Alien Sex Fiend

小简介
黑暗乐迷应该为ALIEN SEX FIEND感到自豪，因为他们抵抗了整整十六年。发表了11张杰出的专辑和三张现场唱片和难以计算的单曲及合辑。美妙而古怪的FIEND夫妇二人组合从来不向任何人妥协，他们在任何时间与场合总是始终如一的。
1982年，ASF成立于伦敦北部。深受达利艺术之启发的NICK WADE(恐怕他的运动发源地)兴起的GOTH-PUNK浪潮中带领ASF脱颖而出。在ASF之前，NICK也组建过几支短命的乐团。但真正实现其艺术理念的，恐怕只有ASF了。
最初的ASF由四人组成，主唱NICK FIEND，他的妻子，合成器演奏家CHRISTINE别名MRS。 FIEND)，吉他手YAXI HIGHRIZER(原名DAVID JAMES)和鼓手JOHNNY(HA-HA FRESHWATER。恐怖电影演员般的外型与NICK FIEND幽灵般闪烁的嗓音使乐队成为独立音乐界的宠儿。但说到音乐，MRS。 FIEND与SUICIDE一脉相乘的扭曲的合成器演奏方法却功不可没。她对工业鼓机，各种电气装置的探索的使用，使后来许多DARK WAVE+ELECTRONIC乐队在他们身上汲取了灵感。ASF的首张单曲IGNOR THE MACHINE一经发行，马上成为哥特俱乐部的热门。首张专辑WHO'S SLEEPING IN MY BRAIN于1983年发行。之后的许多单曲均成为独立音乐界的宠儿。成功专辑ACID BATH使名声大噪，尤其是在日本，1985年，ASF在东京留下了他们的现场录音LIQUID HEAD。
JOHNNY HA-HA离队后，ASF成为三人乐队。1985年的专辑MAXIMUM SECURITY反响甚微。为ALICE COOPER的NIGHTMARE 巡演做暖场而发行的IT却赢得了更多的喝彩。这有一部分得归功于ASF煽情的古怪台风:团员们穿着自制的绘有奇怪图案的演出服装，打扮的如同恶魔，有时NICK甚至会端出一个火药筒。1987年，HERE CUM GERMS发行后，YAXI HIGHRAZER离开了乐队。ASF仅剩下两人。FIENDS夫妇在接下来的专辑ANOTHER PLANET中尝试了更多的合成器与采样所制造的恐怖气氛，这一风格一直延续至90年的CURSE。
随着吉他手RAT FINK JR。和键盘手DOC MILTON的加入。ASF于92年发表了重组专辑OPEN HEAD DURGERY。随后，他们成了英国独立音乐界第一支为电脑游戏做配乐的乐团，这不得不称之为一次大胆的尝试。同年，精选辑SINGLE1983-1985发表，乐队与长期合作伙伴ANAGRAM唱片公司的合约到期，这也标志ASF一个时代的结束。在建立了自己的厂牌13TH MOON RECORDS后，乐队发行了明显带有TRANCE风格影响的细碟:EVOLUTION。ASF已经从当初的哥特风格慢慢地转向电子音乐领域探索，这一探索仍在继续着。
除了音乐，NICK受萨尔瓦多。达利影响的画作在许多艺术展上受到了好评，这些画都被印在ASF每张专辑的封面及内页中。FIEND夫妇还创办了自己的网上杂志ALIEN WORLD NEWS。看来，这对老"恶魔"夫妇还会继续在他们的艺术道路上前进。(
A product of Britains early-1980s Batcave gothic punk movement, the North London-based Alien Sex Fiend was led by the eccentric Nick Wade, better known as the macabre Nik Fiend. A staple of the London scene as a member of such relatively obscure groups as the Earwigs and Mr. and Mrs. Demeanour, he made his recording debut under the name Demon Preacher; several other short-lived projects followed before he formed Alien Sex Fiend in 1982 with wife and synth player Christine (a.k.a. Mrs. Fiend), guitarist Yaxi Highrizer (born David James), and drummer Johnny Ha Ha Freshwater.
Mixing the theatrical horror-movie antics of Alice Cooper with the menacing synthesizer pulse of Suicide, Alien Sex Fiend debuted with the single Ignore the Machine, a favorite among Goth club denizens; the full-length Whos Been Sleeping in My Brain? appeared in 1983. A series of indie-chart hits followed in 1984, including R.I.P., Dead and Buried and E.S.T. (Trip to the Moon); the success of the album Acid Bath further increased the groups visibility, and in Japan, Alien Sex Fiend became major stars, resulting in the 1985 live release Liquid Head in Tokyo.
Following the departure of Johnny Ha-Ha, the group continued as a trio to record 1985s bleak Maximum Security. After the following years It the Album, released to coincide with Alien Sex Fiends opening slot on Alice Coopers Nightmare Returns tour, they recorded 1987s Here Cum Germs, the final offer to feature Yaxi Highrazer; now essentially a duo, the Fiends explored more synth- and sample-oriented territory on 1988s Another Planet, a trend continued on 1990s Curse, which featured the minor hit Now Im Feeling Zombified.
With a revitalized line-up including new guitarist Rat Fink Jr. and keyboardist Doc Milton, Alien Sex Fiend resurfaced in 1992 with Open Head Surgery. After a 1993 live album, Altered States of America, they composed the music for the CD-ROM game Inferno; with the release of the compilation The Singles 1983-1995, the bands affiliation with longtime label Anagram ended, and the Fiends soon established their own 13th Moon Records imprint. With the release of the trance-influenced 1996 EP Evolution, Alien Sex Fiend traveled even further away from their Goth beginnings into the realm of electronica, a move continued on 1997s Nocturnal Emissions.