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Alien Sex Fiend
Background information
Origin	London, UK Cardiff, UK
Genres	Gothic Rock Gothabilly Post-Punk Industrial Deathrock
Years active	1982 – present
Labels	Anagram Records 13th Moon Records Flicknife Records
Website	Official website
Members
Nik Wade (Nik Fiend) Chrissie Wade (Mrs Fiend)
Former members
David James (Yaxi Highrizer) John Freshwater (Johnny Ha-Ha) RatFink — Drummer/Guitarist Doc Milton

Alien Sex Fiend are a gothic rock band from the UK, composed of the married couple Nik Fiend and Mrs. Fiend. Currently, the band is based in Cardiff, Wales^{[citation needed]}.

Formed in the winter of 1982 at the Batcave club in London, the band became known in the gothic scene for their psychobilly, dark electronic, industrial sound, heavy samples and loops and manic vocals. The band has had limited mainstream success; in October 1985, their album Maximum Security reached #100 on the UK Albums chart and remained there for the week of October 12.^{[citation needed]} However, throughout the early 1980s their work frequently charted on the UK Indie Chart^[1] and remained a fixture on college radio.

The band recorded two BBC Peel Sessions in 1984. In May, they recorded "Attack!!!", "Dead And Buried", "Ignore The Machine" and "Hee Haw"; in August "In God We Trust", "E.S.T Trip To The Moon" and "Boneshaker Baby".

The band released the world's first 11" single, "E.S.T. (Trip To The Moon)" in October 1984. Their video for "Now I'm Feeling Zombified" was featured on an episode of the MTV animated series Beavis & Butt-head. They did the soundtrack for the Digital Image Design game Inferno.

[edit] Live performances

For their 25th anniversary, the band gave three live performances. The first at the Koko Club in Camden Town, London on 13 January, 2007. The others were at Gaverke in Waregem, Belgium and La Locomotive in Paris, France on 20 January and 21 January, Ucho in Gdynia, Poland 23 November 2008 Postbahnhof in Berlin, Germany 24 November 2008 respectively.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Studio albums

Alien Sex Fiend live in Paris (2007)

• Who's Been Sleeping in My Brain? (1983)
• Acid Bath (1984)
• Maximum Security (1985) – UK #100
• It - The Album (1986)
• Here Cum Germs (1987)
• Another Planet (1988)
• Curse (1990)
• Open Head Surgery (1992)
• Inferno (1994)
• Nocturnal Emissions (1997)
• Nocturnal Emissions (Special Edition) (2000)
• Information Overload (2004)

[edit] Live albums

• Liquid Head in Tokyo (1985)
• Too Much Acid? (1989)
• The Altered States of America (1993)
• Flashbacks! (Live 1995-1998) (2001)

[edit] Compilation albums

• The First Alien Sex Fiend Compact Disc (1986)
• The Impossible Mission Mini-LP (US release) (1987)
• All Our Yesterdays (1988)
• The Legendary Batcave Tapes (1993)
• Drive My Rocket (USA) (1994)
• I'm Her Frankenstein (USA) (1995)
• The Singles 1983-1995 (1995)
• War Dance of the Alien Sex Fiend (1997) – 2CD-set
• The Batcave Masters (USA) (1998)
• Fiend at the Controls Vols 1 & 2 (1999)
• The Best of Alien Sex Fiend (2001)
• Friend Club (2005)
• The Very Best of Alien Sex Fiend (2005)
• Para-Abnormal (2006)
• R.I.P. - A 12" Collection (2008)

[edit] Singles

• "Ignore the Machine" (1983)
• "Lips Can't Go" (1983)
• "R.I.P. (Blue Crumb Truck)" (1984)
• "Dead and Buried" (1984) – UK #91
• "E.S.T. (Trip to the Moon)" (1984)
• "I'm Doing Time in a Maximum Security Twilight Home" (1985)
• "Ignore the Machine" (re-issue) (1985) – UK #99
• "Ignore the Machine Electrode Mix" (1985)
• "I Walk the Line" (1986)
• "Smells Like..." (1986)
• "Here Cum Germs" (1987)
• "Hurricane Fighter Plane" (1987)
• "Stuff the Turkey" (1987)
• "The Impossible Mission" (1987)
• "Batman Theme" (released as Dynamic Duo) (1988)
• "Bun Ho!" (1988)
• "Haunted House" (1989)
• Box Set of 5 Singles (1990)
• "Now I'm Feeling Zombified" (1990)
• "Magic" (1992)
• "Inferno - The Youth Mixes" (1994)
• "Inferno - The Mixes" (1995)
• "Evolution" 12" (1996)
• "Evolution" CD (1996)
• "Evolution Remixes" 12" (1996)
• "On a Mission Remixes" 12" (1997)
• "Tarot Mixes" 12" (1998)

[edit] References

1. ^ Guinness Book of British Hit Singles and Albums 2006 edition

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Alien Sex Fiend

• Official website
• Alien Sex Fiend at MySpace
• Alien Sex Fiend at Allmusic
• BBC Peel Sessions
• Interview @ Legends
• BluntGraffix.com - Alien Sex Fiend
• Alien Sex Fiend interview (January 1996) in QRD