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)
Dead and Buried
Alien Sex Fiend Lyrics
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Ah! Ah!
D-D-D-Dead and buried
What was created, went on before
Burn your art out like some cheap old whore
You're all old and boring now
All the milk's been taken from the cow.
D-D-D-Dead and buried
D-D-D-Dead and buried
Switched my sulph to Ajax
Ain't high but I'm clean
Never eat anything with a face on it
Know what I mean?
D-D-D-Dead and buried
D-D-D-Dead and buried
Dead
Asthma attack in a purple haze
Your cards are numbered and so are my days
The living ain't easy, the living ain't clean
Makes me hot, makes me naked
Makes me feel just plain obscene
Know what I mean?
D-D-D-Dead and buried
D-D-D-Dead and buried
Dead
Ah! Ah!
Ah! Ah!
Ah!
D-D-D-Dead and buried
D-D-D-Dead and buried
Living ain't clean, living ain't easy
Makes me feel just plain obscene
Know what I mean?
Dead dead dead!
Switched my sulph to Ajax
Ain't high but I'm clean
Never eat anything with a face on it
Know what I mean?
D-D-D-Dead and buried
D-D-D-Dead and buried
D-D-D-Dead and buried
Ah ah!
Ah ah!
Asthma attack in a purple haze
The cards are numbered and so are your days
Living ain't easy, living ain't clean
Makes me feel plain obscene
Know what I mean?
D-D-D-Dead and buried
D-D-D-Dead and buried
Now we're all on board the mystery train
Don't know where we're going
And if we did
It's all the same
D-D-D-Dead and buried
D-D-D-Dead ah!
Ah ah!
Mm
The lyrics to Alien Sex Fiend's "Dead and Buried" seem to convey a sense of angst and rebellion against societal norms and conformity. The repeated refrain of "D-D-D-Dead and buried" emphasizes the feeling of being trapped and stagnant. The lines "What was created, went on before/Burn your art out like some cheap old whore" could be interpreted as an indictment of artists who are not true to themselves and instead sell out for fame and fortune. The line "All the milk's been taken from the cow" could also be a metaphor for the idea that everything has been exploited and used up.
The verse that follows with "Switched my sulph to Ajax/Ain't high but I'm clean/Never eat anything with a face on it/Know what I mean?" is a clear nod to the punk ethos of rejecting mainstream society and its norms. The singer is saying that they have forsaken drugs and meat because they are looking for something else - perhaps a more authentic way of living.
The final verse, "Now we're all on board the mystery train/Don't know where we're going/And if we did/It's all the same" encapsulates the feeling of disillusionment and apathy that we all feel at times. The singer is acknowledging that they are on a journey, but whether they know the destination or not, it doesn't really matter because they are resigned to their fate.
Line by Line Meaning
D-D-D-Dead and buried
The subject is dead and buried
What was created, went on before
The past is the past
Burn your art out like some cheap old whore
Stop producing work that is of poor quality
You're all old and boring now
The subject is old and uninteresting
All the milk's been taken from the cow.
There is nothing left to give
Switched my sulph to Ajax
Stopped doing drugs
Ain't high but I'm clean
No longer high but now clean
Never eat anything with a face on it
The subject is a vegetarian
Know what I mean?
Do you understand?
Asthma attack in a purple haze
Suffering from an asthma attack
Your cards are numbered and so are my days
Death is inevitable
The living ain't easy, the living ain't clean
Life is difficult and dirty
Makes me hot, makes me naked
It stimulates the subject's emotions
Makes me feel just plain obscene
It makes the subject feel inappropriate
D-D-D-Dead and buried
The subject is dead and buried
Living ain't clean, living ain't easy
Life is difficult and dirty
Dead dead dead!
Dead, dead, dead!
Now we're all on board the mystery train
All of us are on an unknown journey
Don't know where we're going
The destination is unknown
And if we did
Even if we knew where we were going
It's all the same
It wouldn't matter
Ah! Ah!
Ah! Ah!
Mm
Mm
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Written by: CHRIS WADE, DAVID JAMES, JOHN FRESHWATER, NICHOLAS WADE
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Ms. Kilzya
Ah! Ah!
Ah! Ah!
D-D-D-Dead and buried
What was created, went on before
Burn your art out like some cheap old whore
You're all old and boring now
All the milk's been taken from the cow.
D-D-D-Dead and buried
D-D-D-Dead and buried
Switched my sulph to Ajax
Ain't high but I'm clean
Never eat anything with a face on it
Know what I mean?
D-D-D-Dead and buried
D-D-D-Dead and buried
Dead
Asthma attack in a purple haze
Your cards are numbered and so are my days
The living ain't easy, the living ain't clean
Makes me hot, makes me naked
Makes me feel just plain obscene
Know what I mean?
D-D-D-Dead and buried
D-D-D-Dead and buried
Dead
Ah! Ah!
Ah! Ah!
Ah!
D-D-D-Dead and buried
D-D-D-Dead and buried
Living ain't clean, living ain't easy
Makes me feel just plain obscene
Know what I mean?
Dead dead dead!
Switched my sulph to Ajax
Ain't high but I'm clean
Never eat anything with a face on it
Know what I mean?
D-D-D-Dead and buried
D-D-D-Dead and buried
D-D-D-Dead and buried
Ah ah!
Ah ah!
Asthma attack in a purple haze
The cards are numbered and so are your days
Living ain't easy, living ain't clean
Makes me feel plain obscene
Know what I mean?
D-D-D-Dead and buried
D-D-D-Dead and buried
Now we're all on board the mystery train
Don't know where we're going
And if we did
It's all the same
D-D-D-Dead and buried
D-D-D-Dead ah!
Ah ah!
Mm
eel_grrrl
Ah! Ah!
Ah! Ah!
D-D-D-Dead and buried
What was created, went on before
Burn your art out like some cheap old whore
You're all old and boring now
All the milk's been taken from the cow.
D-D-D-Dead and buried
D-D-D-Dead and buried
Switched my sulph to Ajax
Ain't high but I'm clean
Never eat anything with a face on it
Know what I mean?
D-D-D-Dead and buried
D-D-D-Dead and buried
Dead
Asthma attack in a purple haze
Your cards are numbered and so are my days
The living ain't easy, the living ain't clean
Makes me hot, makes me naked
Makes me feel just plain obscene
Know what I mean?
D-D-D-Dead and buried
D-D-D-Dead and buried
Dead
Ah! Ah!
Ah! Ah!
Ah!
D-D-D-Dead and buried
D-D-D-Dead and buried
Living ain't clean, living ain't easy
Makes me feel just plain obscene
Know what I mean?
Dead dead dead!
Switched my sulph to Ajax
Ain't high but I'm clean
Never eat anything with a face on it
Know what I mean?
D-D-D-Dead and buried
D-D-D-Dead and buried
D-D-D-Dead and buried
Ah ah!
Ah ah!
Asthma attack in a purple haze
The cards are numbered and so are your days
Living ain't easy, living ain't clean
Makes me feel plain obscene
Know what I mean?
D-D-D-Dead and buried
D-D-D-Dead and buried
Now we're all on board the mystery train
Don't know where we're going
And if we did
It's all the same
D-D-D-Dead and buried
D-D-D-Dead ah!
Ah ah!
Mm
Steve Wilkinson
Changed my music taste completely ..... Love it
Beavis T-800
Don't change... expand!
Morgan Ophelia
@Beavis T-800 EXACTLY
Horace Bones
This is hands down their best song. IMO.
🦇dead and dripping🦇
Mines full of maggots is my favorite!! Tbh all their songs slap hard🤌💯
tnimbus
@🦇dead and dripping🦇 Mine's 'Stuff the Turkey'
Ms. Kilzya
Ah! Ah!
Ah! Ah!
D-D-D-Dead and buried
What was created, went on before
Burn your art out like some cheap old whore
You're all old and boring now
All the milk's been taken from the cow.
D-D-D-Dead and buried
D-D-D-Dead and buried
Switched my sulph to Ajax
Ain't high but I'm clean
Never eat anything with a face on it
Know what I mean?
D-D-D-Dead and buried
D-D-D-Dead and buried
Dead
Asthma attack in a purple haze
Your cards are numbered and so are my days
The living ain't easy, the living ain't clean
Makes me hot, makes me naked
Makes me feel just plain obscene
Know what I mean?
D-D-D-Dead and buried
D-D-D-Dead and buried
Dead
Ah! Ah!
Ah! Ah!
Ah!
D-D-D-Dead and buried
D-D-D-Dead and buried
Living ain't clean, living ain't easy
Makes me feel just plain obscene
Know what I mean?
Dead dead dead!
Switched my sulph to Ajax
Ain't high but I'm clean
Never eat anything with a face on it
Know what I mean?
D-D-D-Dead and buried
D-D-D-Dead and buried
D-D-D-Dead and buried
Ah ah!
Ah ah!
Asthma attack in a purple haze
The cards are numbered and so are your days
Living ain't easy, living ain't clean
Makes me feel plain obscene
Know what I mean?
D-D-D-Dead and buried
D-D-D-Dead and buried
Now we're all on board the mystery train
Don't know where we're going
And if we did
It's all the same
D-D-D-Dead and buried
D-D-D-Dead ah!
Ah ah!
Mm
KiLLeRHAnDs
I fkn love these lyrics, thanks fr posting them
christophe cherel
saw them live a few times...never forget! all my fucking youth, and still is!
48 now. still an alien :-)
Jeff Linton
I've been locked in a basement by my father for 17 years and I've been listening to this non stop,
regards,
Donald