Photo : Per-Ake Warn
www.monokrom-photos.com

The full story of this tour would be very long with so many twists & turns, strange coincidences - (or were they???) & unforeseen events that it would end up being filed under "Believe It Or Not" ... but here are parts of the tale...

The story starts a few weeks beforehand in early July when we got together with - ta daa! - Doc Milton!!! (from the infamous "Too Much Acid?", "Curse" albums n tours & he played guitar on "Now I'm Feeling Zombiefied") - (how this meet-up came about is a whole other long story!) - so we got the ol' Jack Daniels out & had a bit of a twang through some songs, & had a great time - we hadn't played together in 20 years - coincidentally almost to the day - the last show being early July1992 in the US - but it really felt like it was last week..... At that point we were hoping that both he & Gonzo would be able to do the shows, swop about on guitar etc, but then Gonzo was unable to come.... so frantic phone calls to Doc - Can you do all the shows? Yep! Sez he... Great! What songs can you remember? - Loads! Sez he. Right - let's get a list together sez Nik....Cue Mrs Fiend madly programming the drum machine beats in for songs like "Depravity Lane" & "Crazee" just days before leaving for the shows! We'd only played 5 songs with Doc at that initial meet-up in early July so quite what was going to happen on-stage was venturing into the unknown - in true Fiend-style! - but it was certainly going to be an adventure & everyone was very excited at the prospect.... Mat "Pod" (from "Flashbacks" live album) was originally going to do out-front sound but instead (due to another long story) he got drafted to help out with technical on-stage stuff & also to make a few extra bizarre noises & wacky sound effects... we hadn't played with him for around 14 years - but again it was like it was only yesterday... Further, Mat & Doc had never met before - let alone played together! In a way it was a "new" old line-up! - a new configuration... but Alien Sex Fiend has always been about "being in the moment"...

All sorts of strange shit kept happening both before leaving as well as during the tour - the tour manager broke her foot & couldn't do all the dates, in addition to a "new" band-line up we also had a new guy on sound, a different person on lighting & then a 2nd one who took over for Belgium (who by the way was very pissed off that it was the last show & that there wasn't another one the next day!), some of Mrs Fiend's equipment was affected by the heat & Nik injured his shoulder (it's all better now!) - BUT instead of it all going tits up - (& how it didn't we will never know - Alien Sex Fiend is definitely a fuckin' weird outfit!) everyone got stuck in & worked their collective bollox off & everything fell into place as if it was meant to be... we all had a great time & all of the shows were wild experiences to savour.... & if you were there you know what we're talking about!! & if you weren't maybe the photos will give you a small taster...

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This festival is held in the grounds of Castle Bolkow. One of the organisers says "Castle Party is a very special festival, it is about the audience & the venue's energy. We all need to experience magic moments & this is the main reason why we do this festival."

Address : Binnenweg, 8000 Brugge, Belgium
Support : Aroma Di Amore & Flesh & Fell
plus After Show Party
Doors open : 18.30h
Tickets : 30 Euros (Advance)
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