Angel Corpus Christi

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Angel Corpus Christi (real name Andrea Ross) is a San Francisco-based singer, songwriter and accordionist, who initially began recording with her husband, guitarist Rich Stim (formerly of MX-80).^[1]

As well as writing and performing her own songs she has recorded albums of cover versions by artists such as The Ramones, Suicide, Alice Cooper, and Lou Reed.^[2] After two low-key albums in the mid-1980s on Criminal Damage records, 1990 saw the release of Accordion Pop vol. 1, and The 80's, the latter featuring a guest appearance from Herb Alpert.^[3] In the mid-1990s, she signed to the major-backed label Almo Sounds, who issued the White Courtesy Phone album in 1995.^[3] She has also recorded with Dean Wareham (formerly of Galaxie 500 and Luna) and Alan Vega (of Suicide),^[3] and played accordion on Spiritualized's 1997 album Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space.^[4]

1 Discography
- 1.1 Albums
- 1.2 Singles
2 References
3 External links

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

I Love NY (1984, Criminal Damage, reissued 1999, Munster)
Wake Up & Cry (1985, Criminal Damage)
Dim The Lights (1987, ENT)
Accordion Pop Volume 1 (1989, Stim)
The 80's (1989, Next Big Thing)
White Courtesy Phone (1994, Almo Sounds)
Divine Healer (2003, Gulcher Records)
Louie Louie (a tribute to Lou Reed) (2003)

[edit] Singles

"Pull Girl"/"Ruff Tuff Creme Puff"
"Je T'aime (I Wanna Boogie With You)"/"Wild Bill" (with Dean Wareham) (1994)
"Me and My Beretta" (1996, 3mv/Almo Sounds)
"Je T'aime" (with Dean Wareham)/"Cheree" (with Alan Vega)/"Surfer Girl" (1998, Almo Sounds)
"You"/"I Want Everything" (with Dean Wareham) (2001)
"Big Black Cloud"/"Candy"