Nik Fiend : "We decided to start off with "Hurricane Fighter Plane" cos we'd had to drop it out of the set at Zillo due to the time restriction there, it was a bummer but we'd run out of time so we thought we'd get it in first at Whitby to make sure we got to play it! That steamed along. No time to catch yer breath before we went into "Smells Like..." GUITARRRRRRR!!!! (courtesy of guest guitarist, Slice). It even made MY hair stand on end & I've shaved it all off!!"
(Watch the video of 'Smells Like...' live from WGW - Premieres on 30th October 2026 at 6.30pm GMT)
Mrs Fiend : "After "I Walk The Line" as a special treat Whitby saw the WORLD PREMIERE of new song "GOTTA HAVE IT" off the new Information Overload album. It was the very first time we'd played it live EVER & it was storming!"
Nik Fiend : "There were sirens going, explosions, all sorts. The sound on "Get Into It" was a lot better than at Zillo... a lot harder. "Bun-Ho!" was wicked too. Even the trippy songs like "E.S.T." had a hard underlying edge to 'em , it was quite intense! "Katch 22" was a show stopper - as always!"
Mrs Fiend : "Skulls, bones, bananas, dismernbered hands & feet got thrown out into the crowd to their delight by Nik in "Zombiefied". The rat was doing a solo shrieking & squeaking into Nik's microphone, along with Slice's spacey guitar & lotsa bleeps from me."
Nik Fiend : "Garbage" was the most demonic we've ever done it, even the road crew said afterwards that that Garbage had been "the one"! We didn't get to play that at Zillo either so this was it's first outing since '98, it's well known from the Nocturnal Emissions album & the live version on the Flashbacks album, but this one was so much better, really stomping."
Mrs Fiend : "AND THEN......... I kicked in the bass pulse... the crowd started to sway... then the bass drum rumbled into gear, the crowd knew that they were in for something... but what??? AND THEN the guitar riff .... dawww daw.... daw, daw, daw, dawwwww, .... dawww daw... daw, daw, daw, dawwwww..... AAAAGHHHH!! Fucking hell it's DEAD AND BURIED!!!! A huge cheer went up as they recognised the song.... & they went bonkers."
Nik Fiend :"Dead And Buried had last been played live in Northampton in 1987!! - according to live gig record keeper extraordinaire "Sir" Moz - who reckoned that mentally he was right back at Leeds Warehouse in 1984 - job done then, eh? No-one was expecting that!"
Mrs Fiend : "The crowd were so astonished that they were in 2 minds as to what to do, surely they couldn't expect more??? After all we'd been on-stage for about an hour & three quarters by now... we dived off to have a quick drink - Nik gets to have his on-stage but I rarely get a sup in so I was gasping by now!
Nik Fiend : ""We weren't gonna leave until we'd used up our full 2 hours set allowance!.... "
Mrs Fiend : After catching our breath we realised we had just enough time to do "Ignore The Machine" which Nik dedicated to John Peel .... it was a mesh of metal & electro... & did the business.
Nik Fiend : Dead And Buried followed by Ignore had already slayed 'em... so the possessed version of "R.I.P." which followed completely steamrollered 'em!"
Mrs Fiend : "We wanted to do something special with this being our first UK gig in soooo long & we reckon with a world premiere of Gotta Have It AND the resurrection of Dead And Buried (let alone the other songs) this was certainly SPECIAL.
Nik Fiend: "For us and the audience."

All above photos by Phoebe Woods

Having been a regular whitby goer since WGW3 back in 1996 I gotta say this year's was the best one ever and for one reason, ALIEN SEX FIEND PLAYED!!!! And they were f**king magic!!!!!!!!! I've just been looking at the photos on the website, as my digital camera picked a really good time to go tits up, and they brought it all flooding back, so much so that i feel like putting on a load of make-up and getting pissed and dancing like a man with his legs on fire (compulsory activities at whitby) ...an unforgettable performance rounding off a fantastic weekend! Love and custard - Harry Dagger
P.S. (The album) Information Overload is brilliant too

Hi, I've just got back from Whitby and wanted to say what a fantastic gig that was. Ended up bouncing around in the pit for 2 hours (regretted wearing a rubber t-shirt though, so hot!) and loving every minute of it. My girlfriend hasn't stopped clutching the bone she caught yet. :) So thanks for putting on such a great show and I hope to see you live again soon.
- Geoff / DJ Echo (Wendy House / WGW DJ)