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Cristina Williams

don't be a zombie

About Me

I’m in a band. It’s called The Modeens. Check us out.


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Member Since: 6/30/2004
Band Website: cristinawilliams.com
Band Members: i do the singing, writing and playin on the geetar. and here's some other people i've been lucky enough to play with:

Jamie Laboz - produced Cowards in Love EP and played guitar, keyboards. Also just happens to be the love of my life.
Alan Camlet - engineered Cowards in Love EP
Phil Williams - drums
Johann Stein - guitar
Dan Green - bass
Michael P Nordberg - drums
Duke - produced, engineered and mixed What Did I Do?, guitarist extraordinaire
Ronen Barak - drums
Influences: beatles, flaming lips, surf guitar, neil young, fleetwood mac, tom petty, radiohead, tom waits, the who, the pretenders, the police, buffalo springfield, eric anderson, fred neill, rolling stones, beck, blondie, breeders, the byrds, bad finger, ac/dc, lynard skynard, the sonics, ye ye girl rock from 60s! (favorite: Les Filles C'est Fait by Charlotte Leslie), bowie, the kinks, dusty springfield, pixies, harry nilsson, elvis costello, james gang, the band, wilco, golden smog, john martyn, nick drake, early linda ronstadt, pretty much anything in the Nuggets collection, martha wainwright, nina simone, nocturnes, plimsouls, poe, the shins, southern culture on the skids, stephen malkmus, super furry animals, the white stripes, yo la tengo, and really countless others but i'm exhausted now...
Sounds Like: pretty much what you get when you're a picker and a grinner cuban american from the deep south who's lived in new york and la and listened to:

beatles, flaming lips, surf guitar, neil young, fleetwood mac, tom petty, radiohead, tom waits, the who, the pretenders, the police, buffalo springfield, eric anderson, fred neill, rolling stones, beck, blondie, breeders, the byrds, bad finger, ac/dc, lynard skynard, the sonics, ye ye girl rock from 60s! (favorite: Les Filles C'est Fait by Charlotte Leslie), bowie, the kinks, dusty springfield, pixies, harry nilsson, elvis costello, james gang, the band, wilco, golden smog, john martyn, nick drake, early linda ronstadt, pretty much anything in the Nuggets collection, martha wainwright, nina simone, nocturnes, plimsouls, poe, the shins, southern culture on the skids, stephen malkmus, super furry animals, the white stripes, yo la tengo...
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Type of Label: None

My Blog

Modeens Video at Other Venice Film Festival

The Modeens play at the Electric Lodge in Venice on Sunday, March 18th at 7pm. We're doing a few songs before the awards show (which is free and open to the public - but check out the rest of the fest...
Posted by Cristina Williams on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 07:47:00 PST

new band name: The Modeens!!! plus Tucson shows!

been super busy with a new bun oven - and i'm proud to announce a new baby band! well, not 'baby' in the sense that our combined experience is about 60 years...but check it out! The Modeens come be ...
Posted by Cristina Williams on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:57:00 PST

another new sneak peek: Venice Day

Just put up another unmastered recording from our humboldt sessions: Venice Day. Engineered and mixed by rob seifert (janes addiction, the eels, taj mahal, and much much more...) So here's the rundown...
Posted by Cristina Williams on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 11:04:00 PST

sneak peek: 2 new songs

Posted two of the new songs we did in humboldt in june. "Raindown" and "Spinning" on the myspace player nowthe rundown:bass, guitar, bg vox: jamie labozdrums, handclaps, bg vox: phil williamsengineeri...
Posted by Cristina Williams on Sat, 12 Aug 2006 08:33:00 PST

good to know

"On a scale of 1 to 7, where 1 means 'not at all satisfied with my life' and 7 means 'completely satisfied,' the people on Forbes magazine's list of the 400 richest Americans average 5.8--the same as ...
Posted by Cristina Williams on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 03:19:00 PST

humboldt adventure

we (me, jamie laboz and phil williams) went up to visit good buddy (and sonic wizard) rob seifert up in humboldt county to lay down some tunes in his studio in the hills.and what an awesome decision t...
Posted by Cristina Williams on Fri, 21 Jul 2006 01:11:00 PST

new old song up: "Make You Happy"

while jamie and i are working on the new stuff, i posted an oldie but a goodie: Make You Happy. Hope it does!xocris
Posted by Cristina Williams on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 11:16:00 PST

an inconvient truth...wow

I saw 'An Inconvenient Truth' last night and encourage everyone to see it. No, I mean i Really Encourage You To See It.It's short, it's funny and it's very clear. There's even a Groening cartoon.And b...
Posted by Cristina Williams on Fri, 26 May 2006 11:25:00 PST

woodsheddin for a while

the new toons been piling up and it's time for me to lock myself away with my guy jamie to work on these new buns until they're ready to come outta the oven hot an' fresh!i'll be posting songs as they...
Posted by Cristina Williams on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:33:00 PST

goodbye for now baby bro

i just lost my baby brother, hal. 24, died from a simple motorcycle accident - going slow, just around the block without his helmet. somehow the wheels seized and he was thrown back, hitting his head....
Posted by Cristina Williams on Fri, 24 Mar 2006 12:24:00 PST