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Eleventeen

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In a cooler world this album would have caused a musical (r)evolution, a major religion would have formed around Katie Garside (of which Richard Hell wouldve been elected Pope), and all that SoCal Epitaph whitebread faux punk nincompoopery would have faded into eternal oblivion where it belonged! whew!....But no...we live in THIS world where poncy little wanskters meander about in their Hot Topic punk getups, terrorising hapless pedestrians with their skateboards, forever whining and crying about how life hasn't lived up to their wanky little expectations, how nobody understands them or their dorky little (I wince to utter the word) "culture". Someone call a Wambulance Wawawawawawawaaaaa! Yea, call me a bleeding Mohawk...
A band that truly fits their name, Daisy Chainsaw released only one record and its a gem.
"Eleventeen" was at the time of its release a welcome left center vibe amid all the post grunge MTV hoo-ha as well as the unfortunate advent of the Greenday scourge that continues to fester in the musical enviornment of present time. Katie (Lead Vox) was a cute (and probably still is) diminutive pixie like entity with a bigger pair hanging than all of these so called punk wonks today! This girl is off THE HOOK! A critical mass of sexy spazzmatism traversing some of the most incinderary hard rock of the time. Borrowing from hardcore, old school NYC pre-punk as well as the noise asthetic (via Butthole Surfers/Sonic Youth) creates an ambrosial miasma of sonic malfeasance that the goddess Siva could slamdance to. Crispin Gray's guitars and Richards Adam's bass indulge in some serious textural intercourse while Vinee Johnson's drums give it foundation as well as velocity. Infuse this with a playful pop hook sensibilty, you have a rare band that is its own genre."Pink Flower" is a beautiful expression of controlled havoc that morph's into a dreamy psychedlic haze of melody. "Love Your Money" is beyond classification...bouncy teen punk after a three day crack binge(?) There is a certin mischeiveseness that infroms the music, an o'veour of innocent cynism that is provocative without taking itself too seriously.The Yeah Yeah Yeah's come to mind. Perhaps the upside of all these tired "punk" bands is that when something like this comes along, it just doesn't sound good..it sounds Real good.

Daisy Chainsaw was one of the most imaginative bands I have ever had the chance to listen to. It's sad that the band was somewhat short lived and most people have no idea who they are, and they are severely missing out. Each track of beautiful insanity with catchy instrumentals and Katie Jane Garside's vocals, at times screaming, gasping for breath or even vomiting (I love the Future Free.) is just...great. Eleventeen is a fantastic album and it is a shame that it is out of print. And since that is so, if you can get your hands on an album don't ever let it go!

and this band jumps all over the place on both sides of that line. The instrumentals on this album are mostly hard-driving punk and often quite intriguing, but the most distinctive feature of this album are the truly bizarre vocals of Katie Jane Garside. Let's put it this way--you're never going to hear a cover of "Lovely Ugly Brutal World" on American Idol, though you'd have to admit the look on Simon's face would be priceless if someone like Katharine McPhee suddenly went Garside all over him.

Anyway, Garside's vocals are quite captivating. It's not really "singing" in the conventional sense of the word. To be more precise--it's like listening to an inebriated and very crazy cockney-voiced British woman having an orgasm while reading avant-garde poetry that was penned by William Shatner. Okay--well I just so happen to like that sort of thing, but just so you're forewarned--if you don't like it that freaky, this album might not be your cup of tea.

I bought this cd out of curiosity, having bought Queen Adreena: 'Drink Me' and 'Taxidermy', of which some tracks were appealing. Having listened to Eleventeen however I much prefer it to Queen Adreena's stuff because it conveys a complete air of wierdness and insanity. Katie's style of singing is more mad and interesting - Q. Adreena's stuff is a lot more polished. Despite the freedom of the record, the music holds together and is catchy. Strong tracks for me were You Be My Friend: threatening, mad and catchy at the same time; and Use Me Use You, a piece without percussion about absolute loneliness and depression and makes you feel just like that, like you're at the bottom of some abyss. One let down is that you often can't tell what Katie's saying, even less than you can in Q. Adreena, which wouldn't be a problem except there are no lyrics in the cd case. But what the hell, exact kind of music that appeals to me, wish I was into rock then! PS - was wondering if anyone's listened to any other of Daisy Chainsaw's cds or knows of any generally wierd music??:)

OK, so if you haven't heard of Daisy Chainsaw, you're missing out. It may also mean you haven't heard of Queen Adreena, which would be a grave travesty. Daisy Chainsaw are the earlier incarnation of Queen Adreena, and while Queen Adreena encompasses the more melodic aspects of DC, the sheer vitality of Daisy Chainsaw is not to be sniffed at. With interesting yet beautiful vocals layered over a punk/rock/metal/eclectic musical background, lyrics that will leave you scratching your head, and maybe other parts as well, I highly recommend this album to anyone, especially fans of female fronted punk.

I bought this cd out of curiosity, having bought Queen Adreena: 'Drink Me' and 'Taxidermy', of which some tracks were appealing. Having listened to Eleventeen however I much prefer it to Queen Adreena's stuff because it conveys a complete air of wierdness and insanity. Katie's style of singing is more mad and interesting - Q. Adreena's stuff is a lot more polished. Despite the freedom of the record, the music holds together and is catchy. Strong tracks for me were You Be My Friend: threatening, mad and catchy at the same time; and Use Me Use You, a piece without percussion about absolute loneliness and depression and makes you feel just like that, like you're at the bottom of some abyss. One let down is that you often can't tell what Katie's saying, even less than you can in Q. Adreena, which wouldn't be a problem except there are no lyrics in the cd case. But what the hell, exact kind of music that appeals to me, wish I was into rock then! PS - was wondering if anyone's listened to any other of Daisy Chainsaw's cds or knows of any generally wierd music??:)

Saw Daisy Chainsaw play at the Whiskey A Go Go in the 90's and it was probably one of the craziest shows I have ever seen live! Drilling baby doll heads, potted flower pots on wigs, and glitter buckets! What fun! Now I can reminess watching there videos! A must have for their fans!

What more can be honestly said¿ If you have not known about this band more than you do 'not' hear of them too this day, then:
a.) you either have been under a rock OR...
b.) you were not Enjoi'ing yourself upon spending the early 90's looking for an alternative to Silverfish (another fine example of this genre & sound as well!)
Upon reading; know that this was PRE-Nerdvana / Manson-esque days here w/ all the glammy, grungecore gore they could glop on top! Overproduced & under-rated were this band of post-rockers w/ a flare for the brash et al. ::PLUS:: This Hi-Fi more punker than thou lp contains more *unf* too boot than the above lamercore.
If you are lucky enough to come across this relase at this point buy, hide it, & cherish it as it were out of stock as the "relic of loveliness" that it is!
Did i forget too mention that they looked DAMN kool as well¿!?

Enjoi!

To most people, this would just sound like a bunch of noise, annoying, and possibly made with a chainsaw. But if you're not one of those people, you should love it. In truth, this band sounds like they learned their instruments right before recording, like the "Sex Pistols" at their worst, but they still pull it off. The better tracks are "I Feel Insane", "Hope Your Dreams Come True", and the really good "Love Your Money". It's also nice to hear a woman sing (or hysterically scream), over this kind of music. This is out of print now, but I would have recommended getting it used anyway.