Crispin Gray

Crispin Gray
Gray performing with QueenAdreena, 2006
Background information
Birth name	Crispin John Orion Gray
Born	1963 (age 61–62) Islington, London, England
Genres	Rock, alternative rock, noise rock, experimental
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Guitar, vocals, bass, drums, glockenspiel, harmonica
Years active	1989–present

Crispin John Orion Gray (born 1963) is an English guitarist and songwriter. Best known for his bands Daisy Chainsaw and Queenadreena, ^{[1] [2]} Gray has also played with Dizzy Q Viper, Vapid Dolly and The Dogbones. He is currently a member of Starsha Lee. His great uncle was British poet John Gray, allegedly the inspiration for Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray . In November 2022, Gray released his first ever solo project, Alien Airforce, via Public Pressure. ^[3]

Discography

Daisy Chainsaw

• LoveSickPleasure EP (1991), Deva Records
• Pink Flower EP (1992), Deva Records
• Hope Your Dreams Come True EP (1992), Deva Records
• Eleventeen (1992), One Little Indian Records
• For They Know Not What They Do (1994), One Little Indian Records
• You're Gruesome EP (1995), Fluffy Bunny Records/Cheapskates Records

Dizzy Q Viper

• Losers Like You EP (1996), Blue Angel Records
• Uncle Cracking Bone EP (1996), Blue Angel Records

Vapid Dolly

• The Queen of Pseudo Psychos (1997), Epic/Sony

Queenadreena

• Taxidermy (2000), Blanco y Negro Records
• Drink Me (2002), Rough Trade Records
• The Butcher and the Butterfly (2005), One Little Indian Records
• Live at the ICA (2005), One Little Indian Records
• Ride A Cock Horse (2007), Independently Released
• Djin (2008), Imperial Records

The Dogbones

• The Dogbones (2010), Buzzsaw Records

Ultra Grand Supreme

• Antiques Rock Show (2017), Digital Only

Starsha Lee

• Post-God Metaphysics (2018), Syndicol Music
• Plausible Hate EP (2018), Syndicol Music
• Love Is Superficial EP (2019), Cadiz Entertainment
• Killing Heteronomy (2021), Digital Only ^[4]
• Resting In Murder (2022), Digital Only ^[5]
• Damnatio Memoriae EP (2022), Cadiz Entertainment

Alien Airforce

• One EP (2022), Public Pressure ^[6]
• Give Pigeons the Right of Way (2023), Easy Action Records
• Good Luck World (I Think You're Going To Need It) (2024), Easy Action Records ^[7]
• Somewhere On The Spectrum (2024), Digital Only ^[8]
• Human, All Too Human (Remix) (2025), Digital Single Only
• Loving Nothing (2025), Digital Single Only

References

1. Bell, Nigel (5 December 2005). "Getting weird with Queen Adreena". BBC . Archived from the original on 13 February 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
2. "Interview of Queen Adreena's guitarist Crispin Gray and bassist Nomi Leonard". La Guitare. April 2006. Archived from the original on 13 February 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
3. @jointhepressure (4 May 2022). "Crispin Gray (#DaisyChainsaw / #Queenadreena) will be releasing his first ever solo project - Alien Airforce .....…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
4. https://starshalee.bandcamp.com
5. https://starshalee.bandcamp.com
6. "Public Pressure | Marketplace".
7. "Alien Airforce coloured vinyl 7" single".
8. "About".

External links

• "HOME". Starshalee.wixsite.com. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
• "Ultra Grand Supreme". Ultragrandsupreme.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
• "John Gray - John Gray Biography - Poem Hunter". Poemhunter.com. Retrieved 13 December 2020.