Alien Sex Fiend and Time Zone--This Friday on Mix Tape Memories
This was my favorite mix tape from the 1980s; it was the one I was most proud of. We all had mix tapes like that: the ones we cranked up in the car when we drove with the windows down, showing off our taste in music. This was the tape that made me feel cool, in my highschool--"look at me, I'm an individual"---way. This is the tape with Alien Sex Fiend. I bought that Alien Sex Fiend album at a record store in Northbrook. I didn't know anything about them. Just thought it would be cool to own. It's not very good, yet I put a couple of tracks on this mix---probably just to show that I was "cutting edge," or something like that. The album is called "Who's Been Sleeping in My Brain?" and contains some classic punk/death metal songs, such as " Drive My Rocket (Up Uranus) ." Don't worry, that one is not on this mix. But " Black Rabbit " is. The mix begins with a classic 80s song that really captures the s...