Angel Corpus Christi
Andrea Ross, better known as Angel Corpus Christi, is a San Francisco-based singer, songwriter and accordionist, who records and performs with her husband, guitarist Rich Stim.
Career
Ross's first release was the I♥NY album, released by Criminal Damage Records in 1985. She followed this with the mini-LP Wake Up and Cry and the cassette-only Dim the Lights, before returning three years later with Accordion Pop vol. 1.In the mid-1990s, she signed to the major-backed label Almo Sounds, which issued White Courtesy Phone. It was produced by Craig Leon and features a guest appearance from Herb Alpert.
In the late 1990s she recorded with Dean Wareham and Alan Vega, and played accordion on Spiritualized's 1997 album Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space.
Her 2003 release, Divine Healer, features former Switchblade Symphony guitarist George Earth on guitar and bass, who also played guitar and drums on her 2005 Lou Reed tribute album, Louie Louie. In 2009, Angel, working with producer Dave Nelson, deconstructed seven Elvis Presley songs for her release, Elvis Elvis. In 2012, Angel released Angel Does X-tal, a five-song EP tribute to the San Francisco band, X-tal.
As well as writing and performing her own songs she has recorded cover versions by artists such as The Ramones, Suicide, Alice Cooper, Mötley Crüe, and Lou Reed.
Discography
Albums
I♥NY, Criminal Damage – reissued in 1999 by MunsterWake Up & Cry, Criminal DamageDim The Lights, ENTAccordion Pop Volume 1, StimThe 80's, Next Big ThingWhite Courtesy Phone, Almo SoundsDivine Healer, Gulcher RecordsLouie Louie, Gulcher RecordsElvis Elvis, a&r/ENTAngel Does X-tal, a&r/ENTHalf Moon Fever, a&r/ENTtherealangelcorpuschristi, Mono-Tone – compilationSingles
- "Pull Girl"/"Ruff Tuff Creme Puff", a&r/ENT
- "Big Black Cloud"/"Candy", a&r/ENT
- "Been There Done That", Almo Sounds
- "Me and My Beretta", 3mv/Almo Sounds
- "Je T'aime" /"Cheree" /"Surfer Girl", Via Satellite
- "Je T'aime "/"Wild Bill", Munster
- "You"/"I Want Everything", Emma's House
- "I Love Baby", Emotional Rescue