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With thanks to The Quietus for the use of the Nik and Mrs Fiend interview extracts.

Read the full feature from 2012 about the 30th anniversary
Young Limbs And Numb Hymns: The History Of The Batcave Club

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

Front Cover of Wallet

Release date : August 25, 2017

Released by Cherry Red Records,
in collaboration with 13th Moon Records

Cat No : CDTGOTH43

Available now from Blue Crumb Truck

Info : Since their emergence in the early 1980s, Alien Sex Fiend have remained one of the most loved and longstanding pioneers of the Goth movement. Fusing themes of horror, humour, inner turmoil and outer space with an industrial and electronic sound years ahead of its time, the band scored countless indie chart hits, found success across Europe, America and Japan and won a dedicated fanbase which exists to this day.

This set charts 35 years of the band's singles, album highlights and fan favourites, along with newly unearthed alternative mixes of two of their most loved songs and two mixes of brand new tracks taken from their forthcoming new album, "Possessed".

The list of artists inspired by Nik and Mrs Fiend's unique brew of heavy, lysergic sonic alchemy- whether they knew it or not - is a long one - from Prodigy to Sleaford Mods. But these guys are the originals, and a national institution to those in the know.

1. Dead And Re-Buried (1984)
2. Dance Of The Dead (2010)
3. I Walk The Line (1986)
4. Haunted House (1989)
5. Now I'm Feeling Zombiefied (1990)
6. Tarot (Alt Mix 5) (1998)
7. Carcass (Carrion Mix)** (2017)
8. Gurl At The End Of My Gun (1983)
9. Smells Like (1986)
10. R.I.P. (Blue Crumb Truck) (Demo) (1982)
11. The Impossible Mission (1987)
12. Bun-Ho! (Cranium Mix) (1988)
13. Inferno (Oscar Madness Edit Mix)* (1994)

* Previously Unreleased
** from the forthcoming new studio album, 'Possessed'

1. Hands Of The Silken (1990)
2. On A Mission (1997)
3. Ignore The Machine (Electrode Mix) (1985)
4. Lips Can't Go (1983)
5. I'm Doing Time In A Maximum Security Twilight Home (1985)
6. E.S.T. (Trip To The Moon) (1984)
7. Garbage (1997)
8. Attack!!! (12" Version) (1984)
9. Gotta Have It (Sliced And Diced Mix) (2004)
10. Isolation (1987)
11. Comatose (The Ultra Mix) (1992)

1. I Walk The Line (Alt Mix 2) * (1986)
2. Baby (2004)
3. Mad Daddy Drives A UFO (1990)
4. Hurricane Fighter Plane (1987)
5. One Way Ticket (2010)
6. In And Out Of My Mind (1985)
7. Invisible (The Beyond Mix)** (2017)
8. Ain't Got Time To Bleed (1990)
9. Information Overload (ReVamp Mix) (2006)
10. Get Into It (1986)
11. Evolution (Back From The Dread Pt 2) (1996)
12. Instant Karma Sutra (1988)
13. Now I'm Feeling Zombiefied (Alt Mix 3)* (1990)

* Previously Unreleased
** from the forthcoming new studio album, 'Possessed'

Zero Magazine Review
"Anyone interested in dark, spacey, innovative and uncompromising music should really check out this collection." Review in Swedish.

The Recoup Review
"... as the collection isn‘t programmed in chronological order, it makes for great fun and compelling listening.... essential document of one of the most enjoyable bands from its era."

Record Collector Review
"Fiendology is a suitably nightmarish, exhilarating trip"

Unter.Ton Magazine Review
A combination of reviews for Throbbing Gristle and Alien Sex Fiend, the ASF part is about half way down the article. Review in German.
"from punk to ambient and from post-industrial to techno...In the case of Throbbing Gristle and Alien Sex Fiend, it is above all the hunch of a free-spirited worldview that does not permeate the surface, but leaves its tracks slowly and permanently underneath."