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title: "Hideous Supermodels"
summary: "Hideous Supermodels is a band: Paul Goodenough on drums, Carl Emmons on bass guitar and vocals, and Nathan Phinney on guitars and vocals."
url: "https://nathanphinney.com/music/"
author: "Nathan Phinney"
author_role: "COO, AllSafe IT"
author_url: "https://nathanphinney.com/about/"
same_as: ["https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanphinney"]
expertise: ["IT", "InfoSec", "Managed Services", "Cybersecurity", "Business Operations", "Technology for Escrow Companies", "Technology for Nonprofits"]
updated: 2026-10-10
---

### It Is A Band. Sing Along. Yay.

Oh, Hideous Supermodels. Their music is the sort of thing you stumble upon, like a half-finished love letter left on a park bench. There's no swagger, no forced edge; it simply invites you to lean in, like someone about to share a particularly good piece of gossip.

The lyrics? They're bits of stories that feel like they were plucked from a dozen slightly-too-loud coffee shop conversations. Sticky, like cheap caramel. You might initially reject it, but don't be surprised when you want more.

And the sound? It's analog, warm and unhurried, like it was made for a handful of close friends in someone's cluttered basement. The vocals linger, curling around the guitar-driven melodies like smoke from a candle you just blew out, faintly sweet and a little melancholic. It's deliberate, but never overthought, music that knows exactly what it's doing, even when it's pretending not to care.

- Anton Vedomsky

### Stream on Spotify

Please listen to our songs eleven thousand times so we can buy ourselves a coffee.

[https://open.spotify.com/artist/6QcbS3tM0EemHCZtDAldTB](https://open.spotify.com/artist/6QcbS3tM0EemHCZtDAldTB)

### Stream on Apple Music

For people who want to feel superior to Spotify users while having exactly the same experience.

[https://music.apple.com/us/artist/hideous-supermodels/1643099156](https://music.apple.com/us/artist/hideous-supermodels/1643099156)

### Meet the Band

![Puppet-style caricature of Paul Goodenough playing drums](https://nathanphinney.com/media/paul-goodenough-drums-caricature.jpg)

**Paul Goodenough**, Drums

![Caricature of Carl Emmons playing a red bass guitar](https://nathanphinney.com/media/carl-emmons-bass-caricature.jpg)

**Carl Emmons**, Bass Guitar and Vocals

![Puppet-style caricature of Nathan Phinney playing an acoustic guitar](https://nathanphinney.com/media/nathan-phinney-guitar-caricature.jpg)

**Nathan Phinney**, Guitars and Vocals

### What Fans Are Saying

"Hideous Supermodels' latest release is very loud."

Alex Thompson

"Their live shows are not as good as the recordings, which are also subpar."

Julio Perkins

"No one is going to read this anyway, but if they did, I'd prefer you left my name out of it."

Chris Jordan

## About the author

**Nathan Phinney**, COO, AllSafe IT.

- Co-founded Bright Bear Technology Solutions (2010 to 2020), which reached the CRN MSP 500 and Ingram Micro SMB 500 lists before its 2020 acquisition by Datapath.
- 17 SOC 2 initiatives across six companies, never an exception on an effort he led
- Member of InfraGard
- Member of the XChange Advisory Board, The Channel Company (2018 to 2022 and 2026)
- Author of _CTRL ALT SURVIVE: The Secrets of My Small Business Success_

Expertise: IT, InfoSec, Managed Services, Cybersecurity, Business Operations, Technology for Escrow Companies, Technology for Nonprofits.

Featured in: CRN (7 articles, 2019 to 2026), Backblaze, Bigleaf Networks, GTIA, Orange County Business Journal. See https://nathanphinney.com/press.md

Recommended on LinkedIn by Brook Porter (Partner and Co-Founder at G2 Venture Partners; previously at Kleiner Perkins, where he worked with Al Gore) and Tim Acker (Former channel chief at Lumen).

More: [About Nathan Phinney](https://nathanphinney.com/about.md) | [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanphinney)