Simon Reynolds wrote about a female rocker he called the Ice Queen: "Ice is the opposite of all that women are supposed to be: warm, flowing, giving, receptive. Like Lady Macbeth, the Ice Queen has unsexed herself, dammed up her lachrymal and lactation ducts. She offers cold, not comfort. Her hard surfaces can't be penetrated. She is an island, an iceberg." In "The Marble Index" Nico took this persona (originally embodied by Grace Slick) even further, making a fetish of disconnection and " of a sort of negative nirvana". According to "Dazed", this persona has influenced Siouxsie Sioux, Zola Jesus, and Björk. The latter's 2011 album, "Biophilia", was described by "Rolling Stone" as "The Marble Index"s "haunted digital sister". The influence of "The Marble Index" can also be found in the music of Laurel Halo.