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December 2011 |
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THE OFFICIAL
CHRISTMAS ORDERING DATES If you want your order delivered before Christmas please place your order in good time by using the following guidelines. Last orders by - Sunday 4th December - CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA / ASIA / N.ZEALAND / AUSTRALIA Thursday 8th December - U.S.A. / CANADA / JAPAN / EASTERN EUROPE Sunday 11th December - WESTERN EUROPE Monday 20th December - UK So if you are in Australia you had best get ordering right now!
(Offer ends Friday January 13th 2012)
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WANT A TOTALLY UNIQUE CHRISTMAS GIFT?
Skull 11 by Nik Fiend Some more stunning works created by Nik Fiend are now available.
These are NOT prints or reproductions, they are individually hand-painted
by Nik Fiend, they are the REAL thing. Ideal as a very special Christmas
gift for the fiend in your life! NEED SOMETHING MORE BUDGET PRICED?
& AN ALIEN SEX FIEND KNITTED HAT
LOOKING FOR A FIENDISH STOCKING FILLER? Or one of the
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October 2011 |
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October 2011 |
UPDATE
FROM NIK & MRS FIEND |
| DEATH TRIP 2
Mornin'..... Mrs. Fiend and I have bin in and out of The Padded Cell Studio over the last several months... we found it hard not to keep going back and listening to the tunes from the Death Trip album, even when they were just stripped down to beats and samples, the bare bones... we've also been listening thru to hours of out takes & demo versions of songs - we couldn't get enough! We kept getting sucked back in.... having a go at remixing some of the tunes... going within the songs & investigating different perspectives, whether that was going into more trippy areas or trying out dub versions of songs like Land Of The Living Dead and Dance of the Dead, losing ourselves in the songs..... we've found it fascinating,... something was going on!
Nik Fiend ART In between all the ins and outs of the studio, I have been painting like a man possessed!!!!! At some points I have bin workin' on several paintings at once! whilst one pic woz drying i started having more ideas and began work on yet another painting. Some of these new works are now on sale thru Blue Crumb Truck (the official ASF online store). I have also bin workin' on various artworks for the cover of Death Trip 2 and also cover ideas for the DVD of The ASF Electric Ballroom show from October 2010.....
Nik Fiend EPILOGUE Alien Sex Fiend is our life, as the lyrics from "Get into IT" say "gave our lives to IT!" - we work on something to do with the band 24/7, because we choose to, we are not martyrs, IT is wot we do, even if it looks like nothing is happening, we are working on new songs / projects / discussing live shows for 2012, etc.... Also as 13th Moon Records is a truly artist run label, we are not after a quick buck, we actually give a shit about wot we are doing. When we decided to do vinyl for the Death Trip album, we weren't sure if we were the only ones on the planet that woz still playing vinyl records!!!! (I even still listen to cassettes in preference to digital !) We know wot we like, and judging by your reactions we weren't wrong in our thinking. We know that may be considered old school, but we are not stuck in the past - we will listen to music old or new & use equipment old or new, if it pleases us or does the job we need then it's ok, but we will not be dictated to by the latest fads or what the media says & give up using our own minds.... & ears! |
Mrs Fiend DEATH TRIP has proved to be a really popular album & from your many comments a lot of you want MORE of IT, & if WE'VE become so intrigued by these new & further aspects of Death Trip that we're discovering, then we reckon YOU will be excited too!... so we've been thinking it would be cool to take the whole concept of the album further & work towards creating a "Death Trip 2" album (as a working title)... since the earliest days of ASF we'd do different versions of songs & back then there was plenty of room for such alternate mixes on 12" singles, or there'd be different mixes on the 7" & 12", but this will be something different, a different way of presenting such alternate mixes - an entire album's worth! (hopefully!) Stay tuned for further updates on this project.... In the middle of this we had a massive problem when the mixing desk and power unit blew up, so that took a lot of re-wiring and arsin' about 2 get it back on track - without our mate Linda Clinker, it could've run into a lot of dosh to replace all the fucked equipment - but Linda - bless her - donated her old mixing desk and power supply and with some online advice helped get us operational again.
Face Pack Masque DVD Yes we are still workin' on the DVD of The ASF Electric Ballroom show as & when we can along with the editors who are working on a number of projects themselves... as you probably already know there were a number of problems with the soundtrack recording... but we have managed to salvage the following songs ... Manic Depression / Isolation / Gotta Have It /
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October 2011 |
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Nik & Mrs Fiend during |
This message arrived recently -
dear mrs and mr fiend, here is chris from radio unart... takes a long time but your interview is online.... have a look - really really great stuff... Check out this great Interview with Alien Sex Fiend from September 2010, it was filmed backstage after the band's show in Bochum, Germany. https://www.unart.tv/flv-video/player030.html Press PLAY to watch the video. Nik Fiend says : When I watched this interview, I was rolling about laughing over some parts of it! I remembered Mrs Fiend & I doing the interview after the show in Bochum, back in September 2010. A lot of people ask all sorts of questions about Alien Sex Fiend all the time & this interview will give you some answers & give you some insight & a bit of background on the band too. Also there is a little bit about my art. AND you get to see Mrs Fiend's legs in colour! Photo : Taken at the Bochum show, September 2010 by Daniela Vorndran www.black-cat-net.de |
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October 2011 |
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| A number of people have been asking about Alien
Sex Fiend music being featured on the TV programme NCIS
- yes it's true! This American
CBS primetime TV action drama series follows a fictional team of Naval
Criminal Investigative Service agents & has featured the ASF songs
"Lips Can't Go" (from the Who's Been Sleeping In My Brain? album)
, "Alien" (Another Planet) and "Alien Sex Fiend" (Open
Head Surgery). This series has been mentioned before on this site but it
keeps on spreading - it's now been shown in Australia, Chile, Japan, New
Zealand, Canada, throughout Europe including Scandinavia, Czech Republic,
Bulgaria, Latvia & Poland, as well as the UK.
Mrs Fiend says : For an underground band like us to have 3 different tracks on a PRIME TIME TV Series is amazing! We're not exactly user-frienDly like Coldplay or Elton etc!! Either someone involved with this series is well into our music or they've done thier homework because the tracks are from 3 very different albums, & they're not even the better known tracks either! I wonder if they'll ever use something like "Intensify the Treatment" (from the recent Death Trip album) one day, or maybe it's toooo scary for 'em!! |
Another Planet album |
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October 2011 |
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THE WORD Here's an interesting article from the UK's The Word magazine (October 2011 issue) about self-made vinyl records in the late 1970s. In part the feature discusses the various records collected together by the US-based Hyped To Death label & released as compilations under the "Messthetics" moniker. Messthetics #107 CD released in 2010 focused on London based bands & included the track "Royal Northern" by Demon Preacher.
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Demon Preacher was Nik Fiend's earlier band, prior to starting Alien Sex Fiend in 1982. The original 4 track "Royal Northern EP" was released on the Illegal Pressings label (see pic on far left) & was Demon Preacher's first single. Record Collector (May 2006) had it listed as selling for £80 a copy in their Top 100 Punk Rarities ! After spending all of his spare cash to record the tracks, Nik borrowed the money from his boss at work to get the records pressed, & - in true punk stylee - he photocopied, sellotaped (you can see the yellowing tape around the edge of the record on the far left!) & hand numbered all the sleeves himself . The record caught the late, great John Peel's ear and eye and sold out quickly enough for Nik to re-pay his boss & for Small Wonder to offer a record deal for a follow-up, the infamous 'Little Miss Perfect' which hit #3 in the indie charts back in 1978. |
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October 2011 |
DEATH
TRIP COMPETITION WINNERS |
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David from France |
Henrique from Brazil |
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September 2011 |
BLUE
CRUMB TRUCK ONLINE STORE NEWS |
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THE OFFICIAL OPEN 24 hours! Secure payments via World Pay &
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ON SALE
Long Sleeve T-shirt
Message from Liz of Blue
Crumb Truck |
NEW NIK FIEND ART
NEW SIZES IN STORE
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August 2011 |
DEATH
TRIP COMPETITION RESULTS! |
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COMPETITION
Death Trip CD |
The Death Trip Competition asked you to COMPLETE the ALIEN SEX FIEND song title "Land Of The Living (........) " Is it The answer was of course (C) DEAD. The 5 lucky winners were drawn at random by Nik & Mrs Fiend on 25th August and they are - 1st PRIZE 4 RUNNER-UP PRIZES
Congratulations to you all. If you did not win you can buy both the Death Trip Vinyl LP &/or the CD from Blue Crumb Truck (the official Alien Sex Fiend online store) - both the Vinyl LP & the CD are on SPECIAL OFFER until 7th September with FREE SHIPPING included in the price, AND you will also receive 2 FREE Death Trip Stickers! There were some great comments included with some of the entries - below is a small selection of them. |
| Andreas, Germany : this is one of the best fiend's albums
ever.:)
Russ, US : This is great. I have been an ASF fan since I got my first vinyl LP of �Here Cum Germs� back the 80�s. Slava, Belarus : It is my favourite song from "DEATH TRIP" album!!! Stu, Canada : Me parts is crossed (ow!).. Matthais, Germany : I am - because I own the album - sure that the correct answer is C. Even if the other answers were a lot funnier. Todd, US : I'd have to answer "C" even though Land of the Living Dread is a fine title too. Kuba, Poland : I'm so excited because of this competition. Their music is something like one, big narcotic trip! Addictive like hell. If I'll be the lucky one and win the prize, it is surely gonna make me feel ZOMBIEFIED! Lori, Israel : I would be the happiest girl in the world if I will win a copy!!! I love them!! Travelled to Europe to see them live!!
Thanks to Enrique who sent the above photo of his |
Buy now from Jesse, Canada : Well I'm stupid seeing as I sent ya one of these already (saying this competition wasn't hard enough) but messed it up by forgetting my address, hope this doesn't count me out :P (No it didn't! - ASF Webmaster) Anthony, US : I just wanted to let you know that I asked my 4 year old son, Brady, what the the answer was too and he didn't even need me to read the multiple choice answers before answering "Dead". He loves that song. Also, thanks for making my music listening that much more enjoyable for nearly 20 years. Alexander, Germany : the answer could be all of the provided, taking into account the fiendish sense of humour... Olivia, US : This sounds too good to be true for a prize that's so amazing! |
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FIENDISH SPECIALS
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August 2011 |
THE
SINGLES 1983-1995 DOUBLE CD RE-ISSUE - OUT NOW! |
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Alien Sex Fiend |
Announcing the re-issue of Alien Sex Fiend's double CD compilation
"The Singles 1983-1995" which was originally released in 1995
but has been unavailable for a considerable time. It is a round up of all
the singles released by goth legends Alien Sex Fiend over their 12 year
sojourn with Anagram Records. The indie chart hits "Ignore The Machine",
"Lips Can't Go", "Bun Ho!" and "Smells Like..."
are all featured on this superbly packaged double CD release!
Disc One Ignore The Machine / Lips Can't Go / R.I.P. / New Christian Music / Dead And Buried / E.S.T. (Trip To The Moon) / Ignore The Machine (Electrode Mix) / I�m Doing Time In A Maximum Security Twilight Home / I Walk The Line / Smells Like... / Hurricane Fighter Plane / The Impossible Mission / Here Cum Germs / Stuff The Turkey / Bun Ho! Disc Two Haunted House / Now I�m Feeling Zombiefied / Magic / Inferno (Oscar Madness Mix By Youth) / Inferno (Vocal radio edit) / Here Cum Germs (Ravi Mix #9) / Stuff The Turkey (Bootiful Dub) / Bun Ho! (Time Gentlemen Please) Available to buy NOW from Blue Crumb Truck (the official Alien Sex Fiend online store) |
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July 2011 |
FIENDS
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OUT NOW in GERMANY - the current issue (#4) of Nachtaktiv Magazine, released on 23rd June. This glossy A5 sized magazine looks lovely & is more like a paperback book than a "standard type" magazine. It not only features an interview (in German) with Nik & Mrs Fiend of Alien Sex Fiend but also includes a shorter-than-the-Death Trip-album version of Alien Sex Fiend's "One Way Ticket to Venus (Edit)" on the accompanying bumper CD/DVD disc amongst 30 plus audio tracks as well as videos & interviews. Quite a bargain at 3-80 Euro! |
| COMING SOON in the UK - Look out for Dominion magazine (an off-shoot of Terrorizer magazine). Alien Sex Fiend were interviewed about the early 80s, The Batcave, etc for the mag's forthcoming "Secret History of Goth" special. Also look out for their future "A-Z of Goth" special which includes Alien Sex Fiend for the "A". |  |
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OUT NOW in Europe is the book titled "Industrial
[r]Evolution". Written by Giovanni Rossi (in Italian). Based on over 200 interviews, including one with Nik & Mrs Fiend of Alien Sex Fiend, the Industrial [r]Evolution follows the genesis of the phenomenon of industrial music, starting from bands such as Throbbing Gristle & Einstürzende Neubauten & tracing the evolution to Skinny Puppy, Nine Inch Nails & Rammstein. |
| A collection of memories from the members, staff, promoters, DJs and
bands who played at the Riverside venue in Newcastle, UK, including Blur,
Doctor and the Medics, Michelle Shocked, Mega City Four, Alien
Sex Fiend and more. Covering all genres through Brit Pop, Grunge,
Dance and Electronica - from Nirvana�s first ever UK show to the smallest
gig on David Bowie�s 1997 tour, 1988�s Ecstasy club night to Black Grape
hijacking the decks. This book takes a nostalgic look at the legendary
venue how it was formed, what it wanted to achieve and what it did achieve
along with a comprehensive and compelling social history. Publication date : 6th October, available to pre-order now. more info |
Riverside
: Newcastle's Legendary Alternative Music Venue
Part of an Info Sheet from 1985 listing dates
on Alien Sex Fiend's |
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The German version of the book "Schillerndes
Dunkel" written by Alexander Nym was released at Wave-Gotik-Treffen
in May 2010. It is a comprehensive and superbly illustrated reference book
covering the entire dark culture, including over 800 photos and illustrations
many of which have never been previously published. These include a number
of artworks by Nik Fiend of Alien
Sex Fiend.
The book has proved to be so popular & has received great reviews in the underground as well as mainstream media that there is now a planned English version �Shimmering Darkness" with a projected release date of October 2011. |
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July 2011 |
NIK
FIEND'S TERRIBLE TALES OF COSMETIC PROCEDURES |
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Below is a photo of the "old" me -
First it was time for an Upper Eye Lid Lift...
Then I thought I'd try some Lip Filler -
what do you reckon to me new Trout Pout then???
My lips are definitely plumper & more luscious now! Dr F also convinced me to go for some Cheek Implants....
These were swiftly followed by a Forehead Lift & a massive
number
as I'm sure you'll agree from the above photo! |
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GIRL'S SKINNI-FIT T-SHIRT
Introductory Price £13 |
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FREE 13 SKULL STICKER (ALSO AVAILABLE TO BUY IN-STORE)
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July 2011 |
COMPETITION
TIME! |
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FREE TO ENTER
COMPETITION
Death Trip CD |
1st PRIZE A TEST PRESSING ( WHITE LABEL) OF ALIEN SEX FIEND'S DEATH TRIP VINYL LP SIGNED BY NIK & MRS FIEND. Only 5 of these Test Pressings were made! These are the pressings made to check that the mastering (cutting) process is all ok before the record goes into manufacture. Therefore this Test Pressing is in a plain plastic sleeve exactly as it arrived from the record plant & does not include labels or the finished artwork. 4 RUNNER-UP PRIZES
For a chance of winning one of these great prizes Is it Email ASF Webmaster
(webmaster@asf-13thmoon.demon.co.uk) Please use the Subject Header "DEATH TRIP COMPETITION" on your email message. COMPETITION CLOSES at midnight (UK GMT) on Sunday 14th AUGUST 2011. The winner will receive the Death Trip Vinyl LP Test Pressing signed by Nik & Mrs Fiend plus a note of provenance stating its origins, the 4 runners-up will receive a Death Trip CD signed by Nik & Mrs Fiend. The 5 lucky winners will be notified by email. Only the
winners first names & country will be listed on this site. |
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July 2011 |
MESSAGE
FROM MRS FIEND |
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Wotcha! We have been busy Fiends (as per usual!) "sorting shit out generally" from the aftermath of a frantic 2010 as we old ya in our last update... & we have also bin working on a new project!... some of you who were in the audience have been wondering (having spotted various cameras around the venue & lurking on-stage) whether we had filmed our Halloween show at London's Electric Ballroom - & we can now tell you that YES we did. The original plan was for a live DVD of the whole show... now hold onto yer excitement for a moment cos there's a BIG BUT coming up.... (no not THAT sort of BIG BUTT!) ..... BUT disaster struck the sound recording computer & some of the show wasn't recorded at all... AND on other songs the music started off & then after a coupla minutes the computer threw a wobbler & it would stop or there'd be "digital drop out" (as it's known in the trade!) part way through a song - aaarghh! Didn't you record a back-up? You may well ask! Yes we did BUT that was distorted ALL the way thru' (& not in a good way either) - aaargh # 2! That was despite the film crew checking the levels regularly thru the whole show, at the time all the levels seemed fine, but (again!) on listening back to it that back-up was unusable.... aaargh #3 ... & on top of that our poor ol' sound engineer was sick for about 6 weeks which caused a delay in starting to sort it out... so we've had a bit of a time of it going through the debris trying to salvage what we could use... we now reckon we've got enough tracks to at least release something - so the next job is to hand it onto the film editors..... we'll let you know how that goes in a future instalment! Keep IT all crossed! Mrs Fiend |
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