Alien Sex Fiend

Biography

Alien Sex Fiend is a gothic rock/deathrock band from the UK. Getting their start at the Batcave club in London in 1982, they quickly became known in the gothic scene for their psychobilly, dark electronic, industrial sound, heavy samples and loops and manic vocals.

Made up of Nik Fiend and his spouse Mrs. Fiend the band has put out a long discography over the years. Switching up easily from heavy industrial to ambient experimental styles, fans of Alien Sex Fiend are always wondering what the next album is going to entail.

While never achieving mainstream commercial success (whether they wanted it or not), they remain a fixture on college radio. And can boast as being the band to release the world's first (and probably only) 11" single, "E.S.T. (Trip To The Moon)" in October 1984.

Their video for "Zombified" was featured on an episode of the MTV animated series Beavis & Butt-head.

They now reside in Cardiff, Wales.

Live Performances

For their 25th Anniversary, the band recently gave three live performances. The first at the Koko Club in Camden Town, London on January 13th, 2007. The others were at Gaverke in Waregem, Belgium and La Locomotive in Paris, France on January 20th and 21st, respectively.

Discography

Studio albums

Who's Been Sleeping In My Brain? (1983)
Acid Bath (1984)
Maximum Security (1985) – UK #100
It - The Album (1986)
The First Alien Sex Fiend Compact Disc (1986)
Here Cum Germs (1987)
The Impossible Mission Mini-LP (US release) (1987)
Another Planet (1988)
Curse (1990)
Open Head Surgery (1992)
The Legendary Batcave Tapes (1993)
Inferno (1994)
Nocturnal Emissions (1997)
Nocturnal Emissions (Special Edition) (2000)
Information Overload (2004)

Live albums

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

Compilation albums

All Our Yesterdays (1988)
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)
Fiend Club (2005)
The Very Best Of Alien Sex Fiend (2005)
Para-Abnormal (2006)

Singles

Ignore The Machine (1983)
Lips Can't Go (1983)
Dead And Buried (1984) – UK #91
E.S.T. (Trip To The Moon) (1984)
R.I.P. (Blue Crumb Truck) (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 Zombiefied (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)

Trivia

In Mars Attacks!, Richie Norris (played by Lukas Haas) wears an Alien Sex Fiend t-shirt.
On their 1990 album Curse, Alien Sex Fiend covers the Cramps' tune "The Mad Daddy" (retitled "Mad Daddy Drives A UFO").

External links

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