associated_acts years_active birth_place alias background birth_date instrument genre article_title name occupation
bite , nerdy girl 2005 -- present -lrb- as writer -rrb- new york city , ny , usa cecil seaskull solo_singer 25 october 1969 vocals indie rock cecil castellucci
 cecil castellucci novelist , singer , director
cecil castellucci

castellucci grew up in new york city where she attended the laguardia high school of the performing arts .
she later studied theatre in paris at the École florent .
she attended concordia university in montreal and received a b.f.a. in film production .
in montreal she embarked on her music career as part of bite , which was then the only all-female indie band in montreal .
when she was kicked out of bite , she formed nerdy girl with gordon hashimoto .
when hashimoto left , she joined with rod woo , gabe levine , and kim temple to continue the band .
after recording their only album `` twist her '' , levine and temple left the group , and jessica moss and eric craven took their places .
she later moved to los angeles after nerdy girl broke up for good , and she recorded solo under her performing name , cecil seaskull .
in 2001 she co-founded the experimental * alpha 60 film collective with neil matsumoto and nick mccarthy .
castellucci 's first novel , `` boy proof '' , was published in 2005 .
