Sophomore album for UK indie rock act formed from the ashes of Daisy Chainsaw. 'Not since Jane's Addiction has a rock band combined such a strong artistic bent with such unpredictability' - Kerrang!. 'With songs that are s... more »harp stabs of guttural punk-devil rock dementia - Queen Adreena's star is emphatically born' NME. 2002.« less
Sophomore album for UK indie rock act formed from the ashes of Daisy Chainsaw. 'Not since Jane's Addiction has a rock band combined such a strong artistic bent with such unpredictability' - Kerrang!. 'With songs that are sharp stabs of guttural punk-devil rock dementia - Queen Adreena's star is emphatically born' NME. 2002.
CD Reviews
Beautiful Rampage
P. S. Mcfadyen | Dundee, Scotland (U.K.) | 05/09/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"You can never compare this band to anything you have heard before. Queenadreena are "power-drill in your stomach" hard, then rose-petal soft.
Every song on this album is a work of finest art, from the four drum-beats setting off "Pretty Like Drugs" to the bitter-sweet calm at the end of "For I Am The Way," Katiejane carries the listener through her world with the most brutal honesty. Her view of drugs as escapism through to her weight-problems in "My Silent Undoing."
Katiejane pushes her voice past boundaries ever thought possible, very often wavering from near asthmatic little girl to roaring devil. This is the beauty of this band. Pained lyrics teamed with amazing vocals, not to mention killer riffs and sledge-hammer drum beats (provided by Pete Howard - formely of "The Clash"),Queenadreena are not to be overlooked.
Oh, and I realise there is bit of a delay in getting album three over to the States, but just you guys wait.
"The Butcher and the Butterfly," takes the band to another level..."
The Queen gets angry again
David Cundiff | New Albany, Indiana United States | 01/08/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Drink Me is a return to the screaming and fright of the Daisy Chainsaw albums which featured the same guitarist and vocalist as Queen Adreena. However the melody of the previous album 'Taxidermy' is not lost. My favorite track on the album 'Sleeping Pill' is like a drug-fueled lullaby. The production on this and other songs is just amazing. There's such a contrast of different sounds on this single album. Very natural and raw at times and, really, even the electric sounding 'Sleeping Pill' still maintains that raw sound. I highly recommend both QA albums and hopefully their next will actually be available in the United States."
Unto Themselves
Master Gryphon | 12/29/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)
"My wife thinks I like Queen Adreena because I want to hear Katie Jane Garside's voice and pretend she's singing to / screaming at me (just me) on a set from A Clockwork Orange while I'm chewing a stick of Fruit Stripe. But that is kind of beside the point.
I also like Queen Adreena because they make music like this. No one else does."
She's running down river with eels/my wasp in a jar
H_E_H | USA | 09/27/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"First things first: When you remove the disc from the jewel case take a good look at the picture behind where the disc was contained. Is that a picture of what I think it is?!? and if it is, is it Katie Jane Garside's?
anyway....
DANG! This disc is wonderful! The brutal first track rips things up nicely. Love that song.
Other favorites:Razorblade Sky, Sleeping Pill, My Silent undoing, under a floorboard world.
i find this the most consistent Garside, Gray affair yet, even better than the Daisy Chainsaw stuff.
Great great great!
back to that inner sleeve photo.......WOW"
"she undoes herself, for a slice of your pie"...indeed
olofpalme63 | auf der flucht! | 03/03/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
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Former Daisy Chainsaw front (Katie Jane Garside) puts the harsh realities of the post-grunge era in proper perspective here. The "Pretty Like Drugs" video is a cold and relentless gem, a twisted psychotic statement of social disengagment that should've been heard stateside. Only local cable and MTV never had the courage to put it on the pop-hip-hop playlist (meaning most assuredly VH1 will never touch this masterpiece). Although, I do believe the video is still downloadable and floating around the internet somewhere. So much for cutting edge music television. "Pretty Like Drugs" is the first single from Queenadreena's "Drink Me" CD. A very intense, raw nerve ending release that includes the already classic "Kitty Collar Tight". "Siamese Almeida", "Razorblade Sky" & "For I Am The Way" are also not to be missed and will stay in heavy rotation on your CD changer.
Track Listings (11) - Disc #1