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ALIEN SEX FIEND - Saturday 1st December 2012 Venue : The
Boston Dome
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FROM THE BATCAVE... The date December 1st 2012 marks the 30th Anniversary of Alien Sex Fiend's first ever show which took place at The Batcave in London on 1st December 1982...
NOTE FOR ALL YOU PISS-HEADS OUT THERE... SMOKING BALCONY
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November 2012 |
30th
YEAR ANNIVERSARY CAKE PRESENTATION AT WGW |
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Alien Sex Fiend's 3 foot high
If you have any photos of Whitby please email
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Nik & Mrs Fiend write :
Whitby was a hoot - again Doc Milton (guitar) & Mat "Pod"
joined us on-stage - it's incredible that it's 8 years ago since we last
played there!! It really doesn't seem THAT long ago... we will tell you
more about it all soon but we wanted to let you know about the BIG surprise
we had - being presented with a masssive 30th
Year Anniversary Cake! We ended our 2
hour set with "Crazee" & we were trying to find out if we
had time for an encore or not (we didn't!) but then we were told to get
back on-stage... Huh? What's going on?? We were even more confused when
we saw Richard, our booking agent, on-stage with a microphone in his hand
talking about us playing as Alien Sex Fiend for 30 years - when an enormous
cake arrived - courtesy of Choccywoccydoodah
- & was presented to us! The cake was about 3 foot high (100 cm),
the base had sponge cake inside it & the whole thing was covered in
Belgian chocolate. The life-size head - with "R.I.P" written in
red complete with chocolate nails! - was (wait for it!) --- SOLID
choc!!! Yum! Christine, the Creative Director of Choccywoccydoodah plus
a camera crew were on hand to film the proceedings which will be included
in one of their future shows for their TV series... (not sure when it will
be transmitted, when we know we'll let you know! - in the UK it's on the
Good Food channel (Sky 249)).... We're told that in the past Choccywoccy-
doodah have been commissioned to create cakes for the actress Whoopi Goldberg
& fashion designer Julien McDonald & they made a Halloween cake
for Alice Cooper last year!
BIG THANKS to Richard, our booking agent, the Whitby organisers, our crew & Choccywoccydoodah for all of their efforts in marking the start of our 30th anniversary in such an unexpected & amazing way! We reckon we're still in shock! |
Nik Fiend & the cake in its travelling box |
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November 2012 |
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30th BATCAVE ANNIVERSARY SOUVENIR T-SHIRT
Nik Fiend design. White print on a top quality black shirt.
Front print includes the ticket design from Alien Sex Fiend's first ever
show on 1st December 1982 at The Batcave - "Like a club out of hell".
Back print celebrates 30 fiendish years later with the forthcoming 30th
Anniversary Show in London on 1st December 2012. |
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October 2012 |
30
YEARS AGO... |
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Nik Fiend : We had read about the opening of The Batcave Club in Time Out (London listing magazine) in July 1982. I was intrigued to read about a club which sounded somewhat different from the "usual old shit"! (Laughs), but we didn't get around to going there that summer because we were busy with the beginnings of Alien Sex Fiend - we were recording demos, doing artwork, hanging out together & all that. From those demos I made a cassette tape & that got a - now infamous - review in Melody Maker (ex-weekly UK music paper) in September 1982 describing us as "the ugliest thing in the name of music..." amongst other things! This review apparently intrigued Kev Mills (Specimen bass player) & the next thing the phone rang & it was Olli Wisdom (Specimen singer) who said "You sound like the sort of band we want to play at The Batcave club which we're running". So they invited me to their house, where we hung out & talked about the possibility of putting an Alien Sex Fiend gig on at The Batcave.... Mrs Fiend : ... which was at The Gargoyle Club in Soho, The Comedy Store also started off in there. Nik Fiend : We knew at that point that there was something different going on! Something more underground. Mrs Fiend : The Batcave used that demo tape as a soundtrack to the old black & white 8mm silent horror movies that they played in the cinema area, basically an early version of a chill out room. Nik Fiend : After that we never stopped, we had more gigs at the Batcave itself, at the spin off nights (Heaven, Lyceum) & it has just kept going ever since & it's still being talked about 30 years later! With thanks to The Quietus for the Nik & Mrs Fiend interview extracts. Read the full feature Don't Fear The Reaper - Mick Mercer On Goth is another interesting Quietus article which includes some input from Nik & Mrs Fiend. Plus Mick Mercer's The Thirty Best Goth Records Of All Time feature which includes Alien Sex Fiend's 1984 12-inch "R.I.P." b/w "New Christian Music". Also check out "In The Batcave With Mr & Mrs Fiend: Alien Sex Fiend On Goth & Marriage" an interview by Nix Lowrey from 2010 |
The first time that Alien Sex Fiend
appeared in print! Prophetic words!
Nik Fiend live at The Batcave 1983 |
Alien Sex Fiend in Leipzig (L to R : Mrs Fiend, Nik Fiend, Mat "Pod",
Doc Milton)
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Mrs Fiend: Nik scared the shit outta me when he first appeared like this with blood dripping down his bonce... |
Castle Party, Poland It literally pissed down with rain which STOPPED as Alien Sex Fiend took the stage. After the show was over - the rain started again! |
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Mrs Fiend during the Fiend classic |
The flying skull at the top of this photo was not "pasted in using Photoshop"- it really happened that way! |
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Nik Fiend in Bruges |
No Gonzo has NOT had a haircut - it's Doc Milton! |
They all call me crazee, They all call ME crazee....
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SONG LIST (They All Call Me) Crazee |
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Space Cadet quote "Alien Sex Fiend songs never go "wrong" live - they just go W E I R D - in a REALLY good way!! "
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Mrs Fiend & her "analogue armada"
Nik Fiend at Castle Party, Bolkow, Poland
Mat "Pod" with his stethoscope on the
drum machine whilst |
The original "plan" was that all the newer people we were
working with would get a good "run in" with the Spain
dates back in May before we hit Germany
(Berlin, Leipzig & Frankfurt) , then the Castle
Party Festival in Poland & Bruges
in Belgium at the end of July
... - Hah! EVERYTHING changed.....even the live
band line-up!!!
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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A big THANK YOU to all the promoters, venues
& staff
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Now I'm Feeling Zombiefied... |
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October 2012 |
FIENDS IN PRINT |
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Ascension Magazine Issue # 31 which is based in Italy |
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October 2012 |
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Message from Nik & Mrs Fiend :
"Whilst we prepare for Halloween
celebrations here in the UK, we are thinking of friends & fans affected
by the storm & flooding, especially on the east coast of America, we
hope that you & your families stay safe."
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September 2012 |
ALIEN
SEX FIEND PLAY AT WGW, U.K. (3rd NOVEMBER) |
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Draw - Win tickets for WGW in April 2013 WGW says : "Anyone with a Spa ticket who comes through the doors before 8pm on Friday or Saturday will be entered into a Prize Draw for a pair of free weekend tickets to next April's event. Doors at 7pm. First band at 8pm. Come and support the opening bands and perhaps bag yourself a prize. Prize Draw on stage before Mesh set (on Friday) and Alien Sex Fiend's set (on Saturday)." "Like" the Whitby
Goth Weekend Facebook page at
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ALIEN SEX FIEND at Saturday 3rd November 2012 Venue : Whitby
Goth Weekend For more details check out the website at WGW You can either go for the whole WGW which runs from |
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September 2012 |
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Nik Fiend design. White, red & purple print on a top quality
black T-shirt.
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August 2012 |
ALIEN
SEX FIEND - 30th ANNIVERSARY SHOW (1st DECEMBER) ANNOUNCED |
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ALIEN SEX FIEND - Saturday 1st December Venue : The
Boston Dome
FROM THE BATCAVE TO THE
21st CENTURY... |
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