If you dig electronic rock with a heavy groove, then Christopher Cribb’s brainchild, DANGER!CROSSFIRE!, could just be right for the pallet.
Cribb, on keyboard and vocals, describes the music as “very melodic.”
A quick visit to www.myspace.com/dangercrossfire can confirm his diagnosis.
If “The Gunslinger” hits with your aesthetic, then you might want to be at Antone’s next Wednesday. That’s when DANGER!CROSSFIRE! will debut. The doors open at 8 p.m.
Two other Austin bands will finish up the evening — The Suicide Pistols, and Again for the Win.
The Gunslinger is the only song up on the band’s web site, which is still under construction. Cribb said the composition came in a flurry of inspiration.
“I wrote it — including the drums, keyboards and vocals — myself, and had a friend, Zach Hennig, came in and laid down a guitar part, then we went into the studio and put it down,” Cribb said. “The song and the lyrics happened at the same time. From there I just add on the parts. The lyrics are fused with the keyboard parts.”
He’s been playing piano since he was 5, but when he turned the ripe old age of 9, he quit taking lessons and started writing his own compositions. At the show the band is planning to perform nine songs.
While The Gunslinger has a hard edge, Cribb said that isn’t always the case with his compositions.
“A lot of my songs have different feels, they don’t all sound like The Gunslinger,” Cribb said. “Some have a softer feel. It’s very eclectic.”
His influences are wide, but include The Prodogy, The Sons of Disaster and Rage Against the Machine.
“I have been writing music for this band for about two years now — I just feel like I have just gotten to where I am ready to put it out there,” Cribb said.
The band landed at the legendary night club through mutual friends.
In an interesting twist, Cribb will be celebrating his 21st birthday along with his twin sister Kristin, who will be in the audience offering support to her brother.
He is the son of Peter Cribb and Lakeway-based attorney Janet Stockard.
While he is attending Austin Community College, he said he decided to take the fall to focus on music. He also works at Whole Foods.