The 1986 Listening Post - Alien Sex Fiend - "It" the Album

Alien Sex Fiend - "It" the Album

#465/2115

October 1986

Alien Sex Fiend

It the Album

Genre: TechnUnk

3.5 out of 5

I know that this album has nothing to do with it and doesn’t really sound like it but this is the kind of stuff that I imagine would be investigated as possible soundtrack music for movies like Liquid Sky.

We talk about the great splintering of the 80s and this is but another tendril. Evoking a experience that is both psychedelic and cocaine fueled, it’s the background sound for early raves but also psychotic meltdowns. 

https://music.apple.com/us/album/it-the-album/1485740445

The 1985 Listening Post - Alien Sex Fiend - Maximum Security

Alien Sex Fiend - Maximum Security

#418/1053

October 1985

Alien Sex Fiend

Maximum Security

Genre: Industrial Post Punk

2.25 out of 5

Whatever happened to ASF it happened just before they recorded this thing. A drum machine, a fetish for early Gary Numan and a lack of ideas but fueled by a false anger they believe their fans expect of them.

It’s not even challenging enough to pay attention to.

https://music.apple.com/us/album/maximum-security/277745044

The 1984 Listening Post - Alien Sex Fiend - Acid bath

Alien Sex Fiend - Acid bath

#324
December 31 1984
Alien Sex Fiend
Acid Bath
2 out of 5

I appreciate that ASF keeps doing what they are doing, which seems to be music for murder/dance houses. But, it's so ugly and nearly out of tune vocally that it's distracting.
I just didn't like this any better than their last album.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/acid-bath/997873342

The 1983 Listening Post - Alien Sex Fiend - Who's Been Sleeping in My Brain

Alien Sex Fiend - Who's Been Sleeping in My Brain

#257

1983

Alien Sex Fiend

Who’s Been Sleeping in My Brain

2.75 out of 5

Highlights:

I Am a Product

There were signs for Alien Sex Fiend everywhere. The name is cool, I guess. The music sounds like an excuse to have a band called “Alien Sex Fiend”. I’ve never been one for the Cramps-y goth horror sound. (Although I liked 45 Grave quite a bit) This is what Misfits should have sounded like. There’s a healthy dollop of humor in here and drums for days. The whole thing sounds like a 60s monster tv show that’s been colorized.

The ideas are there. The musicianship is there. Something’s missing and I can’t really put my finger on it. The songs…aren’t. That’s what it is. 

It boggles that this band is still around. I bet Dead or Alive were friends with these guys.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/whos-been-sleeping-in-my-brain/212044379