Katie Jane Garside
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Garside performing with QueenAdreena, Dublin, 2005
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Katrina Jane Garside |
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8 July 1968 Buckrose, East Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Genres | Alternative rock, alternative metal, noise rock, folk noir |
| Occupation(s) | Vocalist, lyricist, visual artist |
| Years active | 1989–1995, 1999-present |
| Labels | One Little Indian, Blanco y Negro, Rough Trade, Imperial, Deva, A&M |
| Associated acts | Daisy Chainsaw, Test Department, Queenadreena, Lalleshwari, Ruby Throat, Creaming Jesus |
Katrina Jane Garside (born 8 July 1968) is an English singer, songwriter, visual artist, and writer. She rose to prominence as the lead vocalist of the indie noise rock band Daisy Chainsaw, which she formed in 1989 with guitarist Crispin Gray. After quitting the band in 1993, she would reunite with Gray in 1999 to form the band Queenadreena. She has also written and released material with her project Ruby Throat, a collaboration with Chris Whittingham, since 2007.
Garside has also worked in performance art, film and photography. In late 2007, her exhibition "Darling, they've found the body" was shown at Woom gallery in Birmingham, United Kingdom. She has previously exhibited, in 2005, at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London; Queenadreena also recorded their first live album there, Live at the ICA (2005). Throughout her musical career, Garside has become particularly known for her manic onstage behaviour and raucous live concerts.
Garside was born on 8 July 1968 in Buckrose, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. She has one sister, Melanie. Garside has said that her parents "grew up all over the world," and that up until she was seventeen, she also lived in various countries with them. She spent much of her childhood living on a yacht before settling in London in her early adulthood. Her father had a musical background, playing in bands in London.
Garside formed Daisy Chainsaw in 1989 after responding to an advert in a newspaper by guitarist Crispin Gray. Bassist Richard Adams joined the band, along with Canadian drummer Vince Johnson. The group quickly became well known for their wild live performances, featuring Garside drilling doll heads onstage and drinking juice out of baby bottles. The band's raucous concerts would sometimes result in Garside performing self-mutilation onstage.Russell Senior, guitarist of Pulp, recalled that at one 1989 concert in London, Garside wrapped the microphone cord so tightly around her neck onstage that she lost consciousness, and the show had to be ended early.
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