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)
Drive My Rocket
Alien Sex Fiend Lyrics
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In the back of a pink Cadillac
My daddy is an alien
He ain't never coming back
Coming back
Driving through the stars in my rocket ship
No co-pilot to give me no lip
Now we are lost in outer space
Leave all your problems with the human race
In outer space
Drive my rocket up Uranus, baby, till it hurts
Drive my rocket ship just a little farther
My carburetor's clogged
And I'm getting nowhere
Oh, I really feel like a man when you run your
Fingers through my hair
Now we are lost in outer space
Leave all your problems with the human race
Drive my rocket up Uranus, baby,
Yeah drive my rocket ship
It's cold
September
Feeling depressed
The nights are long
And you need some rest
Tick tick tick tick tick tock
I can't stand that
Damn alarm clock
Drives me fucking crazy
7.20 every morning I'm awake and alive
My teeth are brown
Nicotine stain
My heart is beating
Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom
Baby
Drive my rocket up Uranus, baby, yeah
Drive my rocket ship
Yeah
Drive my rocket ship, baby
Baby
Love, love, love, love
Love, love, love, love
Love, love, love, love
Love, love, love, love
Drive my rocket ship, baby
Drive my rocket ship just a little faster
Drive my rocket up Uranus, baby
Be- be-be-be-baby
Love, love, love, love
The lyrics to Alien Sex Fiend's 'Drive My Rocket' are a wild and surreal mix of science fiction and sexual innuendo. The song starts off with the singer stating that he was born in the back of a pink Cadillac in 1956, with an alien father who isn't coming back. This sets the tone for the fantastical nature of the rest of the lyrics, as the singer speaks of driving his rocket ship through outer space, with no co-pilot to give him any lip. As they get lost in outer space, the song takes a more sexual turn, with the singer asking his lover to drive his rocket up Uranus until it hurts.
The song also features a verse that takes a more mundane turn, with the singer feeling depressed and frustrated with his daily routine, from his alarm clock to his stained teeth. However, this verse is still infused with the surreal and absurd nature of the rest of the song, with the singer's heart beating in a boom boom boom rhythm.
Overall, the lyrics to 'Drive My Rocket' are a trippy and off-the-wall journey through sci-fi imagery and sexual desire, with a touch of everyday frustration thrown in for good measure.
Line by Line Meaning
I was born in 1956
The year I was born is 1956
In the back of a pink Cadillac
I was born in the backseat of a pink colored Cadillac
My daddy is an alien
My father is an extraterrestrial being
He ain't never coming back
He is not returning back
Driving through the stars in my rocket ship
Traveling through the universe in my spacecraft
No co-pilot to give me no lip
No second in command to argue with
Now we are lost in outer space
Currently stranded in the outer space
Leave all your problems with the human race
Forget all your troubles that you faced on Earth
Drive my rocket up Uranus, baby, till it hurts
Thrust my rocket into Uranus with extreme force
Drive my rocket ship just a little farther
Take my spacecraft beyond the current destination
My carburetor's clogged
The fuel system of my spacecraft is blocked
And I'm getting nowhere
The ship is unable to move forward
Oh, I really feel like a man when you run your
The act of running fingers through my hair makes me feel masculine
Fingers through my hair
Touching my hair with fingers
It's cold
The temperature is low
September
The month is September
Feeling depressed
Experiencing sadness
The nights are long
The duration of nights is extended
And you need some rest
Requires some sleep
Tick tick tick tick tick tock
Sound of a clock ticking
I can't stand that
I hate the sound of the clock
Damn alarm clock
I am frustrated with the noise of the alarm
Drives me fucking crazy
It makes me mad
7.20 every morning I'm awake and alive
I wake up daily at 7:20 in the morning
My teeth are brown
The teeth have a stained/brown color
Nicotine stain
The stain on teeth is due to smoking
My heart is beating
The heart is pulsating
Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom
A rhythmic sound to imply the heartbeat
Love, love, love, love
An expression of affection
Drive my rocket ship just a little faster
To speed up the spacecraft
Be- be-be-be-baby
A way to express affection towards someone
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Dan Mills
Alien Sex Fiend rock. Love the Curse album. Shame they are underrated
Marc Kurtz
i love this song , i have a few records by them , i haven"t listened to them in a while
Dreich
100th like... Love this classic punk song
izzy
underrated
Conrad Petitjean
superb!
Rachel George
alice coopers blood relatives both top drawer acts love em
Priest
Where are the views?? Classic stuff
Steve Wells
Punk feel psychobilly meaning love these blue crumb truck and ignore the machine as well strike a chord
crummy Tutorials
Poo poo haha
Pebble D2
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