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UPDATE 02 December 2009 - Note! The JD was for vocal lubrication ONLY - we are doing the engineering ourselves n playing, singing & everything else - we wouldn't get very far by getting TOO wrecked!

UPDATE 03 December 2009 - Actually we don't need to be totally off our bongos on "substance of choice" - the music does that for us anyway! It IS indeedy usually a cup of tea that fuels the fiendish wheels. But for clearing the ol' vocal chords n throat JD is the best we've found - for us anyway - so it really was "medicinal" type purpose! (honest guv!)

UPDATE 07 December 2009 - Started recording another track yesterday..... finishing that off today / tomorrow..

UPDATE 14 December 2009 - Taking a break from recording - ears & brains are fried - but in a good way !! Catching up with other stuff that's been building up for the last week or so...

UPDATE 18 December 2009 - Nik Fiend writes :
Now working on the last coupla songs... hope to nail 'em down by the New Year (ish)... touch wood. Dunno if u realise wot an awesome woman Mrs Fiend is? If she's not drumming, she's on the keyboards & if she's not doing that she's playing percussion, or programming, or doing engineering, or making space ship & zombie noises... It's well exciting, with the end of the recording in sight. But we've gotta compile it, master it etc etc & tho I've been working on artwork in between the sesssions, that's all gotta be sorted out, so we are AT IT!!

UPDATE 25 November 2009 - Nik Fiend writes :
I've finally come up for air... from the darkest depths of the studio of terror. I'm well braindead at the mo, totally in zombie mode, I've bin burning the candle at both ends, hammering away wiv recording and mixing... Mrs.Fiend and I are finally mixing "One Way Ticket", we'd had all types of technical nightmares with the initial recording - really frustrating, but the track is now ON FIRE !!! I nearly fried my brain working on that song, I woz possessed and lovin' IT, but I had bin at IT non-stop so Mrs.Fiend took over in the driving seat for a while & now she's zombiefied herself 2!!!. This Album is gonna be well trippy, yet Hard + Twisted n'all ! Lots of "IT" Nik Fiend

We would LOVE to release some of our new songs on vinyl - they would sound brilliant - BUT the question is - do you, the fans out there - want to BUY vinyl?? Should we do a single? Or do you just want to download songs?? We know that we have a very broad range of fans from 10 year olds to senior citizens, some of you have been with us since the early 80s & others are newer to the world of Alien Sex Fiend.... & you ALL have different opinions - so we need YOUR help!

Your answers to the 2 following questions will help us to be able to give YOU what YOU want ....

Every person who completes the survey will be put into a draw & the winners will be picked out at random, so every one has a chance of winning one of the 2 special prizes!

THE ALIEN SEX FIEND SURVEY

Question 1) What Single Formats do you buy?
Answer (you can choose more than one answer)
A) 7" single
B) 10" single
C) 12" single
D) Vinyl picture disc
E) CD single
F) Download

Question 2) What Album Format do you prefer?
Answer (you can choose more than one answer)
A) Vinyl album
B) CD album
C) Download

Please use the Subject Header "PRIZE DRAW" on your email message. Email ASF Webmaster with your NAME, FULL POSTAL ADDRESS and your ANSWERS.

The PRIZE DRAW CLOSES at midnight (UK GMT) on December 31st 2009.

All entrants will be notified by email whether they have won or not. Winners' first name & country only will be listed on this site. The judges decision will be final, no correspondence will be entered into.

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We managed a visit to see our mates' car "Nosferatu" which we mentioned in the August update & congratulations are due - they are now the fastest door slammer in Europe with a 198mph & 6.91 time! Yaay! We missed them achieving that particular milestone but caught the car's very hairy encounter with the wall - there's a video clip of it up on their website but I tell ya it REALLY doesn't show how very damn scary it was from a spectator's point of view! We held our collective breath while waiting for the car to roll over - BUT the driver - The Fearless Count - showed how truly fearless he is & he tamed the beast to reach the finish line.... the bad news was that Nosferatu had severly damaged bodywork & Vince's fantastic paint job had been completely buggered BUT Nosferatu is the car that wouldn't die! & although it's out of action for a while - it will return!

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Firstly - & the best known to us - was Brian "Renfield" Nelson, who had been Alice Cooper's personal assistant & archivist since 1980. He unexpectedly passed away in June whilst working on the European leg of Alice's tour. There is little more information available at this time, except to say that it was a terrible shock for everyone who knew him & that both Brian's family & Alice himself have requested privacy & we are upholding that. All we can say further is a massive big thank you to Brian for always looking after us, above & beyond the call of duty, both during the Nightmare Returns tour when we supported Alice, as well as in recent years during our post-show backstage get-togethers. He will be sorely missed by all who knew him...

Secondly, another shock was hearing of Andy Hughes (ex-The Orb) who passed away aged 44 in June in the UK after a short illness. He was involved in mixing & production on albums such as "Orbus Terrarum" & "Orblivion" & certainly contributed to giving us many happy listening moments....

And thirdly, although we never got to meet him personally, & again in June (what was going on in June???) Sky Saxon, lead singer & bassist of the Los Angeles-based psychedelic 60s garage rock band, The Seeds, also departed this world in Austin, Texas. If you haven't heard of The Seeds you can still find their music - songs such as their (probably) best known single "Pushin' Too Hard" appears on compilations like The Nuggets series, these are corking compilations & are highly recommended.....

All we can do is to thank them all, & send our condolences to their families & friends, & to say that their passing has given us even more impetus to continue to create our own music...... Mrs Fiend & Nik

FIRST PRIZE :
NIK'S OLDE MICROPHONE

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"ACID BATH" MOUSEMATS
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Each entry was assigned a numbered ticket & all the tickets were thrown in the air. Mrs Fiend then had to catch the winning tickets.

This woz one of Nik's bright ideas - ho hum...The tickets ended up all over the place, including in my hair! Not to mention that I nearly fell out of my top jumping up & down! Mrs F

RESULT ! 
;-) Nik

The winner will receive the microphone signed by Nik Fiend plus a note of provenance stating its origins, the 4 runners-up will receive an Acid Bath Mousemat signed by Nik & Mrs Fiend.

All entrants will be notified by email whether they have won or not. Only the winners first names & country will be listed on this site. The judges decision will be final, no correspondence will be entered into.

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