Cobson (Johnsonverse)

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Clas Börje Sodergren, better known as Cobson (Stylized as Cöbsön), is a Swedish-American Musician best known for popularizing the Swedish Death Metal scene in the United States in the 1990s with his band Brimstone, which he performed with from 1989-2012 following a breakup in the band due to friction over Cobson's success as an independent singer starting in the Mid-2000s. Cobson has appeared in many movies, tv shows, and documentaries over the years, and has an estimated net wealth of $753 Million. 
==Early Life==
Clas Börje Sodergren was born on March 27, 1972 in Malmö, Sweden to Ingvar and Margaretha (nee: Nilsson) Sodergren. As a teenager, Sodergren was known for being involved in Hoodlum activites, and had served 3 months in jail in 1987 for vandalizing his High school, and was expelled as a result. 
==Music Career==
===With Carbon/Brimstone (1988-2012)===
Following this, Sodergren would work with his childhood friend Gunnar Winberg, and the two would form a band named Carbon, with Sodergren taking the name NuCob but quickly changing it to Cobson in 1989, and Winberg taking the name Xeviouse. Carbon would become a lesser known band throughout the late 80s and early 90s until Sodergren and Winberg signed a deal with Relativity Records and immigrated to the United States in 1993. 
Not long after Cobson and Xeviouse would partner with American guitarist Paul Allen Foster (better known as Kmaklubber) and Russian-Cypriot Drummer Jurij Michailovič Kuznecov (better known as Kuz) to form Brimstone. Brimstone's first album, simply titled Brimstone, with the song Gemmy, would become certified Silver in the United States after it was released in 1994, and would be nominated for the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards award for Best Metal/Hard Rock Video. Following this, Brimstone would see more success with Apostrophisation in 1996, featuring the songs Your Coal Has Lost and TrvthNuke, the later of which would go Gold, Diamondic in 1997, which featured the songs Antimatter, Margerine (Which notably saw the debut of Cobson character Marge), and Anthracite (which saw the debut of Cobson character Vantason), all 3 of which went Gold, and finally saw their biggest success with The Gem that Saved the Brimmy in 1999, which saw the song Don't 'jak me up go Platinum. 
Later albums, such as Der 'cord in 2001, Skloing in 2003, 'sover in 2008, and Joping in 2011 (the last Brimstone album featuring Cobson), would not be able to match the success that Brimstone had, causing friction with the band. 
===Solo Career (2004-Present)===
Following the commercial and critical failure of Skloing, Cobson decided to embark on a solo career on the side, starting out with the Album The Real Gem in 2004, which would become massively successful and would bring Cobson to a new form of fame, causing friction with fellow Brimstone members, especially after Cobson had success with Margerald in 2006 and OMGSISA in 2010. This would ultimately lead to the breakup of Brimstone on May 13, 2012, which saw Cobson go on as an independent singer. While Brimstone reformed in 2018, Cobson has since decided to stay away from the band, and has continued on his solo career, finding success with Travesty (2014), Gravel (2017), and his most recent album, Coalerald (2023).
==Personal Life==
Cobson was known for having many sexual partners during his adult life until he met transgender Reality Television Personality Ts Madison in 2014, who he has been in a relationship ever with. Madison is also in a Polyamorous relationship with tech guru Froot. Cobson was also a former member of the Church of Satan until 2013, when he left the church, and now currently identifies as a Buddhist, and currently lives with Madison in Beverly Hills, California. Cobson has a child, Spahd Börje Sodergren, from one of these prior relationships, who was born in 2001, and is now a musician under the name "Spadeson".
===Drug and Alcohol issues===
Cobson was well known for having been an alcoholic since the age of 15, and for many years abused a designer drug known as "Gemmy" which is a combination of Cocaine, Morphine, Ecstasy, and Coal. Following a heart attack from a drug overdose in 2014, Cobson went to a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility for 5 months, and has been sober ever since.
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