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)
Hurricane Figher Plane
Alien Sex Fiend Lyrics
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A hurricane fighter plane
And it takes me where I want to go
It doesn't matter if it rains
It's my hurricane fighter plane
And I know
Takes me where I want to go
To the sky up above
To the ground below
There is one thing my baby
That I know I can do for you
And it's the only thing I know how to do
It's my hurricane fighter plane
Takes me to the sky
All the time
All the time
All the time
My my my hurricane fighter plane
My my my hurricane - fighter - plane
My my my
Come fly with me
Anytime or anywhere
When you fly with me in my aeroplane
You won't care
It'll take us over mountains
And down in valleys so deep
When the ride is over
You can go to sleep
You can go to sleep
Go to sleep
My my my my
My my my my
On the shelf I have six buckets
And they're all for you
Full of little things that we can do
You'll be amused by my hurricane fighter plane
And after we ride through the sky
It won't be the same
It'll never be the same
My my my hurricane fighter plane
My my my my
My my my my
When the ride is over
You can go to sleep
When the ride is over
My my my my
My my my my
Hurricane
Come fly with me
Anytime or anywhere
When you fly with me in my aeroplane
You won't care
You can go to sleep
My my my my
You can go to sleep
The lyrics to Alien Sex Fiend's Hurricane Fighter Plane seem to be a mix of imaginative storytelling, nonsensical rhyming, and themes of escapism. The song speaks of the singer having a hurricane fighter plane in his pocket, which takes him to the sky above and the ground below, wherever he wants to go, regardless of the weather. The lyrics suggest that this experience is something unique that the singer can offer to someone they care about but also implies that it's something that they can only do - it's the only thing they know how to do.
The song's repetition of the words 'my my my hurricane fighter plane' and 'you can go to sleep' gives the impression of a hypnotic lullaby, as if the song is putting the listener into a trance. This adds to the idea of escapism, with the singer offering to take whoever they're addressing away from their stresses and concerns, to be free and enjoy the ride.
Overall, the lyrics to Hurricane Fighter Plane are surreal and obscure, with the meaning behind the narrative remaining ambiguous.
Line by Line Meaning
Well I have in my pocket
I possess an imaginary hurricane fighter plane that exists in my mind
A hurricane fighter plane
An aerial vehicle imagined by the singer
And it takes me where I want to go
The singer can control their virtual fighter plane and navigate to any place they desire
It doesn't matter if it rains
Being an imagined aircraft, weather doesn't have any impact on the artist's journey
It's my hurricane fighter plane
The artist is the sole creator and controller of the imaginary vehicle
And I know
The singer has confidence in their creation
Takes me where I want to go
The vehicle allows the singer to travel wherever their imagination takes them
To the sky up above
The fighter plane can soar to the highest heights
To the ground below
The fighter plane can fly to the very depths
There is one thing my baby
The singer is addressing someone they seem to be fond of
That I know I can do for YOU
The singer wants to provide something to their loved one
And it's the only thing I know how to do
The singer believes the only way they have to make their loved one happy is through offering the illusion of their hurricane fighter plane
It'll take us over mountains
The singer invites their loved one to ride along on the imaginary hurricane fighter plane, soaring over peaks and valleys
And down in valleys so deep
The fighter plane can fly down into even the lowest, hardest-to-reach valleys
When the ride is over
After the imaginary journey is done
You can go to sleep
The singer suggests that their loved one can sleep peacefully knowing they have shared this virtual experience
On the shelf I have six buckets
The singer has six ideas or plans to do things with their loved one
And they're all for you
The singer states that their plans are focused on the happiness of their loved one
Full of little things that we can do
The plans the singer has in mind are small yet meaningful activities or experiences to share together
You'll be amused by my hurricane fighter plane
The singer believes their loved one will have fun experiencing the imaginative vehicle
And after we ride through the sky
The artist and their loved one have traveled through the air together
It won't be the same
The singer thinks that their loved one's perception of reality will be altered after the imaginative ride
Come fly with me
The singer invites their loved one to participate in another virtual journey together
You won't care
The singer believes that the experience of the hurricane fighter plane is so wondrous that their loved one won't think about anything else while traveling
My my my my
The singer is expressing enthusiasm towards their imagined plane, suggesting ownership through repetition
You can go to sleep
The singer reassures their loved one that they can let themselves fall asleep because their shared journey is over
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: AUDIUS MTAWARIRA, SELWYN EDWIN PRETORIUS
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TheKromusDevice
Damn man, that bass line with the hard crash is like auditory heaven.
Cherry Blossom Emoji
Nik Fiend is a wonderful artist, both in music and his paintings.
Mark Markolf
You really think? I am 52, ever heard of "Batcave"? The "Band" started as a pure Joke! Nik "Fiend " is neither a good painter ( any drug user paints like that), nor a good musician! And he does not have to, because the new "Fans" do not know, what they are talking about. Anything degenerates
Auston Smith
The nostalgia almost makes me not want to hear this and go back to where it all ended and someone else took over this body. Such strong feelings attached to Nik Fiend and his works that changed my life forever.
celia ayneto
Auston Smith you said it ;)
nacho llandres
No se ha vuelto hacer nada como los Alien Sex Fiend,..qué recuerdos!!,eso si era buena música
cordeiro reis ana
what a terribly underrated track. <3
Jack Duncan
Reminds me of my acid days living in a domestic squat in this huge old seafront house in Southsea, Portsmouth. Some guy had spray painted a picture of Alien Sex Fiend on one of the walls. We listened to Alien Sex Fiend and Tangerine Dream, Ozric Tentacles, Hawkwind, Jefferson Airplane, Black Sabbath, The Beatles, Sergeant Peppers, White Album, Magical Mystery Tour, we listened to a lot of Punk and Budgie, Tygers of Pantang,, early Iron Maiden and Motörhead. We also listened to a lot of dub, Mad Professor and Scientist etc. Depended on what we were getting high on really. Although I only did hallucinogens. I didn’t smoke hash because I’d smoked it for a while and it got to the point where I would drop out of bed in the morning and roll a spliff before I did anything else. I don’t know if you could call it an addiction but it was severely habit forming for me. So I summoned the will power to stop smoking hash and never did again.
Mark Markolf
Sounds Like my life Back in the 80ties.......🌚
Lauren Morgana
Has been ages since I listened to this one!
What great track and memories!!! 🖤