Alien 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.
They signed to the Cherry Red sub-label Anagram Records, releasing their first single, "Ignore the Machine", in August 1983. The single was immediately successful on the UK Independent Chart, reaching No. 6. 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. They released the world's first 11" single, "E.S.T. (Trip to the Moon)", that October.
The band also recorded two BBC Peel Sessions in 1984. 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. (Trip to the Moon)" and "Boneshaker Baby".
In October 1985, their third studio album Maximum Security reached No. 100 on the UK Albums Chart and remained there for the week of 12 October. They also had two top 100 singles with "Dead and Buried" in August 1984 (No. 91) and a reissued "Ignore the Machine" in March 1985 (No. 99). Throughout the early 1980s, their work was frequently in the UK Indie Chart and remained a fixture on American college radio.
The band also became popular in Japan, and in 1985, they released a live album recorded there, Liquid Head in Tokyo. 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 was reduced to a duo of the Wades when James left following the release of 1987's Here Cum Germs.
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. They reverted to a four-piece with the 1989 addition of two prior guest collaborators, drummer/guitarist Andrew Wilson (a.k.a. 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. Their seventh studio album, Curse, was released in October 1990.
Fink 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).
The Wades then became a duo once again and provided the soundtrack for the Digital Image Design game Inferno in 1994.
In the mid 1990s, the band's video for "Zombified" appeared on the MTV show, Beavis and Butthead, subjected to their usual commentary.
In 1996, the Wades launched their own 13th Moon label, issuing three further albums: Nocturnal Emissions (1997), Information Overload (2004) and Death Trip (2010).
On 9 November 2018, Alien Sex Fiend released Possessed, their first album in eight years, on Cherry Red.
Music style
Alien Sex Fiend has been described as gothic rock, deathrock and industrial. Glenn Danzig has cited the group's sonorous and echoing sounds as having influenced the mixing for several of the recordings for his group Samhain.
Later projects
Fink published a book in 2000, Once Upon a Fiend, recalling his experiences in the band. He later drummed for Blackpool bands United States of Mind and Dog Food before joining Uncle Fester in 1999, who changed their name to UFX in 2006. Fink currently serves as frontman of Vince Ripper and the Rodent Show, a duo also featuring Vince "Ripper" Cornwall. They perform Alien Sex Fiend and the Cramps material, and have released two albums, It's Fun to Be a Monster and Boneyard a Go Go!!!.
Albums
Who's Been Sleeping in My Brain (1983)
Acid Bath (1984)
Maximum Security (1985)
"It" the Album (1986)
Here Cum Germs (1987)
Another Planet (1988)
Curse (1990)
Open Head Surgery (1992)
Inferno (1994)
Nocturnal Emissions (1997)
Information Overload (2004)
Death Trip (2010)
Possessed (2018)
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Alien Sex Fiend Lyrics
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Swing low, sweet chariot...
Coming to carry me home...
I'm an ape ape ape APE...
The lyrics to Alien Sex Fiend's song Lips Can't Go are a mixture of different references and ideas. The first line, "Heavenly body in the sky," refers to either a celestial object or a sexual partner. The second line, "Swing low, sweet chariot," is a reference to the traditional spiritual song that is associated with slavery in America. The third line, "Coming to carry me home," is also from the same song and symbolizes the desire to be free and escape oppression. The fourth line, "I'm an ape ape ape APE," suggests a sense of primitiveness or wildness in the singer or in human nature as a whole.
One possible interpretation of the lyrics is that they express a desire for transcendence and escape from the constraints of society and civilization. The imagery of the heavenly body and the chariot suggest a spiritual or mystical dimension, while the reference to ape-like behavior could represent a rejection of human progress and sophistication. The repeated use of the word "ape" could also be a commentary on human sexuality, which is often associated with primal urges and instinctive behavior.
Line by Line Meaning
Heavenly body in the sky...
There is a magnificent celestial object in the atmosphere...
Swing low, sweet chariot...
A vehicle reminiscent of a chariot is coming nearer...
coming to carry me home...
It's approaching to transfer me somewhere safe or familiar...
I'm an ape ape ape APE...
I feel like a primate, a wild animal, and I am reveling in it, releasing any inhibitions or constraints.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: CHRISTINE ELIZABETH MARY WADE, DAVID JOHN JAMES, JOHN ROBERT FRESHWATER, NICHOLAS IAN WADE
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@bg-boo-g2152
I walk the line between good and evil
This apple's rotten, rotten to the core
Get up, get up, off your knees
Get down, get down, on the floor!
I walk the line
I walk the line
I walk the line
Between good and evil
My business is a little cloak and dagger
I drink so much I don't walk I merely stagger!
No you wouldn't listen & I don't blame you
No I don't blame ya!
I walk the line
I walk the line
I walk the line
I walk the line
Between good & evil
My rent is 65 a day
I can't move
You know that's the price you pay
Is life all in vain?
Starts off in my arm
Opens up my brain
I'm already in the gutter -
Next stop is the drain!
I walk the line
I walk the line
I walk the line
I walk the line
Between good and evil
Live fast, die young
Live fast, die young
I walk the line
Evil
I walk the line
I walk the line
I walk the line
I walk the line
Between good and evil
While others have been thinking about it - I've been there and back
I walk the line
I walk the line
I walk the line
I walk the line
Between good and evil
@zigzagkillah7666
THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF MY FAVORTIE SONGS OF ALL TIME ...... THIS I LIVE TO THIS DAY
Edit: FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS NOW THIS SONG HAS BEEN A STAPLE.
.... FUCKING BEST GROUP EVER. CAN"T STOP SMOKIN" >>>
LIVE FAST < DIE YOUNG < LIVE FAST < DIE YOUNG >...
I LOVE ASF
@underskillednunderpaid
Just discovered the world of goth music and I gotta say, it's a vibe and so are the people.
@carolmasterson9001
check out echo and the bunnymen, Depeche mode, siousie and the banshees , deathcab for cutie, sunnyday real estate for a few
@PoggazMcDroggaz
Check out sisters of mercy, Christian death, Bauhaus
@PoggazMcDroggaz
@Carol Masterson awesome bands
@jackblak8659
@Carol Masterson deathcab doesnt fit that lisy well. They're more of the emo/snowflakecore persuasion.
@jackblak8659
I'd recommend southern death cult, sex gang children, 45 grave, specimen and UK Decay if you like these guys
@jordanlindsay580
Fuck goth rock is so awesome I was always a fan of Joy Division but in these past few years I've gotten into goth real hard love finding these unique groups cold wave, dark wave, neo-classical dark wave, goth, death rock, post-punk it's all pure genius and way to underrated
@woody5831
Joy Division were never Goth they were punk /70's post punk & all these stupid names Death Rock/Dark Wave / neo - classical dark wave(new one on me 🤣ong) / think most of this nonsense came from usa Goth came from UK punk scene was called Tribal for while because of the drum style of the bands Then it was Abbo (vocalist of UK Decay) that called it Goth for a joke in a UK music paper interview that was it the Press called it that from then on the originators of Goth were Bauhaus and UK Decay, but some of best bands were original Sex Gang Children(82/83) / Play Dead/Blood & Roses / Specimen / Sex Beat / Ausgang/ Actifed/ Under Two Flags to name a few it was brilliant & exciting at the very start then it got twisted - Distorted into something it never was especially by usa & nowadays it's 100% parody of itself sadly
@fraggyDendron
This is the first Alien Sex Fiend song I've ever listened to and I sat holding my breath waiting to see if it was a Johnny Cash cover. LOL
@saucypotatoes1136
fraggyDendron That’s my exactly what’s happening with me right now lol