Crispin Gray
{{Short description|English musician (born 1963)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Crispin Gray
| image = Queen Adreena 2006-03-07 05.jpg
| caption = Gray performing with QueenAdreena, 2006
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| birth_name = Crispin John Orion Gray
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1963}}
| birth_place = Islington, London, England
| instrument = Guitar, vocals, bass, drums, glockenspiel, harmonica
| genre = Rock, alternative rock, noise rock, experimental
| occupation = Musician
| years_active = 1989–present
| associated_acts = Daisy Chainsaw, Queenadreena, Dizzy Q Viper, Vapid Dolly, The Dogbones, Ultra Grand Supreme, Starsha Lee, Alien Airforce
}}
Crispin John Orion Gray (born 1963) is an English guitarist and songwriter. Best known for his bands Daisy Chainsaw and Queenadreena,{{cite web|work=BBC|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/content/articles/2005/03/12/entertainment_music_interviews_2005_02_queen_adreena_feature.shtml|title=Getting weird with Queen Adreena|last=Bell|first=Nigel|date=5 December 2005|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190213031235/http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/content/articles/2005/03/12/entertainment_music_interviews_2005_02_queen_adreena_feature.shtml|archive-date=13 February 2019|access-date=13 February 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.laguitare.com/2006/bourges/bourges_queen_itv_gb.html|work=La Guitare|title=Interview of Queen Adreena's guitarist Crispin Gray and bassist Nomi Leonard|date=April 2006|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190213031251/http://www.laguitare.com/2006/bourges/bourges_queen_itv_gb.html|archive-date=13 February 2019|access-date=13 February 2019|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite tweet|number=1521873224757297155|user=jointhepressure|title=Crispin Gray (#DaisyChainsaw / #Queenadreena) will be releasing his first ever solo project - Alien Airforce .....…|date=4 May 2022}}
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=
=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 Onlyhttps://starshalee.bandcamp.com
- Resting In Murder (2022), Digital Onlyhttps://starshalee.bandcamp.com
- Damnatio Memoriae EP (2022), Cadiz Entertainment
=Alien Airforce=
- One EP (2022), Public Pressure{{cite web | url=https://app.publicpressure.io/collection?id=6364d258186230197ebcf9ef | title=Public Pressure | Marketplace }}
- 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{{cite web | url=https://easyaction.co.uk/product/alien-airforce-coloured-vinyl-7-single/ | title=Alien Airforce coloured vinyl 7" single }}
- Somewhere On The Spectrum (2024), Digital Only{{cite web | url=https://alienairforce.com/album | title=About }}
- Human, All Too Human (Remix) (2025), Digital Single Only
- Loving Nothing (2025), Digital Single Only
References
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External links
- {{Cite web|url=https://starshalee.wixsite.com/starsha-lee|title=HOME|website=Starshalee.wixsite.com|accessdate=13 December 2020|archive-date=20 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820214705/https://starshalee.wixsite.com/starsha-lee|url-status=dead}}
- {{Cite web|url=https://ultragrandsupreme.bandcamp.com/|title=Ultra Grand Supreme|website=Ultragrandsupreme.bandcamp.com|accessdate=13 December 2020}}
- {{Cite web|url=http://www.poemhunter.com/john-gray/biography/|title=John Gray - John Gray Biography - Poem Hunter|website=Poemhunter.com|accessdate=13 December 2020}}
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Category:English rock guitarists
Category:English male guitarists
Category:English male songwriters
Category:Military personnel from the London Borough of Islington