Alien Boy (EP)
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Alien Boy was the 7th song on the Wipers
first album, Is This Real?
Park Ave records, released in 1979.
Alien Boy is also a 1980 EP with this track on side A, and 3 outtakes from the Is This Real? album sessions on side B. The EP was originally released without the band's authority or knowledge. In 1993 the tracks were added to the Sub Pop
re-issue of the album Is This Real?. The Alien Boy EP-cover art featured on the back of the Sub Pop version of Is This Real? is not the original, but the cover art of the German version of the Alien Boy EP released in 1987 on the label Weird System, a special limited edition of 2,000 numbered copies on green vinyl.
According to Greg Sage, writing on the Zeno Records web site, James Chasse
, also called Jim Jim was the subject of Alien Boy. "Jim Jim's conversations with me and his powerful sense of vision painted uncanny, powerful visions in my head that became a huge influence for a few songs that were later recorded for the Is This Real? LP." Chasse was murdered by police officers in Portland, Oregon
in September 2006, and he is the subject of an upcoming documentary film, Alien Boy: the Death and Life of James Chasse.
Wipers
The Wipers were a punk rock group formed in Portland, Oregon in 1977 by guitarist Greg Sage, drummer Sam Henry and bassist Dave Koupal. Wipers were one of the earliest American purveyors of the genre, and the group's tight song structure and use of heavy distortion has been hailed as extremely...
first album, Is This Real?
Is This Real?
Is This Real? is the 1980 debut album of the punk rock band the Wipers. It was digitally remastered by Greg Sage in 2001, and released as a part of the Wipers Box Set, with the songs in a slightly different order, along with some previously unreleased tracks.The album was later re-issued on Sub Pop...
Park Ave records, released in 1979.
Alien Boy is also a 1980 EP with this track on side A, and 3 outtakes from the Is This Real? album sessions on side B. The EP was originally released without the band's authority or knowledge. In 1993 the tracks were added to the Sub Pop
Sub Pop
Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...
re-issue of the album Is This Real?. The Alien Boy EP-cover art featured on the back of the Sub Pop version of Is This Real? is not the original, but the cover art of the German version of the Alien Boy EP released in 1987 on the label Weird System, a special limited edition of 2,000 numbered copies on green vinyl.
According to Greg Sage, writing on the Zeno Records web site, James Chasse
James Chasse
James Philip Chasse, Jr. was an American singer and writer from Portland, Oregon. In 2006 his death while in the custody of Oregon law enforcement officers caused an outcry over civil rights and an examination of the lack of crisis management training given to Portland police officers...
, also called Jim Jim was the subject of Alien Boy. "Jim Jim's conversations with me and his powerful sense of vision painted uncanny, powerful visions in my head that became a huge influence for a few songs that were later recorded for the Is This Real? LP." Chasse was murdered by police officers in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
in September 2006, and he is the subject of an upcoming documentary film, Alien Boy: the Death and Life of James Chasse.
Track listing
- "Alien Boy" – 3:28
- "Image of Man" – 2:31
- "Telepathic Love" – 1:32
- "Voices in the Rain" – 1:23
External links
- What Happened to James Chasse – a compendium of documents and articles about the killing of James Chasse
- In Memory of Alien Boy – by Greg Sage