On 9 November 2018, Alien Sex Fiend released Possessed, their first album in eight years, on Cherry Red. In 1996, the Wades launched their own 13th Moon label, issuing three further albums: Nocturnal Emissions (1997), Information Overload (2004) and Death Trip (2010). In the mid 1990s, the band's video for "Zombified" appeared on the MTV show, Beavis and Butthead, subjected to their usual commentary. The Wades then became a duo once again and provided the soundtrack for the Digital Image Design game Inferno in 1994. įink and Milton departed in 1992, following that year's Open Head Surgery album and its subsequent tour (documented on The Altered States of America live album). Their seventh studio album, Curse, was released in October 1990. Rat Fink Jr., formerly of the Turnpike Cruisers) and keyboardist/guitarist Simon "Doc" Milton, who made their official debut on that year's Too Much Acid? double-live album. They reverted to a four-piece with the 1989 addition of two prior guest collaborators, drummer/guitarist Andrew Wilson (a.k.a. In early 1988, the band, as the Dynamic Duo, recorded a one-off 12" single " Batman Theme" with recording and live engineer Len Davies, before continuing as Alien Sex Fiend, incorporating electronics and sampling even more into their sound on the album Another Planet, released in November 1988. The band was reduced to a duo of the Wades when James left following the release of 1987's Here Cum Germs. Freshwater left later in 1985, and the band continued as a trio, supporting Alice Cooper on his "The Nightmare Returns" tour in 1986 and releasing "It" the Album that October. The band also became popular in Japan, and in 1985, they released a live album recorded there, Liquid Head in Tokyo. Throughout the early 1980s, their work was frequently in the UK Indie Chart and remained a fixture on American college radio. 91) and a reissued "Ignore the Machine" in March 1985 (No. They also had two top 100 singles with "Dead and Buried" in August 1984 (No. 100 on the UK Albums Chart and remained there for the week of 12 October. In October 1985, their third studio album Maximum Security reached No. (Trip to the Moon)" and "Boneshaker Baby". At the May session, they recorded "Attack!!!", "Dead and Buried", "Ignore the Machine" and "Hee Haw" at the August session, "In God We Trust", "E.S.T. The band also recorded two BBC Peel Sessions in 1984. They released the world's first 11" single, "E.S.T. Their debut studio album, Who's Been Sleeping in My Brain, was released by Anagram on 1 November 1983, followed by Acid Bath in 1984. The single was immediately successful on the UK Independent Chart, reaching No. They signed to the Cherry Red sub-label Anagram Records, releasing their first single, "Ignore the Machine", in August 1983. Īlien Sex Fiend recorded a cassette ( The Lewd, the Mad, the Ugly and Old Nick) with Youth of Killing Joke, which brought them to the attention of the UK music press, along with the appearance of their track "R.I.P." on the Batcave club compilation, The Batcave: Young Limbs and Numb Hymns 1983, released by London Records in 1983. Nik Wade had previously been a member of the Alice Cooper-influenced bands the Earwigs and Mr & Mrs Demeanour, and later the punk band Demon Preacher (later known as the Demons). The band became known in the gothic scene for its dark, electronic industrial-leaning sound, heavy samples, loops, dub remixes and manic vocals. History Īlien Sex Fiend were formed by Nicholas Wade ( Nik Fiend), Christine Wade (Mrs Fiend), David James (Yaxi Highrizer) and Johnny Freshwater (Johnny Ha-Ha) in late 1982 at the Batcave club in London (where Nik worked). Five of the group's albums and 12 of their singles reached top 20 positions in the UK indie charts in the period up to 1987. The current lineup of the band consists of Nik Fiend and Mrs Fiend. Alien Sex Fiend are an English gothic rock band, formed in London, England in 1982.
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