Christa Collins

After staying away from performances for a long time, Collins returned to the stage as the front woman of the rock and roll band Woolly Bandits. The band released "Woman of Mass Destruction" in 2009 to positive reviews and became KROQ radio DJ Rodney Bingenheimer's favorite new band and album.

Collins also sang "Can't Seem To Make You Mine" alongside Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins) at the 2009 memorial of Sky Saxon, The Seeds founder.

On May 9, 1991 while Christa was on tour in Australia promoting her new CD she got sick and when they passed by a hospital Denise Larson wanted to go inside to see if they could make an appointment for her daughter. While her mother was crossing the street she was accidentally run over by a male hit and run driver. Denise died from her injuries. The driver was never found. Christa was eventually dropped from Disney Records and her second album was shelved. Her father is now remarried to his third wife. After losing her mother who was also her manager Larson effectively left show business in 1992. After Denise died Christa dropped out of high school. Christa later married Rik Collins.

As Disney's first child recording artist and a prototype for a multimillion-dollar marketing campaign, launched by a newly formed Disney Records, Christa Larson released Minnie 'n Me: Songs Just For Girls in 1990. She performed in a guest appearance on Michael Jackson's "Heal the World" in 1991.

Christa Larson Collins (born July 4, 1979 in Iowa, United States) is a Swedish American singer, dancer, model, and songwriter. She was the first artist signed to Disney Records as a child. She is a designer for limited edition hair accessories and feather fascinators and participated in Season 1 of The X Factor, making it to the judges houses before being eliminated.