P. Original Princess - voice *P-Sticks - beats *

Travis Dickerson Travis Dickerson is an American musician and producer best known for his work with Buckethead and Viggo Mortensen. He also runs TDRS music, a recording studio with its own record label that has released albums by Bill Laswell, Jethro Tull, Lin ...

- producer *Buckethead - producer

References

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