In the months since, I have had my errors (there were several of them) pointed out, new videos have made their debut, and several re-listens have resulted in a modest but noticeable change in my ranking of Liliac songs. ![]() The next video will be for “Mystery” and right now we’ve got more covers - (Metallica’s) “Master of Puppets” and (Joan Jett’s) “I Hate Myself for Loving You.In May of 2021, I wrote up a Liliac Top 10 which included both covers and original songs. We’re going to do more videos that will come out really soon we’re scouring the area. 1 on Amazon.Ī: During the pandemic, we were staying home mostly working on “Queen of Hearts” and did a music video (for the song “Nothing”) in our little apartment, and we had so much smoke that we set off the fire alarm. In 2019 we toured mostly the East Coast for the first time and our song “We Are the Children” was No. We made it through the first round, and then the pandemic hit, so we decided to do the album instead (the band withdrew prior to the judge’s cuts). We were also on “America’s Got Talent” in 2020, before the pandemic. Q: What else should people know about Liliac at this point?Ī: We’ve been on “The World’s Best” (talent show) on CBS. That’s when I can really listen to music as well. I usually do it in the afternoon when the day is over. That’s what I wanted for Christmas - paint and a canvas. I’m going to put out more original artwork very soon. It’s kind of another hidden talent I can do. ![]() Is that a good way to get away from the family for a bit?Ī: I paint as a hobby. I’ll listen to James Hetfield (of Metallica) and try to add that (style) to my voice without hurting my throat. Getting that attitude and grit was mostly from Ronnie James Dio. ![]() How have you worked on it?Ī: We’ve been doing rock since I was 13, and me and my dad have been working on my vocals since then. Ronnie James Dio is my main inspiration on vocals. The older you get, everyone is more focused and into it and getting along.Ī: We all like to listen to heavy metal and rock, all the classic stuff. Q: Are there any family bands that you looked to for inspiration?Ī: Van Halen has two brothers, and Halestorm is brother and sister. So, we all started taking lessons for four years, and ta da! Here we are now. We got introduced to rock, like Queen, and my dad started listening to Metallica, and we were like, “What is this?” As we started growing up and listening to that kind of music, he decided to give us instruments and to try to start a band. ![]() Q: Your dad got you started with music lessons, but what was your interest in music before that?Ī: Before we got into instruments, Sam used to be a Michael Jackson impersonator, and my dad started taking me and Aby out, and we would go to the Santa Monica Pier and (sing covers). We couldn’t have our own rehearsal space in our apartment, but we have the basement now. It was a big change going from the apartment to a big house. Especially the memories of starting the whole band with our family. Melody Cristea talked with us recently about Liliac’s new life in Georgia and what the band has brewing.Ī: I do miss California a lot - the memories and the places and our friends. The quintet impressively blends goth with hard rock, both onstage (they played the 2019 Kiss Kruise with the venerable fire-breathers, toured extensively in 2019 and have performed a couple of shows in Woodstock since relocating to Georgia) and on record.Ī new album, “Queen of Hearts,” arrived in October, along with videos for “We Are the Children,” “Sail Away” and “Crazy Nights.” (He met his wife at a Romanian church in California.) Cristea was born in Transylvania - the comfort zone of Count Dracula - which lends an aha to the band’s name Liliac means vampire bat in Romanian. Overseeing their career as manager/producer - as well as handling their slick visuals - is dad Florin Cristea, a native of Romania. Explore Mic Check: Atlanta musician/producer Drumma Boy a tsunami of activity Lead singer Melody is 19, her drummer sister Abigail just turned 21 and bassist Ethan is 14. Liliac is a family band, and by family, we mean siblings ranging in age from 22 (guitarist Samuel) to 13 (keyboardist Justin).
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