Celeste Starchild ~ Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Andrew Pal ~ Lead Guitar/ Ryan Tolson ~ Lead Guitar
Joe Reid ~ Electric and Acoustic Bass, Harmonica
Hemant Pathak ~ Drums
Influences
These might just be my favorites, but there are so many more, I just can't name them all.
Michelle Shocked
Concrete Blonde
Cyndi Lauper
JJ Cale
KT Tunstall
Shivaree
Emily the Strange
Roxy
Chase
Will Hetzel
John Lennon
Regina Spektor
Rick Schmidt
Vodka
Fiona Apple
Judith Starchild ;) Love you Mims...
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About the music...
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About Celeste...
Celeste Starchild (and yes...that is her real name!) is known for her unforgettable lyrics and vocal talent. You can hear Celeste with her full band, Butter Sweet, or as a duo.
Celeste released her debut EP, "Time Release" (produced by Kevin Gutierrez at Assembly Line Studios) to a sold-out crowd in June 2007.
Past appearances include live performances on XM Radio’s U-Pop two weeks running, live radio performances on WRNR, a feature on the cable television show "American Music" hosted by rockabilly Hall of Fame-er Billy Hancock, and many live music venues including Iota, Jammin’ Java, Bangkok Blues, Iota, the National BBQ Battle, Dewey Beach Music Conference, and the National Cherry Blossom Festival.
Her Story... Celeste's journey into music took the scenic route as the daughter of renowned musician Rick Schmidt who performed with the likes of Doc Scantlin's Imperial Palms Orchestra and Lowen and Navarro at venues from the Met in New York to the White House. Growing up with “alternative" parents, her memories of childhood include jam sessions at the house, picking dandelions for dandelion wine, and shiitake mushroom farming. But Celeste rebelled by following a more conventional path to success trading the mountains of southwest Virginia for a powerful career in business. But as fate would have it, when her dad passed away and left her a 1933 Gibson acoustic guitar, she couldn’t keep her hands off it. Since teaching herself to
play, her rich and dramatic voice conveys her stories of disillusionment and "almost" loves...
You have a great website here… There’s lots of room to spread out and put your feet up. The music is great and the mood that you create is just right. It’s a perfect place!
And did we mention that the The ROBOTS FROM MARS have a new song, “Spaceship Earth”
“Better plug your ears so that your brains don’t leak out…” Johnny Air Guitar.
Visit their My Space page to experience the #1 song from the Red Planet. The reviews have begun to come in:
“Spaceship Earth is destined to become the worst song of all time!” The Psychic News Network
“Spaceship Earth sounds like it was played by a bunch of drunken robots…” The Snob Blog & Party Hearty Militia
“Can’t wait to jam with the Robots From Mars!” Bill Clinton
“Yuck Yuck…The Robots From Mars sound like Devo on uppers…” George W.
“The Robots From Mars are incredibly boring in a heavy handed low brow sort of way.” Dick Cheney
“Spaceship Earth will take you to a place that you don’t want to go!” Barak Obama
“Just like some Democrats we know,” John McCain
“If you are really really BUZZED and you squint really really hard, the Robots From Mars don’t SOUND half bad,” Bender, “And it shouldn’t matter that they paid me to say that… I still get to keep the money, right?”
Hey Celeste! Summer is finally here, which means, Chelsea and I will get together soon and figure out when we can come for a show. We've been looking forward to it all year, and we will make it happen! We haven't all been together since that trip back in high school. We'll keep you posted. XXOO
