Ghost of Gelsomina

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Versatile as well as professional, Alyson Montez has dedicated the past 19 years of her life to the study and pursuit of a career in music. Classically trained and well-versed in orchestral repertoire, Alyson has also made a name for herself as a Grammy award-winning mariachi in the Latin community with the Mariachi Divas and a heavy metal violinist in the rock world.

Armed with an acoustic violin and 6-string fretless and 7-string fretted custom electric Viper violins, she balances a multitude of different styles in her daily life. She can currently be seen live with Gretchen Bonaduce's Ankhesenamen, Chicoa, The Toledo Show, Mariachi Colibri and the Jeff Musial Band, and offers lessons to children ages 2 1/2 and up.

Alyson offers her services to live performances, studio work, lessons, weddings, parties, street fairs and more! Please email her at contact@alysonmontez.com for quotes!

View Alyson's press kit here.

Be sure to join Gelsomina's mailing list for news and show updates by sending an email to AMontezNews@gmail.com!

Find Alyson on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Alyson-Montez/189460059728

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Member Since:

February 07, 2006

Members:

All songs written, recorded and performed by Alyson Montez, with the exception of Robot Octopi Rendezvous, which is credited as follows:

Jeff Musial - songwriting, engineering

Damon Cisneros - drums, mastering

Brian Netzley - bass

Gelsomina - Viper, verse and chorus solo writing

And "Damaged", originally by John 5.

Influences:

((including but not limited to)) Shostakovich, Marilyn Manson, Hannibal Lechter, Beethoven, NIN, Fredrico Fellini, Mozart, Static-X, Jim Henson, Mendellsohn, Rasputina, norms of society, David Oistrakh, The Smashing Pumpkins, Alfred Hitchcock, Nigel Kennedy, Slayer, starlit nights, Leonard Bernstein, Laura Kaye, spring days in the South, Aaron Copland, Rachelle Wilson, Jack the Ripper, Philip Glass, Mark Wood, Roswell 1947, Bartok, The Ramones, Columbine, Danny Elfman, A Perfect Circle, Coridicin, Trevor Jones, Oingo Boingo, Bettie Page, Michael Nyman, Tool, Bela Lugosi, Rachmaninoff, System of A Down, human decency, Dvorak, Powerglove, Mario, The Thai Elephant Orchestra, Orgy, David Lynch, Stravinsky, Aerosmith, rainy midnight walks in the park, Mussorgsky, Frank Zappa, Jefree Star, John Cage, Ozzy Osbourne, Clara Bow, Bach, Clint Mansell, Darren Aronfsky, Vaughn Wiliams, Hanzel und Gretyl, Pi, Tchaikovsky, Van Helsing's Curse, Howard Stern, Njinsky, Dee Snider, Strangeland, Paganini, Sleepy Time Gorilla Museum, nudity, Bloch, Rob Zombie, flesh against flesh, Charles Castleman, White Zombie, death, trasnvestites and drag queens, Ed Wood, David Lachapelle, Amanda Lepore, the pain of being alive, Cristoph Eschenbach, Muderdolls, Andy Warhol, John 5, Metalocalypse

"And let us never forget that the human race, with technology, is like an alcoholic with a barrel of wine..."

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Sounds Like:

"like techno-ish ghostly ambience or somethin." --RexMugituum:::

[gelsominaforsaken] burning in Hell.

psychotic ghosts calling in the wind.

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