American Rubicon

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{{Infobox album

| name = American Rubicon

| type = studio

| artist = Cobra Skulls

| cover = CobraSkulls-AmericanRubicon.jpg

| alt =

| released = July 7, 2009 (digital)
July 14, 2009

| recorded = March–April 2009

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| studio =

| genre = Punk rock

| length =

| label = Red Scare Industries

| producer =

| prev_title = Sitting Army

| prev_year = 2007

| next_title = Agitations

| next_year = 2011

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = Punknews.org

|rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}[http://www.punknews.org/review/8665 Punknews.org review]

}}

American Rubicon is the second full-length album from punk rock band Cobra Skulls. It was digitally released by Red Scare Industries on July 7, 2009, with a physical release following one week later on July 14. It is the band's first release with guitarist Adam Beck, who joined the band in 2008 after the departure of Charlie Parker.[http://www.punknews.org/article/30146 "Cobra Skulls part ways with guitarist."] Punknews.org. August 20, 2008.

The band entered the studio in late March 2009 to record the album.[http://www.punknews.org/article/32136 "Cobra Skulls recording album for 2009."] Punknews.org. January 29, 2009. The album was finished and final details were announced on June 15, 2009.[http://www.punknews.org/article/33988 "Cobra Skulls detail art and track listing."] Punknews.org. June 15, 2009. The same day, the band posted a new song, titled "H.D.U.I. (Honorary Discharge Under the Influence)", on their Myspace page. The song details frontman Devin Peralta's encounter with an Iraq War veteran who was discharged from the military for intentionally driving under the influence in the desert.[http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=42461619&blogId=495122958 "Cobra Skulls post new song, album art, and tour dates!"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207065936/http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view |date=2009-02-07 }} Cobra Skulls Myspace blog post. June 16, 2009 (retrieved June 24, 2009).

The title of the tenth track, "I Used to Like Them When They Put 'Cobra' in the Titles", is in reference to the band's previous album, Sitting Army, in which every track had the word "cobra" in the title.